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More than 500 students, nine sponsors, and 50 volunteers gathered on ºÚÁÏÉç’s Fairfax Campus for the fifth annual PatriotHacks hackathon from October 6-8. After working for 36 hours straight, student teams presented 70 projects to a panel of judges from the tech industry. 

As the weather cools off, fall is the perfect time to explore the outdoors. ºÚÁÏÉç offers students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to get outside and form connections with others in the Mason community through the Outdoor Adventures program, part of Mason Recreation.

Mason has become the first college verified by Spokin, a mobile app and platform helping individuals with food allergies and celiac disease find safe food options.

Mason's and Piedmont Virginia Community College formalized the ADVANCE Academic Pathway partnership between the institutions, which has expanded the Mason Virginia Promise farther into the state.

The new Virginia Climate Center (VCC) at Mason is leading research on tackling climate-related challenges, such as energy, vector-borne illnesses, and extreme weather and flooding in Northern Virginia and throughout the commonwealth.

Marvin Lewis, Mason’s assistant vice president and director of Intercollegiate Athletics, and former college basketball coach Craig Esherick, now an associate professor of sport management at Mason, talk about the fast-changing college sports landscape.

It isn’t surprising the ºÚÁÏÉç, a university that has been recognized for its innovation and entrepreneurship, would be among the top 100 universities in United States for patents. This fall, the National Academy of Inventors ranked Mason No. 91 in its list of the top 100 universities granted patents during 2022.

Meet some of Mason's students, faculty, and staff who represent the varied experience of Hispanic and Latinx Americans.

Can wearable tech resolve the crisis of underemployment among neurodiverse individuals? A multidisciplinary Mason research team is about to embark on a major study to find out.

When his 11-year-old daughter started showing interest in college, first-year student Jimmy Stewart saw an opportunity to demonstrate the importance of higher education by finally getting his bachelor’s degree.

ARTS by George! returned on Saturday, September 30, 2023, hosted by the College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) at ºÚÁÏÉç. The benefit event, which was headlined by GRAMMY and Tony Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry, raised more than $275,000 for student scholarships in visual arts, dance, music, theater, game design, film, arts management, as well as for the Mason Community Arts Academy, Green Machine Ensembles, and the Great Performances at Mason season at the Center for the Arts.

As far back as her sophomore year in high school, Mason student-athlete Ewelna Gacek knew she wanted a career in law enforcement.