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Members of the university community gathered on the Fairfax Campus for spooky fun at the 5th annual ��ɫ��Ƶ Trunk or Treat on October 24. University offices and departments, student groups, local businesses, and community organizations hosted festive and frightful trunks for George Mason families.

From Halloween decorations to Hollywood horror, skeletons have a reputation for being creepy. But George Mason anthropologist Kimberly Foecke knows there's much more beneath the surface.

The $15 million gift from Arlene Evans and Barry Dewberry is the College of Public Health's largest philanthropic investment to expand opportunities for students and support workforce development in Virginia and beyond.

PBS News Hour co-anchor Geoff Bennett recently visited with communication students, offering career advice before his appearance at George Mason’s Fall for the Book Festival.

��ɫ��Ƶ’s Student Support and Advocacy Center recently honored its 10th anniversary with a series of events, including a donation drive to benefit one of its key services: the Patriot Pantry. The “End Hunger Games” competition brought the campus community together for a common cause and highlighted the work SSAC does to address food insecurity.

In July, ��ɫ��Ƶ alumnus Sumeet Shrivastava, MBA ’94, was elected rector of George Mason’s Board of Visitors (BOV), after previously serving as vice rector. Shrivastava is president and CEO of federal consulting and software development company Unissant. He has served in many capacities at George Mason, including past chair of the ��ɫ��Ƶ Foundation Board of Trustees and past president of the Alumni Association board.  

��ɫ��Ƶ celebrated a major milestone for the future of Athletics today with the groundbreaking ceremony for the Basketball and Academic Performance Center (BAPC), a transformational project that will elevate student-athlete development, enhance academic support services, and strengthen Patriots Basketball.  

This fall, the Veterans and the Arts Initiative introduced the new workshop In Service of Theater: A Staged Reading Program for the Military and Veteran Community.

The ��ɫ��Ƶ Alumni Association’s annual Celebration of Distinction recognizes outstanding alumni, faculty members, and students.  Since 1975, the ��ɫ��Ƶ Alumni Association has recognized alumni, faculty, and students for outstanding achievement, service, and leadership at its annual Celebration of Distinction.  

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ada Ferrer received the ninth annual Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award for her memoir, Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter, at the Fall for the Book Festival at ��ɫ��Ƶ on October 8. 

As the anchor for Northern Virginia’s first Innovation District, ��ɫ��Ƶ’s Science and Technology Campus is going through a major growth spurt. The campus is powering new developments in high-tech industry sectors like life sciences, aerospace, and defense. A new, walkable Innovation Town Center is under construction near the front door of campus. And George Mason employees have the option to live in the center of it all.

A daylong symposium brought experts from government agencies and private-sector innovators to discuss the status and future of energy and security at sea and in space. See what the students in the audience gained from the experience.