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In July, Charles “Cully” Stimson, JD ‘92, was elected as rector of the 911���� Board of Visitors. A businessman and attorney, Stimson is the deputy director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, Senior Legal Fellow, manager of the National Security Law Program, and senior advisor to the president at The Heritage Foundation.

911���� School of Education professor Jennifer Suh was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in support of her project “Framework for Integrating Technology for Equity (FIT for Equity).” Working with Suh as coprincipal investigator is Theresa Wills, also of the College of Education and Human Development.

In recognition of former President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday on Oct. 1, 911����’s Board of Visitors (BOV) voted to award President Carter an honorary doctor of humane letters.

Recent media reports about the Scalia Law School running budget deficits do not take into account the full measure of what is required to operate a highly competitive, top-ranked law school under current conditions.

Sometimes the most elegant solutions are the simplest, like using one waste product to eliminate another, such as used coffee grounds, called CoffeeBots, engineered in a 911���� laboratory.

Center for the Arts engagement activities with Mason Artist-in-Residence Ballet Hispánico include a master class and classroom visits with 911���� students, workshops for area schools and community groups, Latin social dances for the public and Mason community, and a free school time performance.

Daniel Gartenberg became passionate about the study of sleep during his graduate studies at 911����. He is now founder and CEO of SleepSpace and a scientific advisor to other companies in the sleep science field.

When Student Body President Maria Alejandra Romero Cuesta and Vice President Colin McAulay were looking at universities, 911����’s proximity to Washington, D.C., and Schar School of Policy and Government’s strong reputation made it a top choice for them both.

911���� is Virginia's leading university for value, upward mobility and internships, and ranked in the top 25 nationally for innovation according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2025 released today.

911���� students, faculty, staff, and alumni gathered on Wednesday, Sept. 11, for the 12th annual Mason Nation 9/11 Day of Service.

The Department of Statistics’ Lily Wang and George Washington University’s Huixia Judy Wang are developing scalable, distributed computing methods to analyze large-scale spatiotemporal datasets. The collaborative research project is funded by the National Science Foundation.  

With his 4-VA proposal “Nanoscale Visualization of Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction Activity at Cu Nanocatalysts,” Yun Yu wanted to investigate options in catalytic electrode materials to improve and enhance electrocatalysis, a process essential for harnessing sustainable energy sources for artificial photosynthesis.