- February 21, 2022Many notable African American students, faculty and staff have made indelible marks at George Mason University. As we acknowledge Black History Month, and celebrate Mason’s 50th anniversary, here are just a few:
- February 18, 2022On Friday, April 7, 1972, Virginia Governor A. Linwood Holton Jr. signed into law Virginia General Assembly Bill H 210, which separated George Mason College from the University of Virginia.
- February 17, 2022Art is essential to a university's learning environment and invites research partnerships across all disciplines, said George Mason University Curator Don Russell. A new arts space in Arlington—Mason Exhibitions Arlington at 3601 Fairfax Drive—is one such partnership that is already generating a buzz.
- February 14, 2022Mason 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.
- February 14, 2022New center will help grow Virginia’s health workforce pipeline and support continuous learning, upskilling and health workforce development.
- February 4, 2022In celebration of the university's 50th anniversary, Mason was recognized by the Virginia General Assembly for "extraordinary efforts to promote educational access and excellence in the Commonwealth."
- February 4, 2022To support Afghan refugees needing to relaunch their careers in the United States, George Mason University is inviting scholars and researchers who have recently left Afghanistan to request an academic appointment as visiting scholars.
- February 3, 2022George Mason University received a $250,000 gift from Google to be used by the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) and the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) for equity-focused computing education. The money will be divided equally between the two colleges.
- February 2, 2022Leah Adams and Amarda Shehu honored with SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Awards
- January 31, 2022George Mason University is winning the battle against COVID-19. We have not won yet, but we are close.
- January 31, 2022The LIVE Center (or the Center for Live Interactive Virtual Education) within George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This funding will support future programming from this groundbreaking center at Mason: the LIVE Center Mentoring Series.
- January 25, 2022George Mason University has some of the nation’s best online master’s programs, with six of them in the Top 20, according to the just-released 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings.