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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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The Grand Challenge Initiative — Bold Solutions for A Prosperous Future

George Mason University's Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) is a comprehensive research framework, backed by an initial five-year, $15 million investment, to align university resources, faculty expertise, and educational programs around six interconnected solution areas addressing humanity’s ultimate grand challenge.

George Mason Opens Data Science Lab School in Shenandoah Valley

George Mason University, in partnership with Frederick County Public Schools and regional districts, has launched the Shenandoah Valley Rural Regional College Partnership Laboratory School for Data Science, Computing, and Applications. The school offers rural high school students hands-on learning, dual-enrollment opportunities, certifications, and pathways into STEM careers that meet Virginia’s growing workforce needs.

Dean Cody Edwards at opening of Data Science Lab School

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Oct24

Applied & Computational Mathematics seminar: Connecting Experimental Observations To Quantitative Tear Film Dynamics

Oct 24, 2025, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Speaker: Qinying Chen (University of Delaware) Title: Connecting Experimental Observations To Quantitative Tear Film Dynamics Abstract: Tear film thinning and breakup (TBU), a key factor in dry eye disease (DED), is difficult to understand in detail at the individual level because important quantities such as osmolarity (i.e., salt concentration) and
Oct24

Mathematics Colloquium: Spectral Analysis of Schrödinger Operators with Two-Scale Potentials

Oct 24, 2025, 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Speaker: Emmanuel Fleurantin, GMU Title: Spectral Analysis of Schrödinger Operators with Two-Scale Potentials Abstract: We study Schrödinger operators of the form Δ  −  W ε on the space of radially symmetric square-integrable functions. While such operators appear in quantum mechanics, our interest is in their spectral properties as differential operators
Oct25

DEA National Take Back Day

Oct 25, 2025, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

DEA National Take Back Day is a free, anonymous, and biannual event that provides a safe way for the public to dispose of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs . The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sponsors collection sites across the country in partnership with local law enforcement to help prevent

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