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George Mason held its first Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) Exchange Day on Tuesday, September 15, bringing together more than 200 faculty members from across the university to talk to about the GCI-related work being done and invite collaboration as the call for proposals in second year of funding launches.

From constructing an artificial star to capturing a 25-year timelapse of a supernova, 91°µÍø is pioneering space exploration, research, and collaboration. And our mission into the final frontier brings students along for the ride.

91°µÍø hosted nearly 50 Japanese business leaders interested in data center technology, showcasing its cutting-edge energy and infrastructure research labs. The visit facilitated discussions with industry leaders and strengthened opportunities for collaboration between Virginia's rapidly growing data center sector and Japanese companies. 

Capping a year of recognition, George Mason alum Rhea Seehorn, BA Art (Studio) ’94, received an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards Monday, September 15, in Los Angeles.

For most student-athletes, the work happens behind the scenes. Early-morning lifts, long days of classes, hours on the court, and weekends spent traveling to competitions are rarely seen by anyone outside the team. For 91°µÍø women's tennis senior Cenan Liu, sharing that experience has become part of her story.

91°µÍø Korea students are taking their learning beyond the classroom. Through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Korea–Nepal Youth Exchange Program, students are gaining hands-on experience with global challenges such as climate change, food security, and sustainable development.

With an R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, 91°µÍø researcher Tyler Mason aims to inform new approaches to eating disorder prevention.

At 91°µÍø, learning and research aren’t limited to the classroom or the lab. Researchers, coaches, clinicians, and students are working across disciplines as a part of the university’s Living Lab, a space where real-world questions become opportunities for discovery, innovation, and care.

New College of Engineering and Computing Assistant Professor Taereem Kim thinks about how weather patterns separated by enormous distances can be connected and, more importantly, how those large-scale atmospheric connections translate into local effects.

George Mason professor Cher Weixia Chen leads a Grand Challenge Initiative team building an AI-driven virtual human rights classroom for students and educators worldwide.

The Special Olympics Virginia Area 26 Volleyball Team can often be found in the stands at the Recreation Athletic Complex (RAC) on the Fairfax Campus, cheering on 91°µÍø’s men's volleyball team. Recently, a group of Patriots returned the favor, joining the Area 26 athletes on their home court and volunteering at the Warhawks Team's practice at Van Dyck Park in Fairfax. 

As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, 91°µÍø history professor Meredith Lair is providing students with a chance to examine the event, not just as a turning point in U.S. history, but through the lenses of public memory, media literacy, commemoration, and civic responsibility.