June 24, 2026IndyHAX 2026, sposnsored by George Mason University’s Department of Cyber Security Engineering, brought together high school students to showcase their cybersecurity skills, creativity, and teamwork through a hybrid hackathon and capture-the-flag competition.
June 23, 2026By pursuing hands-on robotics experiences and undergraduate research, mechanical engineering alum Chigozie Erondu has explored both sides of research and development, from airborne autonomous systems to advanced manufacturing.
June 17, 2026Cora Sula, a third-year PhD student in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to study artificial intelligence in classrooms in Estonia this fall.
June 16, 2026George Mason alum Justin Hagen leveraged early research opportunities, the BAM program, and the university’s proximity to Washington, D.C., to launch a career at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, all while accelerating his path to a master’s degree.
June 9, 2026Undergraduate George Mason cyber security engineering students uncovered how subtle timing-based attacks can manipulate a robot’s perception and behavior and presented their research at a premier conference.
June 8, 2026PhD student Shiwei Hong developed a collaborative multi-agent AI system that mimics a comedy writers’ room, demonstrating that discussion and feedback among agents improve the quality of machine-generated humor.
June 4, 2026Spring into STEM 2026 brought more than 120 students and parents to George Mason for a hands-on day of interactive workshops and family-focused programming designed to spark interest and build pathways into STEM careers.
June 4, 2026Researchers Shirin Movaghgharnezhad and Parag Chitnis have created a flexible, low-cost wearable patch that could transform medical imaging from a handheld, momentary procedure into continuous, real-time monitoring.
May 29, 2026An institutional collaboration between George Mason University’s Department of Statistics and Inova Health System has entered its 7th year. It has connected physician-scientists with statisticians in designing study plans, clinical trials, and turn complex data into insights, improving research, decision-making, and patient outcomes across a wide range of clinical fields. It also helps to train our students.
May 27, 2026Our colleague, friend, and beloved instructor, George L. Donohue, passed away on April 23, 2026, at the age of 81.