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Just outside the nation's capital, we've built connections with government agencies and industry partners working at the forefront of scientific research. Combine those with our advanced facilities for getting real-world work experience and options for tailoring your degree, and our students have more opportunity to land jobs, internships, and research collaborations that really help them stand out.

Students work in Deborah Polayes Biology of Microorganisms Lab. Photo by Lathan Goumas/Office of Communications and Marketing

Fall 2024 New Courses and Special Topics Offerings

Want to explore exciting topics such as agent-based model of an evolving and interactive populations, diagnostics and therapeutics, paleoclimatology, or transforming academia with artificial intelligence research? Or would you rather investigate atmospheric convection, Extremal Graph Theory, or take a seminar to quickly expand the knowledge of your field? 

Consider taking one or more of the 20+ exciting new and special topic courses available this semester.

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Undergraduate scholarships open until May 31

Scholarships at Mason are open to all continuing undergraduates, admitted transfers, and graduate students. Visit the Mason Scholarship Application Page to review and apply for scholarship opportunities offered through the Office of Student Financial Aid and various departments. Scholarship awards are based on your academic record as well as your answers to the questions on the application.

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Timothy Banks wins the 2023-2024 Dean’s Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching               

Math Graduate Teaching Assistant, Tim Banks is a gifted instructor with incredible dedication and passion teaching.

Aleyah Dawkins wins the 2023-2024 Dean’s Graduate Award for Excellence in Research

Congratulations to Mathematical Sciences' Aleyah Dawkins for meriting the Dean's Graduate Award for Excellence in Research. Aleyah is in the final year of her mathematics Ph.D. program, working with Professors Geir Agnarsson and Rachel Kirsch in the field of combinatorics and graph theory.

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Apr29

Geometry MMA Seminar: Primitive-stable and Bowditch actions on hyperbolic spaces

Apr 29, 2024, 10:30 - 11:30 AM

Speaker: Suzanne Schlich, Université Grenoble Alpes (Grenoble Alpes University) Title: Primitive-stable and Bowditch actions on hyperbolic spaces Abstract: In this talk, we will introduce Bowditch representations of the free group of rank two (defined by Bowditch in 1998) along with primitive-stable representations (defined by Minsky in 2010) acting on Gromov
Apr29

OSCAR Celebration of Student Scholarship and Impact

Apr 29, 2024, 12:30 - 3:30 PM

Dewberry Hall, Johnson Center

The Office of Student Creative Activities and Research (OSCAR) hosts the Celebration of Student Scholarship and Impact t his April. The celebration will feature: Undergraduate students presenting posters describing their research and creative projects An art showcase Musical performances Food trucks Recognition and celebration of Mason faculty and graduate students
Apr30

Fulbright U.S. Student Program - Info Session

Apr 30, 2024, 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Virtual

Come learn about the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, which can take you to one of over 140 countries to study, do research, or work as an English teaching assistant. Applicants that will have completed a Bachelor’s degree by Spring 2024 can apply. The Office of Fellowships will host virtual info