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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.

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Fall 2024 New Courses and Special Topics Offerings

Want to explore exciting topics such as agent-based model of an evolving and interactive populations, diagnostics and therapeutics, paleoclimatology, or transforming academia with artificial intelligence research? Or would you rather investigate atmospheric convection, Extremal Graph Theory, or take a seminar to quickly expand the knowledge of your field? 

Consider taking one or more of the 20+ exciting new and special topic courses available this semester.

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Undergraduate scholarships open until May 31

Scholarships at Mason are open to all continuing undergraduates, admitted transfers, and graduate students. Visit the Mason Scholarship Application Page to review and apply for scholarship opportunities offered through the Office of Student Financial Aid and various departments. Scholarship awards are based on your academic record as well as your answers to the questions on the application.

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Timothy Banks wins the 2023-2024 Dean’s Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching               

Math Graduate Teaching Assistant, Tim Banks is a gifted instructor with incredible dedication and passion teaching.

Aleyah Dawkins wins the 2023-2024 Dean’s Graduate Award for Excellence in Research

Congratulations to Mathematical Sciences' Aleyah Dawkins for meriting the Dean's Graduate Award for Excellence in Research. Aleyah is in the final year of her mathematics Ph.D. program, working with Professors Geir Agnarsson and Rachel Kirsch in the field of combinatorics and graph theory.

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Apr26

Applied & Computational Mathematics seminar: Quantifying Fairness—Metric Based Approaches to Shape Comparison in Electoral Redistricting

Apr 26, 2024, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Speaker: Ranthony Clark (Duke University) Title: Quantifying Fairness—Metric Based Approaches to Shape Comparison in Electoral Redistricting Abstract: "Quantitative justice" comprises an emergent research field addressing real world problems of societal inequity via the development of new and robust mathematical, computational, and statistical approaches. In this context, mathematical tools are used
Apr26

MS Project Presentation - Environmental Science and Policy

Apr 26, 2024, 2:00 - 4:00 PM

Johnson Center Room E (334)

Candidate: Richard Brown | Title: Temporal trends in lionfish catch per unit effort (CPUE) transition from stable to increasing following reduced removals in 2020.
Apr26

Mason Day 2024

Apr 26, 2024, 3:00 - 10:00 PM

Mason Day is the longest running tradition at George Mason University. Featuring a wide array of activities and goodies, come with your friends to unwind before upcoming finals! Featuring a HUGE carnival with rides, games, delicious treats, food trucks, inflatables, novelties, student performances all day, of course, our lovely Mason