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Restem. Photo credit: Evan Caon University.
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Leadercast Live Returns to Mason's SciTech Campus on May 10
This May, join fellow leaders for the world's largest one-day leadership event! Leadercast Live 2019 is a leadership conference broadcast live each year from Atlanta to hundreds of sites around the globe. Speakers include CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King and celebrity chef and author Marcus Samuelsson.
Exclusively for attendees at SciTech Campus, Mason's Brad Edwards, Athletic Director, and Darrell Green, Associate Athletic Director, will share their stories and insights of team leadership from their experiences on and off the field. Edwards and Green were teammates on the Super Bowl XXVI Champion Washington Redskins. Today, they lead a NCAA Division I program with 22 sports and more than 450 student-athletes.
Last year's event was sold out. Register today!
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Johnson performed the complex calculations and flight path analysis of spacecraft that led to the United States achieving flight during the early years of the space program, including America’s first human space flight, early missions of Alan Shepard and John Glenn, and the Apollo 11 flight to the moon in 1969. Photo: NASA.
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Bull Run Hall will be Renamed to Honor Katherine G. Johnson
Mason will rename Bull Run Hall, the largest building on the Science and Technology Campus, to honor Katherine G. Johnson, a trailblazing African American mathematician who champions civil rights and equal opportunities for women in STEM. Mason also will create a scholarship in her name.
Johnson is the 100-year-old NASA mathematician who overcame racism and sexism to emerge as an integral contributor to the early success of the U.S. space program. She is one of the three main characters portrayed in the 2017 Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures.”
Renaming the building is one of two major campus projects designed to better reflect and symbolize the university’s vision of inclusion. These projects were approved by the George Mason University Board of Visitors in late February. Mason President Ángel Cabrera said the two projects support the university’s mission as an innovative and inclusive academic community and enable Mason to “evolve in our symbols to be true to that vision of inclusion.”
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Kashanchi with (left to right) bioscience PhD students Michelle Pleet, Catherine DeMarino and Alex Barclay. Photo by Evan Cantwell, George Mason University Creative Services.
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Mason Doctoral Students Score High with NIH
Proposal Lands NIH Grant of Nearly $75,000
Three doctoral candidates pursuing PhDs in biosciences received extremely high scores for their NIH grant applications, and one received an NIH grant. The students wrote their proposals based on the work they are doing in the field of microbiology and infectious diseases, specifically with HIV and the Ebola virus.
College of Science professor Fatah Kashanchi, the principal investigator for the student research team, is located in Discovery Hall on Mason's SciTech Campus.
- Michelle Pleet’s work examines Ebola virus proteins and the role they play in killing immune cells. The goal is to slow the spread of Ebola in an infected person.
- Alex Barclay has identified a protein that is responsible for reactivating HIV in long-term patients. He is currently running additional experiments to find out what the protein specifically does in a cell and how it affects other proteins.
- Catherine DeMarino is working to identify drugs that can inhibit the actions of antiretroviral drugs taken by HIV patients that, over time, help the virus in the brain. Her grant application for continued research was funded for nearly $75,000.
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The 9th Anniversary Gala and After Party
Hylton Performing Arts Center
March 22, 6:00 to 8:30 pm (Gala);
8:30 to 11:30 pm (After Party)
Wine, dine, and party for a good cause! The Hylton Performing Arts Center's Anniversary Gala and After Party provides critical funding to support the Center’s many performances, arts education programs, and outreach initiatives.
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2019 Health and Wellness Expo
Bull Run Hall Atrium
April 4, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
This collaboration between University Life and Prince William County focuses on promoting well-being, healthy practices and engaged citizenship. SciTech Campus students, faculty and staff can discover health and wellness resources available at Mason and in the surrounding community.
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Upcoming Lifetime Learning Institute - Manassas Events at Hylton Performing Arts Center
The Lifetime Learning Institute –Manassas (LLI-Manassas) is a non-profit, member-run organization of adults age 50 and over who desire to pursue enriching cultural and educational experiences.
S'Wonderful: The Music of George Gershwin
March 26, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
This class will cover Gershwin’s life and career, with great recordings of his work, and rare interviews with George, Ira, and Frances Gershwin.
What's New at NOVA (Northern Virginia Community College)?
April 3, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Northern Virginia Community College works continually to create programs to meet the needs of students and the workforce. This forum will highlight some of NOVA's new programs and initiatives.
Legends and Discoveries: From the Inca Trail to the Galapagos Islands
April 5, 10:30 am
Dr. Rebecca Hayes and her husband Tom Sakole visited Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands last year. They will share pictures of their journey as they discuss the history of the Incas at Machu Picchu and the impact of Darwin’s visit to the Galapagos Islands.
See the full LLI - Manassas calendar and RSVP
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Upcoming University Life Events on SciTech Campus
Please note: Unlike other upcoming events listed here, access to University Life events is typically limited to Mason students, faculty, and staff.
Pop Up Cafe
Bull Run Hall Atrium, March 21, 3:30 to 5:00 pm
Pastries and coffee to power SciTech Campus evening students through their evening classes.
Graduate Appreciation Social
Mum Mum Restaurant, April 4, 5:00 to 7:30 pm
A show of appreciation for all graduate and professional students during GradLife Graduate Appreciation Week.
Cultural Fusion
Bull Run Hall Atrium, April 11, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Celebrate the different cultures of our student body on the SciTech Campus, and enjoy samples from nearby food vendors.
Pitch in on the Piedmont
Pavilion between Freedom Center and Bull Run Hall, April 13, 9:00 am to 12 noon
Help preserve the Piedmont Trail and mulch the EDGE challenge course elements. Make new SciTech community friends, and enjoy free pizza!
See the full ULSTC calendar
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Changing the Trajectory of Substance Use and Depression in Virginia
Hylton Performing Arts Center
April 18, 6:00 to 8:30 pm
April's Galileo's Science Café is presented by Lora Peppard, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC Associate Professor. She will discuss early results from Virginia SBIRT, a five-year, federally funded project seeking to change the trajectory of substance use and depression in the Commonwealth by promoting a prevention/early intervention system of care.
RSVP
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Leadercast Live 2019
Beacon Hall Conference Center
May 10, 2019
On May 10, over 100,000 attendees will gather at over 700 host sites around the world to enjoy a simulcast of Leadercast Live, the largest one-day leadership event on the planet. One of those sites? SciTech Campus! Tickets are $125.00.
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ICICLE 2019 Conference on Learning Engineering
Founders Hall, Arlington, VA
May 20 to 23
VSGI and IEEE-ICICLE are Co-Chairing the ICICLE 2019 Conference on Learning Engineering. ICICLE is an open forum and community-driven platform for defining and supporting the profession of Learning Engineering.
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