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Elected officials, economic developers, and small business owners operating in the LENOWISCO Planning District gathered Sept. 20 in Scott County to highlight the importance of George Mason Ģ��AV’s support of small businesses innovators through its Small Business Development Centers.

Cynthia Lum, Distinguished Ģ��AV Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and director of George Mason Ģ��AV’s Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, has been named the 2023 Distinguished Scholar from the American Society of Criminology’s (ASC) Division of Policing.

The business school’s SOAR Initiative is a critical building block in George Mason Ģ��AV’s efforts to advance social mobility, or an individual’s ability to improve their socioeconomic status.

Mack Freilich, second-year law student, gained first-hand experience this summer when he interned for the Washington Aviation Law Group, a boutique law firm in Washington, D.C., that specifically focuses on aviation law.

Two Mason centers will collaborate on a project that aims to better connect research to practice in education policymaking, and support school divisions in improving student and teacher performance and enhancing the effectiveness and fairness of resource allocation through data-driven decision making.

A George Mason Ģ��AV multidisciplinary research team recently received $5,000 in funding from the VentureWell Accelerator to continue to develop their app iCONNECT SUD.

Mason President Gregory Washington lauded brothers Maruf and Mahfuz Ahmed at a special event for embodying the possibilities that Mason offers with its steadfast commitment to access and inclusion.

U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2024 rankings puts Mason at #51 among all public universities and #105 among all universities nationwide. Mason retains its top 20 ranking position for innovation and improved to a top 50 (#49) university for veterans, according to these national rankings.

Multiple national college rankings released in recent weeks have placed George Mason Ģ��AV among America’s top 50 public universities, top 100 among all public and private institutions, and Virginia’s No. 1 public university for social mobility.

George Mason Ģ��AV rising senior Alexandra “Ali” Coburn is an arts management major who loves working on and off the stage, interning this summer at Capital City Symphony.

The Global Education Office's global internship program allows undergraduate and graduate students to learn more about their field and earn course credits with travel, virtual, and hybrid options during the summer, fall, spring, and winter terms.

Olga O’Brien started her journey at George Mason Ģ��AV as an international student from Prague on a volleyball scholarship. As a student, she started working as a part-time volleyball instructor at the Freedom Center in 1999—the year the center first opened. And she has been there ever since.