Costello College of Business News

Led by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) within the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, the Workforce Innovation Success through Entrepreneurship (WISE) Program gathered its inaugural class on October 25 at the Hybla Valley Community Center/WISH Center in Alexandria, Virginia to celebrate their bootcamp graduation.

While a student at Costello, Jheen Oh's passion for business blossomed. Coming from a health-conscious family, Oh, with the help of his father, launched Susosu Water, the only naturally sourced mineral water from a 600-foot underground source in South Korea, infused with extra hydrogen for a much healthier hydration.

As a recent graduate of the Costello MBA program, Kayla Smith, MBA ’25, has built a strong foundation in project management, recently earning a promotion to project manager at State Employees Credit Union. With nearly four years of experience in the field, she enjoys the versatility of project management and the opportunity to collaborate with many different people.

George Mason University earned top Virginia placements across business, nursing, and education, and leads in the region as a college destination for veterans and working professionals in the 2026 Best Online Programs rankings by U.S. News & World Report, released today.

For the past few years, Jerry Pierce, MBA ’92, has been teaching Accounting 203 at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University. A course largely attended by sophomores, Pierce relishes the opportunity to impart his wisdom and teach students about the accounting profession and about life in general.

Supreet Singh, MS Computer Forensics '14, balances coursework with a demanding career, while gaining a lifelong network of colleagues and friends.

How employees respond to being under surveillance depends on a number of factors, including how good they are at their jobs.

Writing legislation is no easy task. Policymakers must translate big ideas such as improving climate change or issuing technology regulations into detailed, legally appropriate language. As policymakers strive to work smarter and faster, the use of AI to support policymaking has begun to increase. To what extent can artificial intelligence (AI) help?

The Costello College of Business at George Mason University announced a significant increase in scholarship money awarded to students—$1.3 million for the 2024-2025 academic year—$500,000 of which went to named scholarships. Over the past five years, both the total amount of scholarship funding and the number of students who have received Costello scholarships have more than doubled.

Long Chen, accounting area chair, and Yi Cao, assistant professor of accounting, contribute an article to Harvard Business Review about how managers need to "twice-groom" their public information as AI models generate meaningful insights at surprising scale and speed, in an article titled, "Corporate Disclosure in the Age of AI."

Working full-time while getting a graduate degree is no easy feat. But for Air Force veteran and soon-to-be George Mason University alum Kathleen Gillmore, hard work is second nature.

Fairfax City Economic Development (FCED) and George Mason University’s Costello College of Business announce the completion of the Fall 2025 pilot program providing Fairfax City businesses with no-cost, student-led consulting services through the Mason Consulting Group (MCG).