June 9, 2026Nora McDonald received an NSF CAREER award for $748,000 to understand how adolescents are shaped by personalized digital environments and how they can maintain their sense of self, autonomy, and agency within them.
April 28, 2026Daigo Shishika won the prestigious NSF CAREER Award for his work in robotics.
April 20, 2026Assistant Professor Ningshi Yao received a five-year $628K NSF CAREER Award, funded by the Energy, Power, Control, and Learning (EPCL) program. The grant will support her research on ensuring the safety, reliability, and efficiency of interconnected real-time control systems.
February 16, 2026Funded by a $3.9 million grant, the Scholarship for Service program supports students who commit to working in government cybersecurity roles after graduation.
January 15, 2026Researchers are attempting to 3D print inexpensive prosthetic lower limbs for children, allowing them to run and play with their friends.
January 13, 2026The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a George Mason University research team $2.1 million to create a nanosensor and imaging technique that could revolutionize the study of seizures.
January 5, 2026At 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.
October 29, 2025Through an NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, 10 students from around the country will take part in field-based conservation projects at Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation in Front Royal, Virginia, in the summer of 2026.
October 22, 2025The Sustainable Geo Infrastructure (SGI) group takes their work beyond the laboratory and into the real world...all the way to a road near (or under) you.
October 21, 2025Tanvir Arafin, an expert on transportation security systems, could steal your car...but don't worry, he won't.