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🌱 How a $500,000 grant could reshape cybersecurity training at Mason

George Mason, Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a $500,000 grant could reshape cybersecurity training at Mason
  • What 20 new research awards mean for George Mason and Virginia

Also on today's calendar: Registration is Open - JSSA Northern Virginia, MD Virtual 50+ Employment Expo and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn’t take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, with a high of 67 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Monday: Warmer; a morning shower, temps: high: 76, low: 51.
  • Tuesday: Very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NSF Backs $500,000 Push to Secure the AI-Powered Edge of the Internet of (scienmag.com) — Researchers at George Mason University in Fairfax are using a new $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to rethink how students learn to secure AI-powered Internet-of-Things devices. Their three-year project will blend cutting-edge foundation-model research with hands-on cybersecurity training, creating new courses, labs, and even a textbook that could shape how future engineers across Virginia protect connected systems.
   

• George Mason Researchers Receive 20 4-VA Awards For Collaborative Research (pulse2.com) — George Mason University faculty just landed 20 new 4-VA collaborative research awards, the most since the program began, bringing fresh funding into projects that span AI, robotics, health, and environmental science. These partnerships link Mason with universities across Virginia, creating new research and student opportunities that strengthen the region’s innovation and higher-education network.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn’t take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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