- August 27, 2026George Mason University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Marion Underwood today announced that Andre Marshall, vice president for research, innovation, and economic impact, has accepted an assignment with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as program director, Strategic Partnerships Hub.
- August 26, 2026Given today’s short attention spans, how much could it really hurt a business to get caught attempting to manipulate their reputation on a platform like Yelp? George Mason University accounting professor Yi Cao has done the math, and it isn’t pretty for businesses willing to cross ethical lines.
- August 24, 2026George Mason-led study found state social media laws don’t always align with evidence-based strategies to support youth mental health.
- August 17, 2026Community Health students share their insights from nutrition professor and registered dietitian Raedah Basiri for their Honors College project exploring nutrition interventions for chronic disease.
- August 17, 2026When crowdfunding platform Kickstarter started allowing creators to put environmental pledges front and center, George Mason University accounting professor Yi Cao saw a unique opportunity. His co-authored research shows how “going green” turned out to be an impactful business choice with financial, operational and, yes, environmental implications for entrepreneurs and customers.
- August 12, 2026George Mason University researchers found that barriers to help-seeking vary across racial and ethnic groups, highlighting gaps in support for male survivors.
- August 10, 2026Newly patented AI technology helps get bruise detection tools into the hands of clinicians, law enforcement, and researchers
- August 10, 2026Leah M. Adams, associate professor of clinical psychology, is hoping to discover what might make the process of adapting to life post-violently acquired spinal cord injury easier.
- 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 George Mason University research from the 2025 election cycle, that story is wrong.
- August 4, 2026George Mason University computer science professor Keren Zhou has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a prestigious Genesis Award, an initiative designed to accelerate scientific discovery through advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing.
- July 31, 2026SonoVanta™, a patent-pending contrast agent that improves the precision of cancer margin imaging, is the second technology from George Mason University to be licensed through the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation’s (VIPC) Lab-to-Launch (L2L) Program, which accelerates the commercialization of promising research breakthroughs emerging from Virginia’s universities.
- July 30, 2026George Mason University researchers are working with an innovative, electricity-free drinking water treatment system in Puerto Rico that could help small rural communities gain reliable access to safe water.