By Liza Wilson Durant, PhD, Associate Provost, Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement, and Professor and Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement, College of Engineering and Computing, George Mason University
George Mason University is advancing our plans to deliver a new building to Mason's Arlington campus, dedicated to producing the next generation of Northern Virginia’s technology workforce. The new building will be the nexus of Mason’s research in emerging technologies, a base for its University-wide Institute for Digital innovation, and hub for Mason’s School of Computing and related academic programs which connect thousands of new students to the digital universe.
George Mason University is advancing our plans to deliver a new building to Mason's Arlington campus, dedicated to producing the next generation of Northern Virginia’s technology workforce. The new building will be the nexus of Mason’s research in emerging technologies, a base for its University-wide Institute for Digital innovation, and hub for Mason’s School of Computing and related academic programs which connect thousands of new students to the digital universe.
Along with classrooms, flexible collaboration areas, research centers, and maker spaces, the building will include ground floor retail, a vibrant and activated public plaza, and room to host innovation placemaking and community programs. Business incubators and accelerators will attract start-ups as well as more established companies that want to benefit from access to the atmosphere and the talent essential to a thriving innovation ecosystem.
Facilitated by Mason’s Institute for Digital Innovation, companies, community organizations, and others will work alongside Mason innovators and creatives in a mix that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and ideation. Proximity to impact investors, other innovators, venture capitalists, and companies with the ability to scale ideas for the market will let Mason faculty, students, and partners commercialize their tech concepts more quickly and easily.
Nonprofit organizations and social entrepreneurs dedicated to bettering the world can bring their ideas and vitality to the table as well. And because Mason's Arlington campus is already home to experts in fields such as law, public policy, business, politics, and conflict analysis, the campus will be a place where learning flows in both directions, as partners together discover ways to develop and deploy technologies that advance a more just, prosperous, and sustainable world.
Design and construction of the new building are already underway, with occupancy anticipated in early 2025.
Facilitated by Mason’s Institute for Digital Innovation, companies, community organizations, and others will work alongside Mason innovators and creatives in a mix that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and ideation. Proximity to impact investors, other innovators, venture capitalists, and companies with the ability to scale ideas for the market will let Mason faculty, students, and partners commercialize their tech concepts more quickly and easily.
Nonprofit organizations and social entrepreneurs dedicated to bettering the world can bring their ideas and vitality to the table as well. And because Mason's Arlington campus is already home to experts in fields such as law, public policy, business, politics, and conflict analysis, the campus will be a place where learning flows in both directions, as partners together discover ways to develop and deploy technologies that advance a more just, prosperous, and sustainable world.
Design and construction of the new building are already underway, with occupancy anticipated in early 2025.
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