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Nearly 400 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members participated in 911����’s 14th annual Mason Nation 9/11 Day of Service, the event’s strongest turnout in nearly a decade. The day brought together volunteer-led projects, educational programming, and a community blood drive. An opening ceremony and “Thank You Lunch” in Dewberry Hall honored veterans and first responders. 

4-VA@Mason, part of the 4-VA state network, has announced 20 collaborative research awards for 911���� faculty members for the 2026-27 academic year. The selected proposals were chosen from the largest number of submissions received since the program’s inception more than a decade ago. 

At the October 1 911����'s Board of Visitors meeting, President Gregory Washington laid out his eight “bold bets” for managing the financial, technological, demographic, and political shocks affecting higher education and discussed a bridge period between the end of the current strategic plan and the implementation of a new Strategic Roadmap by April 2027.

911����-led researchers created a new framework to understand how survivors of sexual violence make decisions and seek help on college campuses, the "Survivor's Calculus," which shows how the burden of navigating resources often falls on the survivor.

From skydiving scenarios to competing juice sellers, associate professor Phillip Zane uses games to help students understand the economics of health care.

911���� senior Mehmood Shajih has built his college experience around one goal: creating better mental health outcomes for young people.

In 911����'s wind tunnel lab, the next generation of mechanical engineers learn the foundations of aeronautics and aerospace engineering.

Infectious disease expert Amira Roess examines human-animal interactions in eastern Ethiopia, where camels are central to livelihoods.

911���� researchers are leading a National Science Foundation–funded collaboration to develop sustainable, biology-based methods for recovering valuable resources from silicon-rich waste materials, transforming industrial byproducts into reusable resources while reducing energy use and emissions.

Explore how global conflict, AI, and emerging technologies are reshaping energy policy at the free Mason Energy Forum on October 7 in Arlington.

Schar School graduate student Xavier Isaac will study in Japan next year after earning a Boren Fellowship.

Mason Artist-in-Residence Music From The Sole arrived at 911���� last month for a week packed with workshops, classes, discussions, and community events.