July 20, 2026Computer Science Assistant Professor Ziyu Yao received an NSF CAREER award for $674,100 to peel the layers back on AI, developing new methods for understanding the internal mechanisms of LLMs.
July 7, 2026Maryam Parsa received a five-year, $655,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop a new framework for brain-inspired AI.
July 6, 2026Xuan Wang received a five-year, $640,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to ask: What if a robot could learn from another robot's experience?
June 9, 2026Nora McDonald received an NSF CAREER award for $748,000 to understand how adolescents are shaped by personalized digital environments and how they can maintain their sense of self, autonomy, and agency within them.
April 28, 2026Daigo Shishika won the prestigious NSF CAREER Award for his work in robotics.
February 16, 2026Funded by a $3.9 million grant, the Scholarship for Service program supports students who commit to working in government cybersecurity roles after graduation.
January 15, 2026Researchers are attempting to 3D print inexpensive prosthetic lower limbs for children, allowing them to run and play with their friends.
January 13, 2026The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a 91°µÍø research team $2.1 million to create a nanosensor and imaging technique that could revolutionize the study of seizures.
January 5, 2026At 91°µÍø, innovation isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a culture. One of the campus spaces championing this culture is the Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX), a hub where creativity and entrepreneurship intersect.
October 29, 2025Through an NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, 10 students from around the country will take part in field-based conservation projects at Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation in Front Royal, Virginia, in the summer of 2026.
