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🩷October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this week's highlights research aimed at improving life after breast ca...
10/16/2026

🩷October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this week's highlights research aimed at improving life after breast cancer.

Meet Nadine Kabbani, professor in George Mason University's Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, who is leading a new research collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University to better understand why some breast cancer survivors experience chronic nerve pain long after chemotherapy ends.

🔬 Supported by a $200,000 grant from the Commonwealth Health Research Board, the team is using neuroscience, advanced proteomics, and artificial intelligence to explore the biological changes behind persistent pain.

“More people are surviving cancer than ever before,” Kabbani said. “That means we need to put equal energy into helping survivors live well after treatment.”

This , we're recognizing scientists like Kabbani who are working to improve quality of life beyond cancer treatment.

🔗 Read more:

👏 Celebrating a George Mason trailblazer!Congratulations to Kerin Hilker-Balkissoon from George Mason University's Colle...
10/15/2026

👏 Celebrating a George Mason trailblazer!

Congratulations to Kerin Hilker-Balkissoon from George Mason University's College of Science on receiving a 2026 Trailblazer Award for Intercollege Collaboration!

The award recognizes individuals who advance the university's mission and demonstrate excellence in socially conscious engineering and technology.

Through the Spring into STEM initiative, Kerin partnered with College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University to help families discover and nurture their children's STEM interests, inspiring the next generation of scientists and innovators. 🔬

💚💛 Congratulations, Kerin!

📷 Christi Wilcox (left), director of Programs and Research in the College of Engineering and Computing's Office of Outreach, Student Success and Engagement, joins Kerin Hilker-Balkissoon (right), director of STEM Access, Outreach, and Career Pathways in the College of Science, as she celebrates her Trailblazer Award.

Photo by Siri Meghana Annamdevula.

⚛️ Inspiring the next generation of quantum innovators starts with today's teachers.This summer and fall, educators join...
10/13/2026

⚛️ Inspiring the next generation of quantum innovators starts with today's teachers.

This summer and fall, educators joined George Mason University for hands-on quantum learning experiences designed to help bring emerging technologies into K-12 classrooms. Together, teachers explored how quantum concepts connect to existing curriculum and how students can build pathways toward future careers in science and technology.

Special thanks to the Booz Allen Foundation, whose support is part of the Booz Allen TechXplore initiative to reach one million youth with advanced technology training and readiness opportunities.

https://science.gmu.edu/news/george-mason-helps-teachers-bring-quantum-science-k-12-classrooms

📚 Teacher learning ⚛️ Quantum exploration 🚀 Future-ready students

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George Mason University College of Education and Human Development - George Mason University College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University

🌦️ From the classroom to forecasting the nation's weather!George Mason University alumnus Noah Blanco-Alcalá, MS Climate...
10/12/2026

🌦️ From the classroom to forecasting the nation's weather!

George Mason University alumnus Noah Blanco-Alcalá, MS Climate Dynamics ’25, is putting his education to work helping predict weather across the country.

His journey highlights how College of Science graduates are applying their knowledge to real-world challenges and making an impact in climate science and weather forecasting.

💚💛 Discover where a George Mason science degree can take you: https://science.gmu.edu/noah-weather

🌎 How can climate science help Virginia communities prepare for what’s ahead?For this week’s , we’re highlighting James...
10/09/2026

🌎 How can climate science help Virginia communities prepare for what’s ahead?

For this week’s , we’re highlighting James Kinter, professor in the J. Shukla Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences and director of the Virginia Climate Center and the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmospheric Studies.

Kinter is helping lead George Mason’s growing role in climate research and service as the College of Science becomes home to Virginia’s new State Climate Office. Housed within the Virginia Climate Center, the office will expand climate research, data, and expertise across the Commonwealth, helping communities better understand risk and prepare for challenges including extreme heat, drought, flooding, and sea-level rise.

"With the Virginia State Climate Office launching at George Mason, every community across the Commonwealth gains something it can't afford to be without: accurate, timely, and actionable weather and climate information it can trust,” Kinter said.

👏 Congratulations to Kinter and the Virginia Climate Center team on this important step forward for climate science and resilience in Virginia.

🔗 Read more: https://science.gmu.edu/news/media-virginia-creates-state-climate-office-george-mason-universitys-college-science

🦠 What if long COVID and Post-Treatment Lyme Disease share more than similar symptoms?A new study led by George Mason Un...
10/08/2026

🦠 What if long COVID and Post-Treatment Lyme Disease share more than similar symptoms?

A new study led by George Mason University School of Systems Biology Professor Alessandra Luchini is investigating whether previously dormant tick-borne and vector-borne infections could become reactivated following COVID-19 infection—and contribute to symptoms associated with long COVID.

Supported by the PolyBio Research Foundation and conducted in collaboration with Mount Sinai, the research will use diagnostic technology developed at George Mason to look for molecular markers in urine samples from long COVID patients.

“This is ultimately about moving from broad, qualitative symptom descriptions to measurable biology,” Luchini said.

The goal: better understand what may be driving persistent illness and ultimately help identify patient groups using objective biological markers—an important step toward more targeted treatment.

🔗 Read more: https://science.gmu.edu/news/new-study-explores-overlap-between-long-covid-and-post-treatment-lyme-disease

GMU - School of Systems Biology

What does it take to prepare students for careers that may not even exist yet? This summer and last weekend, George Maso...
10/06/2026

What does it take to prepare students for careers that may not even exist yet?

This summer and last weekend, George Mason University brought together K-12 educators to explore quantum science through workshops designed to build both knowledge and confidence in teaching emerging technologies.

Through the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Quantum in the Middle project in conjunction with support from the Booz Allen Foundation, teachers examined how quantum concepts connect across grade levels and how today's classrooms can create pathways into tomorrow's workforce and were recruited to implement these activities in their classrooms.

Faculty leaders from George Mason’s Quantum Science and Engineering Center, Jessica Rosenberg, QSEC Director of Education and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nancy Holincheck, associate professor of STEM, Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Development - George Mason University and associate director of education for the Quantum Science and Engineering Center, are working to build a comprehensive continuum that spans elementary school through graduate education, helping educators understand not just what to teach, but why it matters for students' futures.

With support from the Booz Allen Foundation, part of the TechXplore initiative, this work is helping strengthen the future technology workforce.

📖 Read the full article to learn how teachers are becoming leaders in quantum education: https://science.gmu.edu/news/george-mason-helps-teachers-bring-quantum-science-k-12-classrooms

💀 : What does death investigation look like beyond the classroom?Mary Weldon, adjunct professor in the Forensic Science...
10/02/2026

💀 : What does death investigation look like beyond the classroom?

Mary Weldon, adjunct professor in the Forensic Science Program, brings firsthand experience in medicolegal death investigation to the classroom—and shares that expertise with law enforcement professionals from around the world.

This fall, Weldon returned to the FBI’s National Academy at Quantico as a guest speaker, presenting on postmortem examination procedures to law enforcement officials from across the U.S. and countries including Pakistan, Nigeria, Spain, and Malta.

She was also recently named a board member and Northern Virginia area liaison for the Virginia Homicide Investigators Association and presented at the association’s annual training conference on wound pattern interpretation.

At George Mason, Weldon brings those real-world experiences into her work with students.

🔗 Learn more about Weldon: https://science.gmu.edu/directory/mary-weldon-1

GMU Forensic Science Program

🎬🔭 Space Day doesn't stop at 5 p.m.! Cap off George Mason Space Day with a FREE screening of Cosmic Dawn: The Untold Sto...
09/26/2026

🎬🔭 Space Day doesn't stop at 5 p.m.! Cap off George Mason Space Day with a FREE screening of Cosmic Dawn: The Untold Story of the James Webb Space Telescope, tonight at 6 p.m. in the Johnson Center Cinema.
Go behind the scenes of the mission that's helping us uncover the origins of the universe. ✨🌌
Free and open to all — see you there!

🌌 Panel 3: Mason Space Collaborative🌌 TODAY: Discover How Mason Is Shaping the Future of SpaceJoin us for a conversation...
09/26/2026

🌌 Panel 3: Mason Space Collaborative
🌌 TODAY: Discover How Mason Is Shaping the Future of Space
Join us for a conversation about the George Mason Space Collaborative and its interdisciplinary approach to advancing space research, education, innovation, and exploration. Our panel will explore how partnerships across science, engineering, AI, policy, business, law, and the social sciences can turn ideas into missions, create new opportunities, and prepare the next generation of space leaders.
Visit science.gmu.edu/MasonSpaceDay to view panelists
📍 Johnson Center, Fairfax Campus
🕐 TODAY | September 26 | 1 to 5 p.m.
🎟️ FREE event!

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