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Beginning fall 2025, George Mason will host the Semiconductor Chip Fabrication and Nano-Characterization certificate program through the Virginia Alliance for Semiconductor Technology (VAST), a statewide consortium advancing microelectronics and nanotechnology training and research where George Mason serves as a founding member.

This summer, George Mason graduate students rolled up their sleeves in busy labs, learned their way around unfamiliar equipment, and even played a part in moving clinical trials forward, working with start-ups and biotech companies in the recently established Innovation District anchored by the university’s Science and Technology ��������.

Innovation and collaboration take center stage at George Mason's new Life Sciences and Engineering Building.

In partnership with Prince William County, ��������’s Biomedical Research Laboratory is working to prevent outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases.

Thanks to a major investment from GO Virginia, Northern Virginia’s first Innovation District, led by �������� and in partnership with Prince William County and the City of Manassas, is taking shape, laying the groundwork for growth in high-tech industry sectors like life sciences, aerospace, defense, and semiconductors.

The Governor’s School at Innovation Park, located at ��������’s Science and Technology ��������, holds a special distinction: It’s Virginia’s only academic-year Governor’s School located on a four-year college campus. That means that high school juniors and seniors spend part of each school day experiencing life as �������� students. The Governor’s School at Innovation Park celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.

��������'s new Life Sciences and Engineering Building at the Science and Technology �������� (SciTech ��������) in Manassas, Virginia, supports the university's growing need for highly specialized instructional labs, classrooms, and support spaces.

Ever since InsideNoVa’s Bruce Potter coined the term “nanofab-ulous” to describe the exciting advancements in nanotechnology in the region, �������� has embraced it in full force.

With the help of Inova Health System, �������� is ready to partner with other Virginia universities on research to improve health during pregnancy and early childhood.