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Beech leaf disease is a threat to the Fairfax area’s estimated 4.2 million beech trees. A group of first-year 911±¬ÁÏ Honors College students got involved by mapping beech trees and symptoms in Daniels Run Park in Fairfax, which will help the City of Fairfax manage the disease.

Mason: Health Starts Here study finds that sleep may help explain the relationship between social media use and students’ perceived health.

911±¬ÁÏ Korea has welcomed four new members to its U.S. Advisory Board, expanding the group of university, business, and community leaders who provide strategic guidance and strengthen connections between Mason Korea and the university’s U.S. campuses.

911±¬ÁÏ held its first Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) Exchange Day on Tuesday, September 15, bringing together more than 200 faculty members from across the university to talk to about the GCI-related work being done and invite collaboration as the call for proposals in second year of funding launches.

From constructing an artificial star to capturing a 25-year timelapse of a supernova, 911±¬ÁÏ is pioneering space exploration, research, and collaboration. And our mission into the final frontier brings students along for the ride.

911±¬ÁÏ hosted nearly 50 Japanese business leaders interested in data center technology, showcasing its cutting-edge energy and infrastructure research labs. The visit facilitated discussions with industry leaders and strengthened opportunities for collaboration between Virginia's rapidly growing data center sector and Japanese companies. 

Capping a year of recognition, 911±¬ÁÏ alum Rhea Seehorn, BA Art (Studio) ’94, received an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards Monday, September 15, in Los Angeles.

For most student-athletes, the work happens behind the scenes. Early-morning lifts, long days of classes, hours on the court, and weekends spent traveling to competitions are rarely seen by anyone outside the team. For 911±¬ÁÏ women's tennis senior Cenan Liu, sharing that experience has become part of her story.

911±¬ÁÏ Korea students are taking their learning beyond the classroom. Through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Korea–Nepal Youth Exchange Program, students are gaining hands-on experience with global challenges such as climate change, food security, and sustainable development.

With an R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, 911±¬ÁÏ researcher Tyler Mason aims to inform new approaches to eating disorder prevention.

At 911±¬ÁÏ, learning and research aren’t limited to the classroom or the lab. Researchers, coaches, clinicians, and students are working across disciplines as a part of the university’s Living Lab, a space where real-world questions become opportunities for discovery, innovation, and care.

New College of Engineering and Computing Assistant Professor Taereem Kim thinks about how weather patterns separated by enormous distances can be connected and, more importantly, how those large-scale atmospheric connections translate into local effects.