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Mason alum Neil Adams talks about taking aerial photos of the Fairfax Campus from a helicopter in 1995.

In January, Nikyatu Jusu, assistant professor of directing and screenwriting in Mason’s Film and Video Studies Program, had her first feature film, “Nanny,” premier at the Sundance Film Festival, where she was awarded the Grand Jury Prize.

After 18 months of renovations, Mason's Harris Theatre is once again open for performances.

Mason is celebrating its first half-century as an independent institution and setting the tone for the next 50 years with a yearlong celebration that includes a week of festivities in April.