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  • February 26, 2025

    Through the Knack tutoring program, George Mason students have even greater access to academic support through peer-to-peer tutoring.

  • February 21, 2025

    George Mason University has won four consecutive Gold STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) Assessment, and it’s thanks in part to campus systems and organizations such as the Food Recovery Network (FRN).

  • February 19, 2025

    George Mason University history PhD candidate Jayme Kurland is living her dream this academic year as the Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

  • January 20, 2025

    George Mason psychology professor Thalia R. Goldstein’s work focuses on children's developing social and emotional skills, and how such skills intersect with imaginative activities. In her latest book, Why Theatre Education Matters: Understanding its Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Benefits (Teachers College Press, 2024), she pulls together the research she’s conducted on social and emotional learning and cognitive development.

  • February 13, 2025

    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.

  • February 10, 2025

    Faced with the challenge of finding affordable clothes for teaching internships, the EDSE Council developed a new resource: a teacher clothing closet for any student who needs it.

  • February 7, 2025

    The intersection of art and technology has long been a space for innovation, creativity, and exploration. At George Mason’s Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC) located within the College of Engineering and Computing, this connection has taken center stage with the Integrating Art and Tech Project.

  • January 29, 2025

    During the fall 2024 semester, George Mason University students had the opportunity to apply their classroom curriculum to a real-world museum environment. The students, led by art history professor Robert DeCaroli, worked directly with objects in the holdings of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Asian Art as part of the ARTH 495/595 Curating an Exhibit course.

  • January 16, 2025

    George Mason researcher Carlotta Domeniconi is working with the Department of Homeland Security to leverage machine learning and natural language processing to model—and uncover—human smuggling networks.  

  • January 13, 2025

    Breakthroughs in George Mason University's Department of Computer Science may result in more effective use of rescue robots.