Alumni

Each year, the Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations holds a celebration of faculty and staff generosity and commitment, and this year debuted two awards highlighting a faculty member and a staff member who embody the many ways in which the George Mason community gives to its students and programs.

Meet George Mason’s third graduate (and second from the Schar School) to be elected to Congress: U.S. Rep. Riley Moore, BA Government and International Politics ‘05.

Now in its third year, Poetry Alive! has extended its reach to a new site, the Patrick D. Molinari Juvenile Shelter in Prince William County.

The ASPIRE ONE Lunar Record lands on the Moon’s Mare Crisium, as part of the Ghost Riders in the Sky Lunar mission, to establish a new theoretical framework for planetary-scale archival communication.

George Mason recently welcomed Martin Binks as professor and chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies. He brought a new special topics course with him to the College of Public Health: NUTR 594 or “Motivation: Learning to Coach.”

Matinee Idylls concerts give audience members a small ensemble concert experience in an intimate setting, followed by a dessert reception and opportunity to speak with the artists.

Delivering immersive, voice-driven simulations for law enforcement through building skills, gaining real-time feedback, and preparing for real-world scenarios, Kaiden AI is a software startup co-founded by its CEO Ali Aldubaisi, BS Neuroscience ’21.

Brianna Camp is the 2025 recipient of the Young Alumni Commissioning Project Award
, and Marina Vianello is the recipient of the 2025 Young Alumni Creative Development Award.

How likely are humans to trust a robot, especially if that robot has the capacity to lie? This is the question George Mason University psychology doctoral candidate Andres Rosero is exploring in his research on human-robot interaction.

Students from George Mason University’s Film and Video Studies Program collaborated in the classroom to create films that earned them their first Capital Emmy Student Production Awards. These awards, sponsored by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, recognize outstanding achievement in video production in the region.