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Connecting and learningSeptember 4, 2025

Dean Cody W. Edwards and the College of Science celebrated the start of the fall semester at George Mason University with a focus on community events like Science Connect and Space Day, as well as the recent opening of the Data Science and Computing Applications Lab School in partnership with the state.

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Dean Cody W. Edwards interacting with students at the 2025 ScienceConnect welcoming back George Mason science students to the fall semester.

It's That Time of YearApril 30, 2025

It's bittersweet. Final projects, research papers, exams, and proposals are turned in and reviewed with deadlines looming. Stress levels are high. Last class. Last lab. Last exam. Last presentation. Last paper. Last survey. Calendars are full of meetings, deadlines, award ceremonies, and saying goodbyes.

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Cody W. Edwards signing off on PhD dissertations and MA theses..

Moving forwardApril 3, 2025

It's a very important time for our college and for our university. Bolstered by enrollment growth and significant research and student success, we are ready to embrace immense yet important and necessary changes. A new university budget model. The Learning Management System migration from Blackboard to Canvas.  And we look ahead, working together in the future to finalize a freshly focused college level strategic plan, coupled with a possible path forward to implement a best case  from our administrative assessment.

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Dean Cody Edwards at the 2024 ScienceConnect

Thanking our teachers for living our valuesMarch 20, 2025

Can you still remember them today? Those incredible teachers who ignited your scientific curiosity. Who taught you fun ways to remember the elements in the periodic table, steps in the scientific method, gave you your first insect collection assignment, or perhaps even encouraged you to apply to study science at university, instead of some other profession.

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Professor providing instructions to students in a lab

Dean's Blog by Cody W. Edwards

Cody W. Edwards began serving as the College of Science's interim dean effective July 2024 and was appointed dean March 2025. 

Dean's Blog by Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm

Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm served as dean of the College of Science until June 30, 2024. 

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