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'Best Of' George �鶹��Ƶ's Access to Excellence podcast

For this special "Best Of" episode, we revisit some of our most thought-provoking and compelling conversations between President Washington and our accomplished faculty.

See how George �鶹��Ƶ is blazing a path of innovation to develop bold solutions for our world's grand challenges.

AI’s blind spots, one PhD student’s clear vision

The desire to build reliable and trustworthy natural language processing tools to benefit health care has driven computer science PhD student Fardin Ahsan Sakib’s academic work and professional pursuits.

Find out how two internships have prepared him.

Schar School senior turned an internship into a legal education

Honors College student Erika Burkar just finished her second summer at Richmond law firm Cravens & Noll, an experience that confirmed the practice of law is her calling.

Read about her time there.

Author Liz Moore speaks to an audience at GMU's Fall for the Book fall event series

Ng and Larson headline this year’s Fall for the Book festival

Fall for the Book returns for its 27th annual festival, October 7–11, with bestselling authors Celeste Ng and Erik Larson appearing on campus.

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Students attend new student Convocation at EagleBank Arena

George �鶹��Ƶ welcomes record number of incoming students for fall 2025

�鶹��Ƶ welcomed the largest incoming class in university history at New Student Convocation on Friday, August 22.

Read some of the advice given to the Class of 2029, , and .

George �鶹��Ƶ expands access to VAST semiconductor certificate program

This fall, George �鶹��Ƶ is hosting VAST’s Semiconductor Chip Fabrication and Nano-Characterization certificate program in the Nanofabrication Facility on the SciTech Campus.

Learn how this is preparing workers for one of the most critical technology sectors.

Two students, male and female in discussion

�鶹��Ƶ Career Academy launches to aid students, recent grads, displaced workers

Along with technical training, the platform, offered through Coursera, also includes professional development tools that help sharpen skills in resume writing, interviewing, and job readiness.

Courses are taught by instructors from top companies and institutions, and completed credentials can be added directly to resumes or LinkedIn profiles.