Our Students Can Hack It
They train, compete, and perform at the highest level—only their arena is cybersecurity. Like top athletes, George Mason’s students prove themselves when the pressure is on.
At Mason
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From the Classroom to the Community: Cybersecurity in Action
Guided by experts, students at George Mason and Howard University are delivering tailored cybersecurity solutions to organizations that need them most—while shaping their own futures.
On the Front Lines of Security Research
From integrated sensing to space systems, the nation’s most pressing defense challenges are getting that George Mason touch from faculty who are leading interdisciplinary efforts that connect academia, government, and industry.
Profiles
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Inquiring Minds
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In September 2009, during a behind-the-scenes tour of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., hippo keeper John “J. T.” Taylor brought out a hippo skull to show students participating in the Smithsonian-Mason Semester. During the same visit, the students had the opportunity to feed Happy, a 5,500-pound Nile hippopotamus.
In December, the George Mason men’s basketball team hosted a 20th anniversary commemoration of the program’s historic run to the 2006 NCAA Final Four. During halftime of the game against Old Dominion University, there was a banner ceremony for former Head Coach Jim Larrañaga.
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