Mason lauded for its leadership role in homeland security

Aug 05, 2019

George Mason University is playing a key part in the defense of the American homeland with its leading role in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s network of Centers of Excellence.

Matthew Coats, the keynote speaker at the second annual Department of Homeland Security Centers of Excellence Summit, who serves as the director of DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate Office of University Programs, cited Mason’s pivotal scientific and technological leadership within the network of nine Centers of Excellence (COE). Read more.

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