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Buzzing with Activity

August 9th, 2017


About two years from now, German Perilla, MAIS ’12, hopes about four acres of the I-95 Landfill Complex in Lorton, Virginia, will be transformed intogreen meadows with grasses, wildflowers, and bees—lots of bees.


Mason Spirits

May 12th, 2017


Crafting “adult beverages” is one of the growing of the industries in Virginia, and entrepreneurial Mason alumni are well represented.


As a part of a study, Mason psychology professor Yi-Ching Lee and her team are looking at how teens and young adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) operate cars when they take their ADHD medication versus when they forget a dose, or if the medication dosage needs to be adjusted.


According to NCAA statistics, 1 in 13 female athletes experience a torn anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, in the knee joint. It’s an epidemic few are talking about. Few, that is, except for an enterprising team of students in the Volgenau School of Engineering’s Systems Engineering Program. Team members Amr Attyah, Maribeth Burns, Sam Miller,…


LaNitra Berger helps deserving students land big awards, even Fulbrights, and is especially driven to address the underrepresentation of minority students.


Take Me to My Diploma

November 3rd, 2015


Like her fellow graduates, Erica Cohen, MEd Special Education ’15, was excited to attend her George Mason University convocation this spring. Unlike them, Cohen attended from 250 miles away, with the help of a four-foot-tall robot. For the past two years, Cohen had been part of a cohort of Fairfax County (Virginia) teachers working on…


Hands-On Healing

April 21st, 2015


College of Health and Human Services students are doing their part to improve health care, from rural West Virginia to Swaziland.


Cultivating Bright Ideas

September 23rd, 2014


Entrepreneurship is one of Mason’s hallmarks, and there is no shortage of students looking to start something.


George Mason University junior Hannah King realized her love of dance at a young age. She was a member of Kaleidoscope Dance Company, the longest-running modern dance company in Seattle, Washington, and by age 15 had already choreographed nine dance pieces. During the fall semester, King worked on her most challenging piece yet—a choreographic study of dependency, isolation, and perpetual motion.


Finding the New Normal

November 12th, 2013


A new book provides reference points for couples to compare their relationship with others and to judge how “normal” they really are.


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