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

In her off hours, Mariia Petryk, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, is using her data science expertise to help bring decentralized medicine to conflict zones—starting with her birth country, Ukraine.

New research suggests there’s at least one group of people applauding the collapse of local journalism in the United States: corrupt politicians.

We know from prior research that savvy investors respond to ESG data. But a pair of finance professors have discovered perhaps the most lucrative wrinkle in this strategy.

Not all organizations measure success in dollars and cents. There are also the purists, whose unswerving integrity may deliver outsized market benefits—if they aren’t fatally misunderstood first.

The economic data on climate and business outcomes paints a picture of profound disruption beneath a placid-seeming surface.

The controversy about biased policing seems to draw endless fuel from race-based differences in public perception. Simply put, the vast majority of White citizens in the United States believe the police are doing a good job, including on issues of racial equality, while a similar percentage of Black citizens hold the opposite opinion. Brad Greenwood, professor of information systems and operations management, researches how digital technologies are bringing unprecedented transparency to police practices.

Open-source learning materials promise to democratize education, while reducing the financial burden on students. But how can schools bring faculty on board?

Can wearable tech resolve the crisis of underemployment among neurodiverse individuals? A multidisciplinary Mason research team is about to embark on a major study to find out.

Why are some firms more forthcoming than others about their social and environmental impact? It may have to do with the CEO’s personal incentives.