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Schar School drone and autonomous weapons expert Zak Kallenborn weighs in on the U.S. drone sightings—with a warning.

At 15 years old, Goonatilake is poised to become the youngest graduate in George Mason �鶹���� history with a 4.0 grade point average (GPA). This computer science prodigy from Leesburg, Virginia, is doing things at his own speed and far outpacing societal norms.

George Mason �鶹���� will honor more than 5,200 students graduating or earning certificates at Winter Commencement at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.

When Daksha Magesh came to George Mason �鶹���� as a freshman in 2021, she already had an impressive resumé. The Honors College student was working for federal prosecutor Manka Dhingra of the 45th District from her hometown of Seattle, Washington. Magesh says that’s where her interest in law comes from.

Winter Commencement Speaker George D. Schindler, former president and chief executive officer of business and information technology company CGI, will address George Mason �鶹���� graduates on Dec. 19 at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.

The Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) and the Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC) recently added George Mason �鶹���� as a member.

George Mason's Board of Visitors held its Dec. 5 meeting on the Science and Technology Campus.

Graduating computer science major Dhyeya “Dee” Padhya worked in the �鶹���� Career Services office during his time at George Mason and was featured on the cover of this year’s Career Readiness Guide.

George Mason researchers are coming up with a variety of ways to improve people’s lives.

Graduating psychology student Caroline Little said she grew up at George Mason �鶹����. “I have grown from a child to an adult at George Mason in ways I could have never thought possible. I came here a teenager, and left here a married mother of two,” said Little. Little, who will travel from Alabama to address her fellow graduates as the 2024 Winter Commencement Student Speaker, will welcome her second child, Isabella, this winter. 

A new course combines expertise from several George Mason units. The purpose? To teach the ethics of artificial intelligence. See who is teaching and when the course starts.

Researchers Farrokh Alemi and Kevin Lybarger receive George Mason �鶹����’s first Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) award to develop innovative AI technology, including large language models, for improving antidepressant recommendations.