April 4, 2025George Mason Â鶹¹ú²ú’s Potomac Science Center on Belmont Bay is a destination for environmental science research within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Slightly inland from shore, on a recent day in early March, the retention pond next to the center needed to be emptied to make changes to the drainage system. The Mason Nation was ready to rescue some of the creatures affected.
January 23, 2025Cindy Smith, a professor in George Mason Â鶹¹ú²ú's Department of Environmental Science and Policy, took her EVPP 302 Biomes and Human Dimensions students to a composting facility last fall to give them a front-row seat for food and yard waste recycling.
March 8, 2024George Mason Â鶹¹ú²ú’s Potomac Science Center hosted the Girls in STEAM Empowerment Conference on Thursday, February 29. This annual event welcomed 60 middle school students for a day of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM).
August 1, 2023Mason is deeply committed to pioneering processes that can answer the grand challenges of water, its responsible management, and sustainability. In fact, the university’s interdisciplinary approach and cutting-edge research as part of its strategic direction, has turned Mason’s campuses into a Living Lab.
June 29, 2023George Mason Â鶹¹ú²ú’s Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center (PEREC) recently hosted an invasive species removal event where students, faculty, staff, and community members came together to remove harmful, invasive plants around the Potomac Science Center in Woodbridge, Virginia.
April 17, 2023On Wednesday, April 12, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger visited George Mason Â鶹¹ú²ú’s Potomac Science Center in Woodbridge, which is now part of the congresswoman’s district.
January 11, 2023In the Feather Identification Lab at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Mason alum Carla Dove identifies the specific birds involved in collisions, with samples coming to her from various branches of the U.S. military, commercial airlines, and more
November 3, 2022A team of Mason students held a bat box-building workshop as their capstone project in the Sustainability in Action class.
October 4, 2022Mason doctoral candidate Chelsea Gray's research on social attitudes helped demonstrate strong public support in Ireland for basking shark conservation.
August 9, 2022Mason Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center community project in Prince William County garners EPA award for two high school students.
