March 6, 2025By developing a new machine learning algorithm to apply variational inference to spatial statistics, Jin Hyung Lee has significantly improved high-dimensional data analysis efficiency and accuracy. The PhD candidate in the Department of Statistics received the 2024 Korean International Statistical Society Outstanding Student Paper Award for his work.
February 19, 2025ÑÇÖÞAV history PhD candidate Jayme Kurland is living her dream this academic year as the Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
February 13, 2025How likely are humans to trust a robot, especially if that robot has the capacity to lie? This is the question ÑÇÖÞAV psychology doctoral candidate Andres Rosero is exploring in his research on human-robot interaction.
January 28, 2025João 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.Â
October 30, 2024For doctoral student Daniel T. Howlett, a high school project on the Salem Witch Trials has, in a way, never ended for him. It just grew in scope. He has visited more than 150 New England cemeteries for his dissertation research in on religion and disability in early America, and the Salem Witch Trials play a role.
October 30, 2024New study finds underrepresented students, particularly women of color, were less likely to receive mental health services during the pandemic. This study is the first to use a national dataset to examine changes in university students’ psychological well-being and their utilization of mental health services.
October 15, 2024ECE PhD student Shay Snyder’s hard work and bright ideas brought his lab ample research funding when he started his degree. One secret of his success? Tenacious networking.Â
October 14, 2024Xinyi Li comes to Costello College of Business with an academic publication under her belt, as well as published research in China.
August 9, 2024As George Mason doctoral student Jericho McLeod reviewed literature on disease transmission as part of his PhD work, he and George Mason professor Eduardo López noticed a gap in the models and now seek to correct it.
July 11, 2024Their study, published in the Journal of Proteome Research, involved extracting wheat proteins from three small leather cover samples obtained from the National Library of Medicine.
