GCI-Grand Challenge Initiative

Associate Professor Liling Huang and executive director of the Institute for a Sustainable Earth Leah Nichols join President Gregory Washington to discuss the intersection of innovation and sustainability.

At George Mason University, researchers at the Center for Advancing Systems Science and Bioengineering Innovation (CASSBI) are leading a new $4.65 million National Institutes of Health-funded R01 study to better understand what shapes those experiences, and how to improve care.

George Mason University’s civil engineers are assessing the climate change challenges facing some of the world’s highest mountain ranges, creating better ways to measure the melting ice in high elevations where temperatures are rising faster than average and putting pressure on the livelihoods of fragile cultures and ecologies.

An interdisciplinary George Mason University research team is breaking new ground in using artificial intelligence to develop a mobile app to accurately capture and document bruises of victims of interpersonal violence.

George Mason professor Celso Ferreira recently redesigned his Flood Hazard Engineering and Adaptation course to work with community partners to deliver real projects as part of the Institute for a Sustainable Earth’s (ISE’s) NSF Accelerating Research Translation (ART) Seed Translational Research Project (STRP) Program.

Kun Sun, a George Mason University professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology and associate director of the Center for Secure Information Systems helps the Navy ensure its cyber systems aren't hacked.