Costello College of Business News

This timely discussion focused on how recent changes in federal contracting are impacting small business as they work to adapt and to remain competitive. There are many questions and today’s panel explored how businesses are navigating these challenges and finding opportunities. Many small businesses, for example, are tightening their belts to weather the upheaval. Others are just plain showing resilience during this time.

A pair of George Mason University professors are helping needy nonprofits refine their messaging strategies with the help of customized chatbots.

"GSA has to rightsize its lease portfolio," former GSA administrator tells Fox News Digital

While book bans are not new to the American electorate, the rise in these bans since 2021 has sparked contentious media debates. Paradoxically, this has increased the readership of banned books and given politicians on both sides a platform to exploit controversy.

After the curriculum was shaped with the help of a consortium of local companies, George Mason University’s Master of Science in Technology Management was launched in the late 1990s. These companies agreed that each of them would commit to sending two employees every year as students.

Information systems professor Nirup Menon has been researching IT and health care for decades. Now, with the help of the newest tech, he’s helping hospitals translate digital transformation into better outcomes for patients.

This week, she joined Thomas Temin on The Federal Drive to discuss the pivotal role GSA is playing in executing the policies of the new administration.

China’s complicated and colorful e-commerce landscape gives us a sense of how livestream shopping is transforming retail. Si Xie, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, researches this new trend.

Delivering immersive, voice-driven simulations for law enforcement through building skills, gaining real-time feedback, and preparing for real-world scenarios, Kaiden AI is a software startup co-founded by its CEO Ali Aldubaisi, BS Neuroscience ’21.

Stephanie Halcrow, Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting; James Chew, Cadence Design Systems; Dr. Scott Phillips, Vannevar Labs; and Thomas Moore, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Prototyping and Experimentation

Dr. Suzette Johnson, Northrop Grumman Corp.; Ben Harris, National Armaments Consortium; Dr. Chris Powell, SAIC; and Eileen Wrubel, Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Arun Seraphin, Emerging Technologies Institute; Stephanie Halcrow, Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting; and Anna Kim, Emerging Tecnologies Institute