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Northern Virginia nonprofits and George Mason University’s Center for Community Mental Health are working to expand suicide prevention efforts and a youth mental health program in local schools.

As a psychology graduate student at George Mason University, Andreas Rosero explored how people trust, interact with, and respond to artificial intelligence. Now a data scientist, he applies those insights to help ensure AI and autonomous systems are designed to empower people, strengthen decision-making, and build trust in the technologies shaping the future.

These stories showcase the many ways CHSS alumni are powering discovery, impact, leadership, and opportunity. Through their work, they embody the spirit of Mason Now: Power the Possible, demonstrating how a George Mason education prepares graduates not only to navigate the world as it is, but to help shape what comes next.

Dean’s Challenge graduate scholarship recipient Christina Sia hopes to use research in industrial-organizational psychology labs to better workplace experiences for marginalized communities.

Adapting to life after a violently acquired spinal cord injury can take some patients years. Associate Professor Leah M. Adams is hoping to discover what interventions might make that process easier.

Maddux discusses how financial stress can delay a cancer diagnosis.

Wiener discusses how adults can make the most of the summer months.

Tangney, a Distinguished University Professor, discusses how narcissism is associated with shame.

Kashdan emphasizes the importance of conversation to truly gauge a person’s emotions and state of mind.

The five distinct dimensions of curiosity, as defined in Kashdan’s research, are cited.