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We’ve Moved

By Colleen Kearney Rich on June 2, 2023

Check out spirit.gmu.edu for our latest content.

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Planting the Seeds of Success

By Rob Riordan on June 21, 2022

After 50 years, philanthropy continues to grow this university and help it meet the needs of an extraordinary region.

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With a Future This Bright, We’re Going to Need Shades

By Preston Williams on June 6, 2022

Rendering of the outside of the future Life Sciences and Engineering Building on the Science and Technology Campus

50 Years? We are just getting started. Mason has so much more planned. Here’s a look at the future of George Mason University.

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What Does It Mean to Be a Patriot?

By Colleen Kearney Rich on March 15, 2022

George Mason University president Gregory Washington first posed this question in his first letter to alumni in the Summer 2020 issue of the Mason Spirit.

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Voices of Mason

By Colleen Kearney Rich on December 16, 2021

George Mason University students come from all 50 states and 130 countries, and they are making a difference in ways big and small.

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A New Era for George Mason University

By Preston Williams on December 16, 2021

In October, Gregory Washington was formally invested as Mason’s eighth president with a formal ceremony and a week of activities.

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10 Digital Innovations You Need to Know About

By Colleen Kearney Rich on September 10, 2021

Researchers in Mason’s Institute for Digital InnovAtion (IDIA) are doing cutting-edge work to shape the future of our society.

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Building Community through Restorative Justice

By Mason Spirit contributor on August 17, 2021

Mason students and faculty are helping to create a new program in Arlington County that shifts the way the community approaches justice while fostering better understanding and connections among participants.

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Tackling the World’s Grand Challenges

By Mason Spirit contributor on April 3, 2021

The engineering world has called them “grand challenges.” These are the problems plaguing the planet that will require the efforts of many to make progress. Here’s how Mason is contributing.

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Conservation Stars

By Mariam Aburdeineh, BA ’13 on March 30, 2021

Mason graduate students are traveling the globe to tackle some of the planet’s dire environmental problems—and they’re being recognized for their efforts.

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