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Costello College of Business News

Costello College of Business News

  • July 18, 2025
    Skip West, founder of MAXSA Innovations and adjunct faculty at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, offers the course Turning Ideas into Successful Companies once a year to MBA students. The concept for the course came from West’s own entrepreneurial experiences of turning his ideas into companies.
  • July 16, 2025
    At the end of the 2025 spring semester, Brian Ngac, an instructional assistant professor of Information Systems and Operations Management (ISOM) at the Costello College of Business and FWI Corporate Partner Faculty Fellow, and Nirup Menon, professor of ISOM at Costello, received word that another one of their experiential learning proposals won a grant from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI).
  • July 14, 2025
    Boards with higher social capital enjoy more market freedom to engage in potentially risky strategic alliances — to the ultimate benefit of their firms.
  • July 9, 2025
    Dr. Jerry McGinn, Executive Director of the Baroni Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University &1698198534253-2 Former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, offers a candid and data-driven look at the current state of innovation across the federal government. With a background in both academia and senior leadership at the Department of Defense, McGinn brings unique insight into how the government is leveraging its power—not just to regulate, but to actively shape—its industrial base.
  • July 9, 2025
    There has been a flurry of activity in federal acquisition this year. From the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts across federal agencies to the numerous reform initiatives in defense acquisition and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, these activities are having a major impact on today’s government contracting industrial base. The timing was ideal for bringing together government, industry, and academia for a serious discussion about the current performance of and future prospects for the government contracting community.
  • July 9, 2025
    The first-of-its-kind index evaluates current structure of the federal contracting industrial base, contracting trends, and the financial performance of government contracting firms
  • July 9, 2025
    The Costello College of Business at George Mason University held its 19th Annual Business Celebration on April 24, 2025, at the Mason Square Campus in Arlington.
  • July 8, 2025
    As the creative director at Outright, a full-service creative agency dedicated to turning heads for modern brands, Kate Gazzillo’s expertise includes using AI creatively, often representing her agency in panels, keynote addresses, and other speaking engagements.
  • July 7, 2025
    Auditors with less common first names are more likely to deviate from auditing norms. But is their individualism an asset or a liability?
  • July 2, 2025
    It’s one thing to be a force for good behind the scenes. Having consumers reward you for it, however, depends upon a unique combination of elements.
  • July 2, 2025
    After graduating from the Master of Science in Management program at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, Stone Brickhouse, MS Management ‘21, MBA ‘25, found that he approached decision making at work entirely differently.
  • July 1, 2025
    For Keyshon Wills, enrolling in the MS in Management program at the Costello College of Business was more than just an academic decision—it was a strategic move to bridge the gap between his undergraduate education and the evolving demands of today’s business world.