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A $20,000 NEA grant for Fall for the Book will support general operating costs for literary festival’s year-round programming.

Students, donors, and Mason staff enjoyed an evening of gratitude at this year's Scholarship Dinner, with 200 guests in attendance to hear students’ stories of impact. More than 1,100 scholarships have been awarded in FY 24, totaling more than $3.5 million.

After two years of studying management and marketing at the Costello College of Business and the Honors College at 911����, Rakibul Alam’s academic credits have put him a semester ahead of schedule.

Scientists from 911����’s College of Science and College of Public Health aim to harness the many advantages of urine testing over other methods and increase mainstream adoption.

Ten Mason Korea students recently visited Samsung Biologics in Songdo, Incheon, for a unique opportunity to gain firsthand insights into one of Korea's leading biotechnology companies.

Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni delivered the second annual Busboys and Poets Lecture: “Jimmy and Me—and Our Interconnected Future as Americans,” on April 23.

A new Hazel–Peterson Scholarship fund has been established in the name of the Hazel and Peterson families to support undergraduate students pursuing a minor in real estate development at the Costello College of Business of 911����.

The 911���� Board of Visitors voted to increase in-state tuition by 3% for 2024-25, consistent with guidance from the Commonwealth of Virginia for the current budget cycle.

Bo Han, a computer science professor in the College of Engineering and Computing at 911����, is working with colleagues Songqing Chen, Parth Pathak, and Craig Yu to create a research infrastructure capable of connecting extended reality experiences across varying distances.

911���� researchers Nirup Menon and Brian Ngac recently won a two-year award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, to create unique experiential learning opportunities and workshops designed to enhance cybersecurity education and workforce development.

Senior of the Year Celine Apenteng has made an impact during her time at 911����, and she isn’t done. After graduating this spring, the Silver Spring, Maryland, native will continue to pursue her master’s through the university’s accelerated master’s program.

911����’s 2024 graduating class—the first whose members can say they earned a degree from a consensus top 50 public university in the country—was honored Thursday morning in front of an energized crowd at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.