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Her academic pathway began nearly 3,000 miles away from Mason Square, in Portland, Oregon, with a detour to Paris where she began her pursuit of a Master of Political Science degree. Now Manar Khalid Al Mahmood is finally coming to campus. Read about her experience at UNESCO and her ambitious goals.

91����’s Board of Visitors (BOV) on Thursday, Feb. 27, introduced three new board members, discussed the university’s response to the recent executive orders, approved an antisemitism resolution, and provided an update on several key initiatives and future planning efforts.

At last week’s Board of Visitors meeting, George Mason’s Vice President and Chief AI Officer Amarda Shehu rolled out a new model for universities to advance a responsible approach to harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and drive societal impact. This model, called AI2Nexus, is building a nexus of collaboration and resources on campus, throughout the region with our vast partnerships, and across the state.

The ASPIRE ONE Lunar Record lands on the Moon’s Mare Crisium, as part of the Ghost Riders in the Sky Lunar mission, to establish a new theoretical framework for planetary-scale archival communication.

91���� has been crowned the Atlantic 10 Women's Indoor Track and Field Champions, claiming the title over VCU at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. The men's team placed second in the championship behind Rhode Island.

George Mason professor Sungsoo Ray Hong has always been a huge fan of cartoons, comics, and animations. By combining his passion with his research area of human-computer interaction, he has created a new tool for cartoonists, ShadowMagic.

George Mason recently welcomed Martin Binks as professor and chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies. He brought a new special topics course with him to the College of Public Health: NUTR 594 or “Motivation: Learning to Coach.”

A record-breaking 78 Peter N. Stearns Provost Scholar Athletes were honored in a ceremony on Monday evening for their outstanding academic achievements.

Ever since InsideNoVa’s Bruce Potter coined the term “nanofab-ulous” to describe the exciting advancements in nanotechnology in the region, 91���� has embraced it in full force.

Through the Knack tutoring program, George Mason students have even greater access to academic support through peer-to-peer tutoring.

Assistant Professor Zhuangdi Zhu is collaborating with the University of Virginia’s Wajih Ul Hassan to develop scalable host-based intrusion detection systems using federated learning, enhancing cybersecurity while ensuring data privacy.

The U.S. Department of State has named 91���� a “Top Producing Institution” of Fulbright U.S. Scholars in 2024-25. The university has more Fulbrights this academic year—eight—than in any year in its history.