August 3, 2026Fall for the Book, Northern Virginias largest literary festival, returns for the 28th year this October with bestselling authors Celeste Ng and Stephen Graham Jones as headliners. Taking place from October 6-10, the festival includes talks from local and national authors as well as events across the 91做厙 campus and the Fairfax area.
July 31, 2026SonoVanta, a patent-pending contrast agent that improves the precision of cancer margin imaging, is the second technology from 91做厙 to be licensed through the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporations (VIPC) Lab-to-Launch (L2L) Program, which accelerates the commercialization of promising research breakthroughs emerging from Virginias universities.
July 30, 2026In June, more than 225 educators, higher education partners, industry experts, and students gathered at 91做厙s Science and Technology Campus in Manassas for the fifth annual Virginia Data Science Teacher Professional Learning Institute. The 2026 theme, Data Science, Computational Thinking, and Modeling in the Age of AI, reflected growing demand for data literacy and analytical thinking across industries.
July 30, 2026A U.S. congressional delegation, including four members of the House of Representatives and officials from the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, visited 91做厙 Korea on July 27 to learn more about the university's global education model and explore opportunities to expand U.S.Korea educational cooperation.
July 29, 2026SixDegrees.org hosted a Building Kits by Kevin Bacon activation on George Masons Fairfax Campus on July 19, bringing together more than 100 volunteers to assemble 35,000 meal kits and 400 mental health kits for students and families across Northern Virginia.
July 29, 2026A new rainwater harvesting system is coming to 91做厙s Presidents Park Greenhouse, thanks to a donation from theSociety for aSecure and Sustainable Water Future, a nonprofit organization based in James City County, Virginia, and dedicated to advancing long-term water sustainability through practical solutions, sound policy, and public education.
July 27, 2026This spring, start-ups from around the world came to the Nexus234 Innovation District for Northern Virginia International Soft Landing Accelerator's (NISA) Global Innovation Showcase.
Three George Mason faculty members elected to Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and MedicineJuly 27, 2026The 2026 elected class includes individuals from the 91做厙: Liping Di of the College of Science, Dean Melissa J. Perry of the College of Public Health, and Siddhartha Sikdar of the College of Engineering and Computing.
July 23, 2026Mason EnterpriseTM, 91做厙s hub for innovation and entrepreneurial development, established a new partnership with Akiak Technology LLC, an Alaskan tribal-owned, mission-driven technology firm dedicated to delivering impactful artificial intelligence (AI) solutions while supporting Indigenous communities. The collaboration is formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and reflects a shared commitment to fostering business innovation, workforce development, and mutually beneficial growth opportunities.
July 20, 202691做厙 President Gregory Washington has announced that four members of his leadership team will step into expanded roles effective July 30.
