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ScienceConnect 2025

Join us for ScienceConnect this September and get to know the Mason Science community

Start off the semester by meeting College of Science faculty, staff, and students while exploring college programs, research, and professional opportunities. Be sure to grab some food and win college SWAG.

Students smile together outside Exploratory Hall at the 2024 ScienceConnect

ScienceConnect will be held on both the George Mason Fairfax and SciTech campuses.

Fairfax Campus
Thursday, September 4 | 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. | Exploratory Hall Atria

Science and Technology Campus 
Tuesday, September 9 | 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Life Sciences and Engineering Building (LSEB)

Fairfax event highlights

Plant tableIn front of Exploratory Hall

Come check out our overflow of beautiful plants from the Biology Greenhouse. Proceeds from the sale will go to the College of Science Student Emergency Fund.

ScienceConnect attendees purchase plants to support the College of Science Student Emergency Fund

Community Service Project: Cozy Chat BlanketsLSEB

Join us to make and donate blankets to the local shelters and build community with faculty, staff, and students. No experience necessary!

Crochet blanket

SciTech event highlights

Community Service Project: Cozy Chat BlanketsLSEB

Join us to make and donate blankets to the local shelters and build community with faculty, staff, and students. No experience necessary!

Crochet blanket

Pens, pencils, Expo markers not working? Don't throw them away!

You can recycle them for free through the writing instrument recycling program. Bring your old, dried out, or unusable writing tools to the "Writing instrument recycling" table at ScienceConnect to get rid of them in an earth-friendly way. When you bring your items to be recycled, you'll receive a College of Science pen as a thank you. For any questions or comments, contact Kelsi (klistman@gmu.edu).

What you need to know when you arrive

  1. Check in at one of the registration tables in order to get your wrist band and food voucher.
  2. Visit departments, student organizations, and others to receive a ScienceConnect t-shirt.

* The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.