May 14, 2021Thank you, President Washington, for the invitation to speak today and for the honorary degree. This school is special to me for several reasons—many of my own students at NOVA transfer here.
May 13, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has made it so most museums are closed, but students and researchers at George Mason University’s John Mitchell, Jr. Program (JMJP) are working hard to create a digital one that sheds light on civil rights pioneers with largely untold stories. Thanks to an $8,000 grant from Virginia Humanities, the team is building a digital exhibit on the life of anti-lynching advocate John Mitchell, Jr., and his colleagues Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells. The grant is part of $181,500 in funding awarded to 25 nonprofits.- May 11, 2021Faculty, family and friends remember the dynamic life of a pioneering scientist, explorer, educator and race car driver
May 7, 2021Approximately 120 Mason Music students recorded a digital concert to celebrate unity and resilience in the face of division and uncertainty. The concert, “A Song of Freedom,” presented by Mason’s Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music, showcases works by Black composers as well as selections inspired by the African-American experience.
May 7, 2021During the month of April, the students in George Mason University’s Sustainability in Action course (EVPP 480) were incredibly busy making a difference on and off campus.
May 6, 2021George Mason University looks forward to celebrating our graduates the week of May 10-15. Many exciting events are taking place during the week, including the virtual 54th Spring Commencement ceremony livestreaming on GMU-TV at 2 p.m.
May 6, 2021Fairfax, VA – George Mason University’s Board of Visitors approved a $1.249 billion budget Thursday, May 6 that will keep undergraduate tuition flat, increase student aid by at least 10 percent, and make targeted investments in student services and staff and faculty support.
April 29, 2021George Mason University’s Ed Maibach is the most influential scientist working on climate change among America’s public universities
April 29, 2021The east side of Wilkins Plaza is scheduled to open to pedestrian traffic on Monday, May 3, for the first time in a year.- April 28, 2021The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) approved the move to establish a School of Computing at Mason—the first such school in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
April 28, 2021Illegal goods can have deadly consequences. Whether it’s a counterfeit face mask that doesn’t provide a frontline worker adequate protection from COVID-19, or a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl (a synthetic painkiller 50-100 times more potent than morphine), millions of lives can be at risk. A multidisciplinary team of researchers and students at George Mason University is working to stop such criminal activity. Thanks to a nearly $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)—and a $16,000 grant supplement awarded to two undergraduates on the team—they will be investigating how to disrupt illicit supply chains, influence policy, and ultimately save lives.- April 6, 2021We are at an important moment in our fight against COVID, and I want to applaud everyone for their help in making George Mason University the safest campus it can be. Mason has received the go-ahead to begin vaccinating faculty and staff this weekend, and students later this month.
