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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

Summer 2024 VALHEN Hispanic STEM Academy application now open

George Mason University is excited to partner again with the Virginia Latino Higher Education Network (VALHEN) to offer the VALHEN Hispanic STEM Academy. This unique experience offers participants a series of interactive and hands-on sessions across a wide range of STEM disciplines, held in Mason’s cutting-edge labs and facilities. VHSA is open to all rising Virginia high school sophomores and juniors, and was designed to meet the unique needs of Hispanic/Latine and other underserved communities.

Two VALHEN participants working with one another on an assignment.

College of Science Annual Report 2022-23

George Mason's College of Science reflects on its achievements during the 2022-2023 academic year. Whether inside or outside the classroom or lab, our science community cultivates a promising research future for new frontiers that is all together different

Annual Report 2022-23

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Mar19

Uranus and Neptune: The Outer Ice Giants A Grand Tour of the Solar System

Mar 19, 2024, 6:45 - 8:45 PM

Zoom

Uranus and Neptune: The Outer Ice Giants A Grand Tour of the Solar System This lecture is Presented in partnership between George Mason University Observatory and Smithsonian Associates. Purchase tickets Uranus and Neptune are the planets furthest in our solar system from the sun. Each was discovered in a new
Mar21

Galileo's Science Cafe with Barney Bishop

Mar 21, 2024, 6:00 - 9:00 PM

Verizon Auditorium, SciTech Campus & virtually via Zoom

Register to attend. Galileo's Science Cafe : Novel Antimicrobials/Antivirals Presented by Barney Bishop , an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. His research focus includes: Humans and other animals produce a diverse array of biomolecules with potential biomedical applications. He is interested in studying the immune systems
Mar22

2024 Earth System Observations and Modeling Graduate Symposium

Mar 22, 2024, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Merten Hall 1204

Interested in Attending? Submit an abstract by February 9 or Register to attend before March 15 . View this year's schedule The Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences (AOES) of the College of Science at George Mason University, with support from the Chandran J. Shukla Endowed Fellowship and the