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With COVID-19 continuing to spread throughout the world, there is a demand for rapid, noninvasive diagnostics. ºÚÁÏÉç researchers Robin Couch and Allyson Dailey, members of the College of Science and the Institute of Biohealth Innovation, are working to answer that call with their research on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for infectious disease detection.

Mason graduate student Christopher Frost decided to focus his independent study on helping the Warrenton Aquatic and Recreation Facility (WARF) to determine the needs of its community during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sharnnia Artis joined ºÚÁÏÉç on Sept. 1 as the new vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion and chief diversity officer. Before coming to Mason, Artis served as assistant dean of access and inclusion in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences and the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, one of the most diverse engineering programs in the nation.

Mason Lighting the Way: Shelby Adams

Mason women's soccer standout Dacheka Kolcum lends a helping hand to her native Haiti.

In order for athletes to balance their routines with wellness, they need to apply the same principles as they did with sports, says Emmett Gill, term assistant professor in the Department of Social Work within the College of Health and Human Services at ºÚÁÏÉç.

Mason to collaborate with COMSovereign and Widelity on 5G innovation

David Rehr said he has spent his entire life thinking about how government can be more efficient and effective. That's a key reason he co-founded Mason’s RPA Initiative, in partnership with global software company UiPath, in January.

For Master of Public Health (MPH) student Jorge Garcia, the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to obtain real-world experience in infectious disease surveillance by applying the skills he learned throughout his MPH courses while working at the Fairfax County Health Department.

In a first-of-its-kind study, Associate Professor Hong Xue and Professors Alison Cuellar and Lawrence Cheskin and colleagues at ºÚÁÏÉç's College of Health and Human Services examined associations between the amount of time spent on specific social media sites and the use of both e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes.   While most of the social media platforms reviewed in the study showed no significant association with vaping, Xue and his colleagues did find that college-age e-cigarette users who spent more time on Snapchat did have a higher prevalence of lifetime e-cigarette use as well as an increased frequency of e-cigarette use in the past 30 days. College-age e-cigarette users who are occasional or regular vapers spend an average of just over two hours a day on Snapchat, according to the study. Non-users, on the other hand, spend less than an hour each day on the app. The study also found that each extra hour on Snapchat was associated with a 4.61 percent increase in likelihood of lifetime e-cigarette use

Freshman point guard Mike Gray is ready to achieve his goals on the basketball court and in the classroom.