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On this episode of Access to Excellence, President Gregory Washington is joined by Marc Gopin, the James H. Laue Professor of World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution in George Mason鈥檚 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, to discuss the challenges of building peace and how to bridge the growing divides between groups.
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December 1, 2023Peter Becker, a professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department in George Mason 麻豆国产鈥檚 College of Science explains, talks how a predicted major increase in solar storms could be a prelude to an 鈥渋nternet apocalypse, and how a $14 million federal study he is leading with the Navy could provide better predictive capabilities and help us better understand exactly what鈥檚 at stake.
November 13, 2023Melissa Perry, dean of Mason鈥檚 College of Public Health, is an ardent proponent of virtual reality as a tool to help solve the nation鈥檚 health challenges. But she also worries that technology has helped create an 鈥渆pidemic of loneliness鈥 that has heightened the importance of a shared humanity and 鈥渂eing present for each other.鈥
September 11, 2023Karina Korostelina, a professor of conflict analysis and resolution in Mason鈥檚 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, conducts remarkable research with global implications that not only applies to countries and groups in conflict but societies as well. Ukraine鈥檚 war with Russia, at its end, she says, will present enormous problems with the reconciliation of people and territories.
August 4, 2023Nikyatu Jusu, an assistant professor of directing and screenwriting in Mason鈥檚 College of Visual and Performing Arts, talks about her hit movie 鈥淣anny,鈥 which won the grand prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The horror genre is not all 鈥渏ump-scares,鈥 she says. Just as often, the monster is a commentary on human nature and the way we treat each other and ourselves.
July 8, 2023Andrew McCabe, the former deputy and acting director of the FBI, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor, gives a masterclass on the indictment of Donald Trump under the Espionage Act, goes deep into some of the most controversial and important moments in his career, and explains why he so appreciates teaching at Mason.
June 2, 2023Foteini Baldimtsi, an assistant professor in Mason鈥檚 Department of Computer Science, and James Casey, an associate professor in Mason鈥檚 Computer Game Design program, help us understand what the metaverse is, or will be, and how the volatile world of cryptocurrency fits in.
April 28, 2023Paula Sorrell, associate vice president for innovation and economic development at Mason, and Ajay Vinz茅, dean of Mason's School of Business, discuss how Mason Enterprise is an economic engine for Northern Virginia, and how the School of Business is changing the way business is taught.
February 15, 2023Lawrence Jackson says colonialism brought an end to authentic African dance. But the associate professor of dance who in 2011, co-authored a special edition on Black dance in the Journal of Pan African Studies, explains how Black dance keeps those African cultural traditions alive and is an affirmation of identity and independence.
January 25, 2023Missy Cummings, one of the country鈥檚 first female fighter pilots and the director of Mason鈥檚 autonomy and robotics center, calls herself a tech futurist, charged with making tech work and helping it get better. She isn鈥檛 shy about calling out bad tech either, including the vision systems in self-driving cars and Tesla鈥檚 Autopilot.
December 13, 2022Helon Habila, a professor of creative writing, and an acclaimed international author, has never shied away from important issues. The author of four novels and a factual account of the 2014 kidnapping in Nigeria of 276 young girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram, Habila says he strives to describe history through the eyes of ordinary people.
November 16, 2022When Gail Christopher, executive director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity and a Mason senior scholar, talks about 鈥渆nsuring a future,鈥 she鈥檚 really talking about creating a system of equity that produces opportunities for everyone to 鈥渁ctualize their potential.鈥
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