January 23, 2025Cindy Smith, a professor in George Mason University's Department of Environmental Science and Policy, took her EVPP 302 Biomes and Human Dimensions students to a composting facility last fall to give them a front-row seat for food and yard waste recycling.
January 16, 2025George Mason scientist Anamaria Berea led an interdisciplinary team that designed a part of the LifeShip payload to preserve our Earth’s cultural and scientific heritage. It will be placed on the Moon with the Blue Ghost Lander.
January 13, 2025Virginia is one step closer to bridging the gap between science and policy, thanks to a yearlong research project to identify U.S. and Virginia-based science policy programs that engage STEM-H scientists and engineers in science policy, with the goal of helping both elected officials and others access technical information to assist in decision making.
January 8, 2025George Mason researcher Andrea Weeks played a key role in identifying an ancient seedling linked to the biblical myrrh. The seed, a yellow and fragrant resin from the Commiphora tree, was discovered in the Judean desert and revived by a team of researchers.
December 18, 2024George Mason University’s Joe Mullins thinks he has the coolest job in the world, and calls what he does ‘art with a purpose.’
December 9, 2024George Mason University has a strong track record of preparing students for careers. And the Honors College is working to make sure Honors students are ready to shine in a competitive job market.
November 25, 2024George Mason researcher David Luther is leading a project that is using AI models to help identify species and track biodiversity in Brazilian rainforests.
November 18, 2024In this episode of Access to Excellence, associate professor of computational and data sciences Anamaria Berea discusses her research on Mars settlements and Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon as she and Dr. Gregory Washington debate the question on everyone’s mind: is there life beyond Earth?
November 13, 2024A team from Southern University at New Orleans came to Northern Virginia this past summer for a program that paired aspiring scientists from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions with George Mason experts in Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis (CINA) Center.
November 1, 2024With a new $3.69 million grant, the Research and Engagement for Action in Climate and Health (REACH) Center—which includes George Mason—is set to tackle the urgent intersection of climate change and public health in the nation’s capital.