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On April 7, 2022, �������� celebrated its 50th anniversary as an independent public university. That day and the week of events surrounding it illuminated Mason as a university that is altogether different.

U.S. Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton visited ��������’s Fairfax �������� Tuesday to hear about the university’s research enterprise.

The Hylton Performing Arts Center hosted a special two-day celebration with the 12th Anniversary Gala on April 29 and 30. The first Anniversary Gala held in-person since 2019, the event welcomed more than 1,000 guests and supported the Hylton Center’s mission of presenting diverse performances and programs of high quality and artistic excellence to inspire, educate, and enrich the community.

The K12 Quantum Workforce Development Project will help develop quantum curricula in local public high school systems to better prepare a diverse quantum workforce in Northern Virginia.

In January, Nikyatu Jusu, assistant professor of directing and screenwriting in Mason’s Film and Video Studies Program, had her first feature film, “Nanny,” premier at the Sundance Film Festival, where she was awarded the Grand Jury Prize.

Amarda Shehu, a professor in the department of computer science in the College of Engineering and Computing, is an inaugural founding co-director of the Center for Advancing Human-Machine Partnerships (CAHMP). She begins her new role with IDIA on May 25.

On Nov. 24, 1985, �������� women's soccer defeated North Carolina 2-0 to claim the first-ever NCAA National Championship at Mason.

Road salt has been touted as a lifesaver when it comes to combatting icy roads. Yet using this snow-melting mineral has a dark side once it enters waterways. Graduating senior Maggie Walker, through the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation (SMSC), is gathering data at local streams to influence change.

As a part of ��������’s 50th Anniversary celebration this year, the University Libraries’ Special Collection Research Center (SCRC) is sharing some documents, artifacts, and photography from the archives in its new exhibition “We Are Mason: A Student History.”

�������� passed an important step in the process of reaffirming its accreditation, when the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) found the university to be in compliance with its 72 standards of accreditation.

Mason’s 50th anniversary celebration continued Friday, with the official unveiling of a project designed to transform its Science and Technology �������� in Manassas, Virginia.

For the past decade, Mason alum Germán Perilla, cofounder and director of the Honey Bee Initiative, has led Mason’s honey bee efforts.