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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 Gregory Washington is joined by Andre Marshall, vice president for research, innovation, and economic impact, to discuss the recently launched Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI). The initiative is a comprehensive research framework that aligns university resources, faculty expertise, and educational programs around six interconnected solution areas, securing a peaceful, healthy, and prosperous future.
is vice president for research, innovation, and economic impact at 海角社区 and president of the . As the university鈥檚 senior research officer, Dr. Marshall provides overall leadership for the portfolio of , innovation, and economic development activities.
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November 10, 2021Hakeem Oluseyi explains how he went from a life of crime to being one of the world鈥檚 renowned astrophysicists. He describes what aliens might look like 鈥 think a two-foot tall Incredible Hulk 鈥 and how the pull of the classroom overcame the pull of the streets.
October 13, 2021Lisa Gring-Pemble, co-director of Mason's Business for a Better World Center and co-founder of the Honey Bee Initiative explains how the initiative has become and international phenomenon and how the Business for a Better World Center is helping businesses drive sustainability success.
August 26, 2021Mason's Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a nationally recognized expert on the U.S.-Mexico border, has a slightly different view of the border region than we generally see on television news. She talks about the wonders and the dangers of the region, her research into border security, social movements and human trafficking.
July 28, 2021Mason's Cynthia Lum, a former Baltimore City cop, talk about how evidence-based policing is part of an overall strategy to fight crime that also includes police being respectful to the communities with which they work.
July 14, 2021Spencer Crew, A Robinson Professor of U.S. history at Mason and the first African American to lead a major Smithsonian museum, talks about the evolving role museums play in society, and how the Black community in the United States, and those who work with it, are trying to be the conscience of the nation.
June 26, 2021Shane Caswell, co-director of Mason's S.M.A.R.T. Lab, discusses his research that could change the way we diagnose and treat concussions, and what the latest science tells us about concussions and CTE.
June 8, 2021Robyn Mehlenbeck, director of Mason's Center for Psychological Services, discusses how colleges can help students, faculty and staff cope with the well-being stresses that have resulted from the pandemic, and how her center is extending services to the broader community.
May 14, 2021A false story has been told in this country about people of color, said Gail Christopher, executive director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity and a Mason senior scholar and it鈥檚 time to tell the truth about the 鈥榖ad idea鈥 of the hierarchy of human value.
May 4, 2021Emergent Ventures, which looks for big and unique ideas, has raised $60 million and funded 200 projects. Mason economist and co-founder Tyler Cowen says the program grants are 鈥渟omething you can win that鈥檚 not about connections.鈥 Push ideas, he said. 鈥淢ake the world tell you no.鈥
Host Dr. Gregory Washington speaks with Ed Maibach, director of Mason's Center for Climate Change Communication about overcoming misinformation about climate change dangers.
Host and Mason President Dr. Gregory Washington speaks with Mason epidemiologist and public health expert Saskia Popescu about what she has experienced on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
How could the U.S. have improved its response to the COVID-19 pandemic? Mason president Gregory Washington hosts CHHS epidemiologist, Amira Roess, PhD MPH, as she breaks down the many factors impacting the nation's response and recovery.