The year is ending early at George Mason–we shut down for the holidays starting tomorrow. Besides wishing my readers the very most festive of New Years, I’d like to briefly reflect on what has been an extraordinary year for the Institute:
This is the year that saw the Institute begin the process of become a much larger research organization, both in size and in scientific capabilities. We added two new centers (social complexity and neural dynamics). We commenced the addition of 50% more space in our current 23,000 square foot facility. We purchased a 3T MRI and organized a brain imaging core. And we’re most importantly in the process of adding perhaps six more research groups to our number–so that we will end up with a scientific staff of perhaps 80-90 compared with the 50 that make up our community of inquiry at present.
I can’t even begin to express how proud I am of the many individuals who have worked so hard to make all of this possible. So let me end by simply writing the words: thank you.
Jim
Discoverers and Discoveries 