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At Mason, we believe it will take all of us together to reimagine a better tomorrow. We are unapologetically focused on action, ready to take on the world’s full, messy truths so that we may learn and grow wiser from them.

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Admissions Reminder:
Freshman application deadline is February 1, 2023
Transfer application deadline is March 1, 2023
Mason's research shows its strength in National Science Foundation (NSF) report
George Mason University’s $214 million in research funding in fiscal year 2021 represented an increase of more than $100 million over five years and puts the university on track to meet its goal of $225 million by 2025. Read More.
U.S. News & World Report Ranks 5 of Mason's programs in the Top 20
Mason’s stature as the most innovative and diverse public university in the Commonwealth of Virginia positions it to provide evolving online learning opportunities. Read More

The U.S. News and World Report ranks five Mason programs in the top 20
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Mason Athletics recognized Green Machine Ensembles director and associate professor of music Michael Nickens, “Doc Nix,” during the men’s basketball game vs. Massachusetts on Wednesday at EagleBank Arena.

Mason Nation woke up this morning to a beautiful dusting of snow on the Fairfax Campus.
Events Around Campus

Saturday, February 4 @ 2 PM & 8PM

Visual Voices Lecture Series with Saki Mafundikwa
Thursday, Feb. 09 at 4:45 p.m.

Friday, February 10 @ 7–10 PM
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Missy Cummings is a tech futurist, charged with making tech work
As one of the U.S. Navy’s first female fighter pilots and an engineer, Mary “Missy” Cummings is accustomed to breaking barriers and solving problems. So, when the opportunity to develop a new interdisciplinary program in artificial intelligence at Mason’s College of Engineering and Computing emerged, she didn’t hesitate. Cummings wants to increase the public and workforce's understanding of AI and its limits by utilizing the environment of ideation and innovation coming to Fuse at Mason Square.
Read more about Missy Cummings' research.
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