November 1, 2023George Mason University is No. 1 among public universities for research performance in entrepreneurship, and No. 2 overall nationally, in the latest report from EduRank.
October 23, 2023Director of George Mason University’s Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program, Mehmet Altug, found his passion while studying industrial engineering as an undergraduate. Altug says he took classes on manufacturing management, supply chain planning, and operations research, and liked the combination of quantitative models and business problems. Fast forward to today, and Altug, in addition to bringing his expertise to the MSBA program, also serves as an associate professor of operations management at the Costello College of Business.
October 18, 2023A disproportionate number of the most innovative CEOs hail from U.S. counties with a frontier history.
October 16, 2023Meeting a guest speaker in the classroom helped Bailey Wilson, MBA ’23, land a fulfilling job position in a new career path.
October 12, 2023On Friday, September 29, approximately 30 George Mason University students met at the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the IRS Citizen Academy.
October 11, 2023Can wearable tech resolve the crisis of underemployment among neurodiverse individuals? A multidisciplinary Mason research team is about to embark on a major study to find out.
October 10, 2023For Bret Johnson, academic director of the Master of Science in Accounting program at George Mason University School of Business, joining Mason was like coming home. Johnson previously lived in Fairfax County where he spent 10 years working as a senior auditor for Ernst & Young and as a staff accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), prior to pursuing his PhD at Ohio State.
October 9, 2023George Mason University’s Master of Science in Finance program became officially affiliated with the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute, making it the first and only CFA affiliated master’s in finance program in Virginia, and among only 104 total CFA affiliated master’s programs nationwide.
October 5, 2023As a School of Business Distinguished Alumni Awardee in 2009 and a Prominent Patriot in 2018, Will Seippel, BS Economics and Accounting ’78, has maintained strong connections with George Mason University while growing his company, WorthPoint. Founded in 2007, WorthPoint is a site for both businesses and individuals to identify and research the value of antiques, fine art, and other collectibles.
October 4, 2023May Abou Ghazaleh is not only the assistant director of the Master’s in Real Estate Development (MRED) program at George Mason University’s School of Business, but she’s also an alumna of the program.