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When the producers of the blockbuster movie A House of Dynamite needed expert advice on how to operate the White House Situation Room during a nuclear crisis, they turned to the Schar School’s Larry Pfeiffer, former director of the fabled “SitRoom.”

Ali Reza Manouchehri, BA Philosophy ‘99, co-founder and chief executive officer of MetroStar, a company he started as a 91���� student, will be the featured speaker at Winter Commencement on December 18 at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.

In the Polarization and Violence Transformed Peace Lab, researchers and practitioners are developing methods for peace-oriented responses to the negative impacts of extreme polarization and conflict around the globe.

Cognitive training program implemented by 91���� social work researchers offers promising, non-medicine-based methods to support brain health in older adults.

Eleven Mason Korea students stepped into a mentorship role this summer at the 2025 Incheon–ASEAN Global Youth Camp. Serving as more than mentors, the students became cultural bridges in a historic international initiative described by organizers as a “first step” toward lasting educational cooperation.

Since 2010, the Center for Community Mental Health’s (CCMH) mission has been twofold: train 91���� students to become behavioral health care professionals, and provide evidence-based, accessible, and affordable mental health care to members of the Northern Virginia community. 

91���� Environmental Science and Policy major Melanie Medrano has long aspired to work in the federal government, ideally on the front lines of creating meaningful environmental change. She took a major step toward that goal by starting an internship with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, where she will assist in their communication efforts through December 2025.

Digital health researcher Y. Alicia Hong’s WECARE intervention will invigorate resilience in family caregivers of individuals with dementia

George Mason has a one-of-a-kind off-road test bed to put autonomous vehicles through their paces.

In September, Antonin Scalia Law School’s Mason Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic (M-VETS) advocated for a 91���� alumnus and U.S. Air Force veteran before the Department of Veterans Affairs Board of Veterans’ Appeals.

Collaboration between George Mason and local counties help address opioid overdoses, substance use disorder, and behavioral health challenges.

Faculty across 91���� are leading or participating in innovative new projects to further research and education this academic year, thanks to grants recently awarded by 4-VA, a statewide consortium of nine higher education institutions in Virginia.