A.I. and Innovation - Costello

  • February 10, 2026

    Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer discusses how AI‑driven agents could distort or obscure traditional economic signals, making it harder for the Federal Reserve to detect looming downturns, in an article titled, "BankThink To monitor an AI-driven economy, the Fed is going to need new tools."

  • February 12, 2026

    Whether ordering a pizza to split with friends or planning a family excursion, better communication can help reduce the anxiety that surrounds joint-consumption situations. Sharaya Jones, assistant professor of marketing at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, recently published research targeting this understudied area of consumer psychology.

  • February 11, 2026

    Balancing and combining different kinds of intelligence may be even more important than how much you know, or how you think. In a recently published piece, Matthew A. Cronin, professor of management at Costello College of Business at George Mason University, deconstruct intelligence into three modalities, which they label the Scientist, the Artist and the Judge (or “SAJ,” pronounced “sage”).

  • September 29, 2025

    Illicit massage businesses (IMBs) run by human trafficking rings are rampant in the United States. A George Mason professor has helped build what may be the best AI-driven tool to root them out.

  • September 11, 2025

    Pharmaceutical website design can determine whether patients grasp critical risks, recall benefits, and take meaningful next steps.