September 2015

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An ‘extroverted campus’

GMU is eager to be connected with Northern Virginia

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George Mason University’s goal is to be not only a “comprehensive research university” but also “an innovative and inclusive academic community committed to creating a more just, free and prosperous world” — with emphasis, perhaps, on the “prosperous.”

Knockout performances

GMU venues host boxers and ballerinas

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George Mason University’s Center for the Arts hosted five days of boxing matches on its flagship Fairfax campus this summer.

The endless at-bat over ballpark

Baseball team told it can go anywhere but home

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Richmond’s effort to replace a 30-year-old baseball stadium — The Diamond, home of the Flying Squirrels — remains unclear.

From mapping brains to modeling diseases

Virginia’s bioscience industry hopes to grow through increased collaboration

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The Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corp. encourages cooperative biotech projects involving researchers from different Virginia universities and partner them with industry.

Fewer players in the game

The marketplace effects of proposed insurance mergers are still unclear

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Big mergers by major insurance companies, announced in July and driven in part by the impact of the Affordable Care Act, are remaking the industry in ways that aren’t yet clear.

Improving the pipeline

Business leaders focus on early childhood education

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Virginia’s business community has identified early childhood education as an important issue.

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