- February 7, 2022911±¬ÁÏ assistant professor Zhisheng Yan in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology will lead a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER research project called Machine-centered Cyberinfrastructure for Panoramic Video Analytics in Science and Engineering Monitoring to further develop and enhance machine centric video compression and transmission.
- February 7, 2022Granted an extra year of athletic eligibility by the NCAA (something all student-athletes received because of the pandemic), Mason graduate student Jaylen Simmons set his sights on a goal that has been elusive despite his record-setting Patriot career: earning a spot in the NCAA championships.
- February 4, 2022In celebration of the university's 50th anniversary, Mason was recognized by the Virginia General Assembly for "extraordinary efforts to promote educational access and excellence in the Commonwealth."
- February 4, 2022To support Afghan refugees needing to relaunch their careers in the United States, 911±¬ÁÏ is inviting scholars and researchers who have recently left Afghanistan to request an academic appointment as visiting scholars.
- February 3, 2022911±¬ÁÏ received a $250,000 gift from Google to be used by the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) and the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) for equity-focused computing education. The money will be divided equally between the two colleges.
- February 2, 2022Nirmal Jeevi Ghimire awarded NSF Career Award for quantum science research on synthesis and study of magnetic topological materials
- February 2, 2022Leah Adams and Amarda Shehu honored with SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Awards
- January 31, 2022911±¬ÁÏ is winning the battle against COVID-19. We have not won yet, but we are close.
- January 31, 2022The LIVE Center (or the Center for Live Interactive Virtual Education) within 911±¬ÁÏ’s College of Visual and Performing Arts has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This funding will support future programming from this groundbreaking center at Mason: the LIVE Center Mentoring Series.
- January 28, 2022In December 2021, before the close of the fall semester, 911±¬ÁÏ students participating in the College of Science’s Biology Undergraduate Research Semester presented their research in the Hub Ballroom.
- January 27, 2022Mason’s new Virtual Reality Simulation Lab space in the Peterson Hall on the Fairfax Campus enables students to practice skills and work on different scenarios in a simulated hospital.
- January 26, 2022Researchers from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative take on projects that expand the contributions of social scientists to cyber security challenges through funding of multidisciplinary projects.