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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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Join us for George Mason Space Day

Join us September 20 for this free, public, interactive event that brings people together to explore the science and technology driving today’s leading aerospace initiatives. Designed to educate and inspire, the day features engaging talks from experts in space exploration, along with hands-on activities, educational exhibits, and contributions from a variety of organizations in the field. 

Student looking through telescope

Bioinformatician maps her own path to NIH fellowship

Soukaina Amniouel, MS Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ’20, PhD ’24, turned her first genome assembly project at George Mason into a career-defining skill that now shapes her postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Guided by resilience and innovation, she developed a patented machine learning model to improve chemotherapy outcomes and continues to advance drug therapies for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Soukaina Amniouel

From Volunteer to National Impact: Michelle Ryan Named 2025 Mason Science Distinguished Alum

Michelle Ryan, PhD Environmental Science and Policy ’15, turned her passion for volunteering into a career of national impact as an environmental program manager and practice leader at Tetra Tech. Collaborating with the U.S. EPA on critical water issues, Ryan also continues to give back to Mason as an educator, alumni leader, and co-founder of the Mason Science Mentorship Program.

Michelle Ryan

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Sep18

Reunite! Alumni Reunion Weekend

Sep 18, 2025, 12:00 PM - Sep 20, 2025, 5:00 PM

Reconnect with your classmates at Reunite! Alumni Reunion Weekend , September 18-20. Featuring an exciting event line-up including special celebrations for milestone graduates from the classes of 1975, 2005, 2015, and 2020. There will also be new and signature events. Check out the Reunion Weekend website for the up-to-date schedule
Sep18

18 Sep (GEOL) Jonathan Obrist-Farner, Paleolimnology

Sep 18, 2025, 4:30 - 5:30 PM

Jonathan Obrist-Farner, Missouri Science and Technology University Title: TBD Time: Thu, 18 Sep, 4:30pm Location: Exploratory 1309 and via Zoom (for link, email lhinnov@gmu.edu) Host: Linda Hinnov ABSTRACT: TBD
Sep19

Geometry MMA Seminar: Weak mixing for billiards in polygons

Sep 19, 2025, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Speaker: Jonathan Chaika, Institute for Advanced Study Title: Weak mixing for billiards in polygons Abstract: Consider a point mass traveling in a polygon. It travels in a straight line, with constant speed, until it hits a side, at which point it obeys the rules of elastic collision. What can we

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