Students

George Mason University is preparing students to transform setbacks into stepping stones with a “Fail-a-Thon," a hackathon event where failing forward is the goal. The event, hosted by the College of Engineering and Computing, encouraged students to explore bold ideas under two themes: artificial intelligence (AI) for everyday challenges and tech for well-being and creativity.

Graduate students now have a new resource to help them navigate the graduate school experience: Graduate Success Fellows.

George Mason University film and video studies students are working with Entertainment 2 Affect Change (E2AC), an organization that provides creative students and individuals the opportunity to use storytelling to share the mission and impact of local nonprofits.

A mini career fair in October brought together 17 students and nine employer partners for a networking experience designed with intention: a quieter, structured environment where neurodivergent students could practice professional skills without the sensory overload of a conventional career event.

At George Mason University, innovation isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a culture. One of the campus spaces championing this culture is the Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX), a hub where creativity and entrepreneurship intersect.

George Mason graduate student Kevin Landry turned his passion for honeypots into a hands-on classroom project, leading his team to build a customized cyber trap that attracted real-world attackers and gave students an eye-opening look at cloud security.

The Costello College of Business at George Mason University announced a significant increase in scholarship money awarded to students—$1.3 million for the 2024-2025 academic year—$500,000 of which went to named scholarships. Over the past five years, both the total amount of scholarship funding and the number of students who have received Costello scholarships have more than doubled.

This year’s Winter Commencement student speaker Ayham Elayan is graduating from George Mason University this week with a bachelor of science in bioengineering with a pre-health concentration.

When Supreet Singh immigrated to the United States from India in 1999, it was to join her husband, Jaspreet, whom she had met through an online dating site. The couple married in Fairfax, Virginia—the same city where Jaspreet graduated from George Mason University years earlier. Knowing Supreet’s ambition to build on her master’s degree in biochemistry, Jaspreet encouraged her to enroll at George Mason.

Working full-time while getting a graduate degree is no easy feat. But for Air Force veteran and soon-to-be George Mason University alum Kathleen Gillmore, hard work is second nature.