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Just outside the nation's capital, we've built connections with government agencies and industry partners working at the forefront of scientific research. Combine those with our advanced facilities for getting real-world work experience and options for tailoring your degree, and our students have more opportunity to land jobs, internships, and research collaborations that really help them stand out.

Students work in Deborah Polayes Biology of Microorganisms Lab. Photo by Lathan Goumas/Office of Communications and Marketing

Solar flares, geomagnetic storms, and a chance to see the northern lights

This week, areas close to George Mason University are experiencing a stunning and unusual view of the aurora borealis—also called the northern lights, thanks to Solar Cycle 25. Solar activity is ramping up. Find out what that means from George Mason expert Peter Becker, professor of astrophysics and space sciences.

George Mason team identifies technology to enhance artificial photosynthesis

Chemisty and Biochemistry assistant professor Yun Yu with a 4-VA Collaborative Research Grant, is advancing artificial photosynthesis by studying innovative catalytic electrode materials. Yu’s team leveraged cutting-edge nanoscale scanning electrochemical microscopy to map surface reactivity, offering new insights into sustainable energy solutions.

student operating the scanning electrochemical microscope

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Oct17

17 October (GEOL) Elizabeth Sibert, Marine Mass Extinctions

Oct 17, 2024, 4:30 - 5:45 PM

Exploratory Hall 1309

Dr. Elizabeth Sibert Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Geology & Geophysics Title: A microfossil history from the bottom of the sea: sharks, fish, mass extinctions, and 85 million years of global change October 17th, 2024, 4:30-5:45 pm Exploratory Hall 1309 and via Zoom (for link, email bhupp@gmu.edu)
Oct17

Galileo's Science Cafe with Amanda Still and Dan Howlett

Oct 17, 2024, 6:30 - 9:00 PM

The Manassas Museum

9101 Prince William Street Manassas, VA 20110

Join us for the kickoff of the Galileo Science Café 2024-2025 series. Celebrate “Spooky Season” on October 17 at the Manassas Museum with a deep dive into death, plague, and history’s eerie secrets. Explore the morbid past with Dan Howlett from the Department of History and learn about the biology
Oct18

Applied & Computational Mathematics seminar: Pattern Formation and Noise-Induced Transitions in High Dimensional Inhomogeneous Neural Networks

Oct 18, 2024, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Speaker: James MacLaurin, NJIT Title: Pattern Formation and Noise-Induced Transitions in High Dimensional Inhomogeneous Neural Networks Abstract: We study pattern formation in class of a large-dimensional neural networks posed on random graphs and subject to spatio-temporal stochastic forcing. Under generic conditions on coupling and nodal dynamics, we prove that the