October 13, 2025George Mason University's ACCESS Academy connects high school students with college-level IT coursework, industry mentorship, and hands-on training to prepare them for technology careers. In fall 2026, the program will move to Fuse at Mason Square.
January 17, 2025Tim McAliley leverages his extensive IT experience to teach a graduate capstone course in data analytics engineering at George Mason University, connecting students with real-world challenges and fostering their professional development.
August 28, 2024The Virginia Cyber Navigator Internship Program (VA-CNIP) has equipped students with the skills to strengthen the cybersecurity posture of election infrastructures. As an intern last summer, information technology major Duong Thuy Nguyen helped secure a rural county’s technology for the upcoming presidential election alongside two George Mason peers.
February 12, 2024The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Northern Virginia Node (CCI NoVa Node) is preparing for the third iteration of its Cybersecurity Traineeship Program, which offers a seven-week course to Virginia residents interested in pivoting into the cybersecurity sector followed by career support from George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College professionals.
May 2, 2023George Mason University cybersecurity and information technology students won challenges in two recent major hackathon events, one on March 25 at the University of Virginia (UVA) and another on April 7-9 at the University of Maryland (UMD).
August 16, 2022Some Northern Virginia families will have free laptops in time for classes this fall, thanks to an enterprising group of George Mason University information technology students.
June 29, 2022George Mason University was the first university to host the World Congress on Information Technology in June 21-24, 1998.
June 13, 2022Britney Aiken, recent information technology grad, says joining the Break Through Tech program at George Mason allowed her to be surrounded by like -minded people who are just as interested in engineering as she is.
April 19, 2022Benhur Hadgu describes his college journey as an uphill battle that taught him never to give up.
- October 19, 2021
Break Through Tech at Mason will host its first on-campus event Monday, October 25.