August 6, 2026Every election cycle brings headlines about the lack of voter participation among 18- to 24- year-olds. The conventional wisdom is that young people are too apathetic or tuned out to vote. But, according to 911±¬ÁÏ research from the 2025 election cycle, that story is wrong.
May 6, 2026As the university’s Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) enters its second year, 911±¬ÁÏ today announced funding for seven catalyst research projects and the launch of the Grand Challenge Research Exchange—quarterly convenings for all GCI-related research to accelerate solutions to the grand challenge of our time.
February 25, 2026911±¬ÁÏ has become Virginia’s first R1 research institution to commercialize a product under the state’s new Lab-to-Launch initiative, marking an early milestone in the commonwealth’s push to accelerate university research into the market.Â
February 17, 2026911±¬ÁÏ’s leadership in advancing 21st-century education took another leap forward this month when several university researchers were named to a statewide project exploring the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on teaching and learning in higher education classrooms.
November 19, 2025911±¬ÁÏ’s Virginia Climate Center (VCC) has unveiled the commonwealth’s first comprehensive, peer-reviewed climate assessment—a landmark report that provides science-based insights into Virginia’s changing climate and its impacts on communities, infrastructure, and the economy.
November 3, 2025With the global rise of Korean culture—from K-pop and film to food and language—911±¬ÁÏ’s Mason Korea campus recently launched the Center for Korean Culture and Society (CKCS), its first independently operating research center.
October 16, 2025Cognitive training program implemented by 911±¬ÁÏ social work researchers offers promising, non-medicine-based methods to support brain health in older adults.
September 29, 2025Illicit massage businesses (IMBs) run by human trafficking rings are rampant in the United States. A 911±¬ÁÏ professor has helped build what may be the best AI-driven tool to root them out.
July 28, 2025There are currently more than 80,000 unaccounted-for service members from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf War, and other conflicts. 911±¬ÁÏ’s ongoing collaboration with the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is exploring new ways of locating the missing remains of those American service members and bringing closure to their families. 
July 3, 2025In partnership with Prince William County, 911±¬ÁÏ’s Biomedical Research Laboratory is working to prevent outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases.
