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João Felipe Sousa Pereira’s research on solar flares could one day help us safeguard astronauts and technology in space and even prevent widespread blackouts here on Earth. Pereira, a second-year Physics PhD student at George Mason, is studying solar physics with the goal of uncovering the precise triggers of solar flares. 

Sky Ratcliffe, a Mason Graduate Inclusion and Access (GIA) Scholar, is working on a PhD in mathematics.

Mason history and art history doctoral student Timmia King is eager to explore new topics and gain insight into different people and their lives. With the support of a Graduate Inclusion and Access (GIA) Scholarship, she is able to delve into African American archives and cultivate attention and value to overlooked and obscured experiences

Losing those around you to acts of violence and prison is a difficult reality to accept, yet one that is all too familiar to Briana Davis, a first-generation doctoral student at Mason.

Food insecurity is something that Drew Bonner, a second-year sociology PhD student at ��������, experienced before he knew what to call it.

For cultural studies PhD student Maillim “May” Santiago, the horror genre presents a way to find the strength to fight life’s difficult battles and accept her true self.

Mason psychology doctoral student Rafael Esaú Hernández Dubon thrives in his work as a bilingual student clinician. With the support of a Graduate Inclusion and Access (GIA) Scholarship, he is able to work in the Latinx community while pursuing his graduate studies.

When Mason PhD student Gifty Mensah was working on her master’s degree in microbiology, she realized the tangible impact of research.

Mason PhD student Jehad Halawani became acutely aware of educational inequality when she began teaching high school physics in her home country of Palestine, where infrastructure is lacking and resources are scarce.