- Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed legislation that approves George Mason University for the highest level of institutional management autonomy granted to Virginia public colleges and universities, a milestone achievement for Mason, the state’s youngest public research institution.
- Virtual study uses advanced health research technology to examine health, well-being, social and economic effects of COVID-19 on people of all walks of life.
- Mason scientists employ a rapid-result, saliva-based test that significantly expands testing capacity, and an antibody test that can track vaccine response.
- George Mason University joins the more than 1,500 colleges, universities, businesses and municipalities seeking to help the United States reach net zero emissions by 2050.
- A $1 million grant from Strada Education Network helped George Mason University launched the ADVANCE Career Accelerator Toolkit, a first-of-its-kind web-based application designed to help prospective students select majors based on desired career outcomes.
- Scholarship fund to support accelerated nursing students in perpetuity.
- Fairfax, Va. – George Mason University’s School of Music will be renamed the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music, in honor of the Dewberrys’ lifetime legacy of giving to the university, and recent and pledged support of $1.8 million t