April 15, 2021Black-footed ferrets were once thought to be extinct, until a small population was discovered in Wyoming in 1981. The species is still endangered, but scientists—including a George Mason University researcher and students at the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation (SMSC)—are coming to the rescue. In December 2020, Willa, a black-footed ferret who died in 1988, was cloned using her cells that had been frozen. That clone, Elizabeth Ann, is now the first North American endangered species to be cloned in the United States. Senior Research Scientist Klaus-Peter Koepfli conducted critical research on her genetic cell line.
April 15, 2021These Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area's Community Conversations, “Vaxx Facts: Our ‘Shot’ at Recovery,” feature experts from the member institutions who have years of experience working and researching in public health, the sciences, and medicine, as well as presidents from the universities within the consortium.
April 14, 2021George Mason University was highlighted as a national leader in Black student enrollment and graduation in a recent report from Eduventures Research. The report, “Transcending the Current Higher Education Journey for Black Students: Colleges that Buck the Trend,” notes that from 2010 to 2019, overall undergraduate enrollment dropped 9%, but enrollment of Black undergraduates declined by 20%.
April 14, 2021Thomas Lovejoy was among the roughly 100 scientists serving on a Scientific Advisory Group that helped craft the U.N.’s “Making Peace with Nature” report that envisions a sustainable economy driven by renewable energy and nature-based solutions that will create new jobs, cleaner infrastructure and a more resilient future.- April 13, 2021Dear Patriots, George Mason University is currently monitoring the national pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and has no immediate plans to use that vaccine at its clinics.
April 12, 2021Arts Management students and faculty recently participated in a conversation between Associate Professor Carole Rosenstein and immediate-past Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH) Megan Beyer.
April 12, 2021Last fall, faculty teams were invited to submit proposals describing thematic hiring opportunities. The decision committee evaluated 14 proposals for innovation and timeliness, alignment with Mason strengths, recruiting plans and hiring strategies.- April 8, 2021George Mason University's inaugural virtual 5k and other wellness programming in October 2020 earned a silver designation from the Exercise Is Medicine® On Campus (EIM-OC) program—an initiative supported by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Association.
April 7, 2021George Mason University introduced new women’s basketball coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis on Wednesday at EagleBank Arena, trumpeting her ability to build relationships—and a winning program.
April 7, 2021Vanessa Blair-Lewis sees coaching basketball as “a ministry” more than a job, but her career almost didn’t happen.
April 5, 2021Mason junior Jackie Luu is named a recipient of the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for the upcoming 2021-22 academic year.
