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¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ 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.

A ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ study finds higher anxiety rates among women and sexual minorities, with medication use doubling in the latter group.

For some, accessibility in the arts is a question of philosophy. ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ adjunct professor Joel Snyder approaches the idea more literally. Snyder is a pioneer in the niche industry of arts audio description—the process of translating the arts into spoken language, making theater, film, dance, and other art forms more accessible for people who are blind or have low vision.

A pair of accounting professors at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Songdo (South Korea) campus discovered that CEOs with formative Korean War memories reacted differently to perceptions of downside risk.

With a lifelong love of baking and dual majors in marketing and business analytics from the Costello College of Business, Musa is tackling small business ownership and her education with a cup of creativity, a dash of determination, and a whole helping of heart.

The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Alumni Association’s annual Celebration of Distinction recognizes outstanding alumni, faculty members, and students.  Since 1975, the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ 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 ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ on October 8. 

Edward Oughton, associate professor of geography and geoinformation science in the College of Science, was recently awarded two grants from the National Science Foundation for space weather prediction and non-terrestrial cybersecurity.

Imagine sitting at home, listening to music you enjoy, and a secret, malicious audio message—imperceptible to human ears—tells your home assistant to transfer money from your bank account. Computer science associate professor Qiang Zeng is developing a way to fight such silent attacks.

As the anchor for Northern Virginia’s first Innovation District, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’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.