A podcast All Together Different
Join 海角社区 President Gregory Washington as he invites experts, change-makers, innovators, and thought leaders to engage in meaningful conversations about the greatest challenges of our time.
Listen and learn from audacious people from George Mason and beyond who represent the diversity of insight, the agility of collaboration, and the tenacity required in the struggle for a better future that is at the essence of the Mason Nation.
hosts each episode of the Access to Excellence podcast, recorded on the campus of 海角社区.
On this episode of Access to Excellence, President Washington speaks with Geoffrey Gilleaudeau, associate professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences Department in the College of Science, about the past, present, and future of Earth鈥檚 oceans according to the physical and chemical characteristics of sedimentary rocks.
is an associate professor and geology graduate advisor in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences department at 海角社区's College of Sciences.
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- August 6, 2024To recognize Mason Korea's 10th anniversary, President Gregory Washington is joined by former campus dean Robert Matz and associate professor Gyu Tag Lee to discuss the growth of Mason Korea, the influence of Korean pop on global culture, and more.
- July 5, 2024Jamil Jaffer and Gregory Washington discuss the U.S.'s position on the global stage, the power of the American Dream, and what we as citizens can do to start solving some of the country's stickiest problems.
- April 22, 2024Jeremy Campbell, associate director for strategic engagement in Mason鈥檚 Institute for a Sustainable Earth, says that at the current pace the Amazon rainforest, in five to 10 years, could pass a tipping point in which it could transform into grasslands. That process, fueled by deforestation and climate change, has already begun and is a threat to the biodiversity and socio-cultural aspects that define the region.
- March 25, 2024Catherine Read is the first woman and first Mason graduate (BA government and politics 鈥84) to be mayor of Fairfax City, Va., the university鈥檚 hometown, and she isn鈥檛 shy about touting a university she says helped teach her how to think critically. Want to know why it鈥檚 good to 鈥渄isrupt the system,鈥 why it鈥檚 important to get more women into policy-making decisions, and why our educational system doesn鈥檛 reward bold ideas? Read tells you.
- February 16, 2024Rev. Jeffery Johnson, pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Fairfax, Virginia, and Dr. Vernon Walton, pastor of First Baptist Church in Vienna, Virginia, guide us through some of the history and aspirations of the Black community through the lens of Black and African American History Month and their perspectives as long-time leaders of their parishes, both of which were founded by former slaves.
- January 11, 2024Mary Ellen O鈥橳oole, director of the Forensic Science Program in Mason鈥檚 College of Science, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the university鈥檚 new 鈥渂ody farm,鈥 an outdoor research and training laboratory on its SciTech 海角社区 that will allow crime-scene research in forensic science and forensic anthropology using human donors.
- 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.