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Mason scientists Tom Lovejoy and Ed Maibach discuss global climate change and the loss of biodiversity.

The first event this semester features Jagadish Shukla, Distinguished University Professor and managing director of the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, who will address “Climate Change: Science, Politics and Ethics.”

With COVID-19 continuing to spread throughout the world, there is a demand for rapid, noninvasive diagnostics. �������� researchers Robin Couch and Allyson Dailey, members of the College of Science and the Institute of Biohealth Innovation, are working to answer that call with their research on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for infectious disease detection.

Eight �������� students traveled to Cusco, Peru, as part of Volunteers Around the World-Dental (VAWD), a student-led organization that gives volunteers an opportunity to shadow dental professionals abroad.

Monique Sweeney, administrative assistant for ��������’s School of Systems Biology (SSB), is known for her friendly presence and eagerness to support the Mason community.

For Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, one of the nation's best-known astrophysicists, being named a Visiting Robinson Professor at �������� represents the natural progression of his career.

Leah and Peregrine Pistone, incoming freshmen at ��������, are used to learning together. The siblings were homeschooled by their mother throughout their K-12 years. While they say they are grateful for the experience, they both are looking forward to engulfing themselves in a large university environment with diverse classmates.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is working with a group of scientists from Mason’s Center for Ocean Land Atmosphere Studies (COLA) to update its drought forecasting system.

Climate change is coming for your morning cup of joe. �������� neuroscience professor Theodore (Ted) Dumas is worried about that and thinks you should be too.

��������’s Padmanabhan (Padhu) Seshaiyer is one of 10 people named to the new Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board that will advise Gov. Ralph Northam.