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Schar School senior Erika Burkard was determined to intern with a law firm. And she’s glad she did. See how she did it and the important lessons she learned from the experience.

At the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Board of Visitors meeting August 1, President Gregory Washington highlighted the university’s successes during the past five years.

Through hands-on exploration of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, students in the ACCESS Academy AI Summer Camp can imagine and begin preparing for technology-sector careers.

Ilya Kim brought a unique perspective to his studies at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) summer camps, programs, and workshops are dedicated to inspiring the next generation of scientists and researchers with STEM-focused curriculum and hands-on learning experiences. 

Each year, academic professionals teach and conduct research abroad through the highly competitive Fulbright Scholar Program. ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has a rich history of sending and hosting faculty and staff through the program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State. This year, Frank Krueger of the College of Science, Nathalia Peixoto of the College of Engineering and Computing, and Yali Pan of the Office of International Programs and Services, received Fulbright awards.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ has announced a generous multi-year commitment from Schwab Advisor Services in partnership with the Charles Schwab Foundation to grow and strengthen George Mason’s Financial Planning and Wealth Management Program (FPWM) and to position it to meet the region’s strong demand for certified financial planners.

For Ryanne Mardini, the humanities and STEM go hand in hand. The criminology, law and society major's summer internship with WorldStrides has taken her across the United States, inspiring young scholars to explore the world of STEM through hands-on learning opportunities.

The Country to Country (C2C) Capture the Flag (CTF) contest is an international competition that issues challenges to code, decrypt, search, hack, and reverse engineer their way through as many challenges as possible.

Christan Coogle is working with the Virginia Department of Education to expand and improve the toolboxes of teachers across Virginia to better support students with delays and disabilities.

Understanding and treating complex eye movement disorders like strabismus has long been a challenge for clinicians. Now, researchers at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ are pioneering a new approach using robotics and artificial intelligence to engineer a better future for vision care.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s civil engineers are assessing the climate change challenges facing some of the world’s highest mountain ranges, creating better ways to measure the melting ice in high elevations where temperatures are rising faster than average and putting pressure on the livelihoods of fragile cultures and ecologies.