Costello College of Business News

Opening Remarks: Jerry McGinn, Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting and Brig. Gen. Guy Walsh, NDIA. Fireside Chat: The Hon. Ellen Lord, The Hon. Doug Bush, and The Hon. John J. Young, Jr.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Since 2008, the meteoric rise of index funds has produced extreme consolidation of corporate ownership. So far, the outcomes for firms are a mixed bag.

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.

When Chip Helme, BS Accounting ‘85, was a student at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, he participated for two and half years in the co-op program, which had him take classes for six months followed by six months of working in an office setting.

Against a backdrop of ongoing War in Ukraine, conflict across the Middle East, and a rising People’s Republic of China in the Strait of Taiwan, the new Trump Administration faces a looming question: How prepared are we for the next full-scale military conflict should the balloon go up today?