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ACCESS Academy’s inaugural AI Summer Camp builds critical technology skills—and miniature robots
Through hands-on exploration of artificial intelligence and robotics, students can begin preparing for technology-sector careers.
Bioinformatician maps her own path to NIH fellowship
Alumna Soukaina Amniouel completed her first genome assembly at George Mason for a research project. Now she does this same task nearly every day as part of her postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health.
George Mason researchers are engineering better vision with $1.17M grant
George Mason researchers are pioneering a new approach using robotics and artificial intelligence to address complex eye movement disorders like strabismus.
Mason Korea students present research at top international conference
Mason Korea undergraduates Dayeon Shin and Taeyeong Kim presented award-winning research on “sponge cities” at the 2025 AESOP congress in Istanbul, standing out as the only undergraduates among 1,000+ presenters worldwide.
Former Governor Robert McDonnell Joins Faculty of George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government
Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has joined George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Practice, bringing nearly four decades of public service—spanning legislative, executive, military, and business experience—to enrich real-world learning for students.
This intern is learning the ways of the workplace at Warner Bros.
Rising junior Nimisha Kumar spent the summer interning in internal audit at Warner Bros. Discovery in New York City—working on projects from cybersecurity to APAC QA testing—while gaining real-world experience and embracing curiosity on the job
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NPR
Mason professor leads research into chronic pain
Siddhartha Sikdar’s work receives NIH funding and public radio coverage.
Sept. 30, 2025
Inside Higher Ed
Mason’s rise in mobility rankings reshapes the narrative
Recent rankings reflect Mason’s success in delivering value and outcomes.
Sept. 25, 2025