Campus News

The Mason, a gift from the Class of 1999, is back on Wilkins Plaza at George Mason University after a refurbishment.

Mason Presidential Chief of Staff Ken Walsh's career is about building bridges. The story of the Brooklyn Bridge inspired him as a freshman engineering student, research on the soil near a bridge over the Salt River near Tempe, Arizona, kept him in graduate school, and his career in higher education has built bridges for students and communities around the world. 

Three faculty members share their experiences with in-person teaching this fall

Former CIA Director Leon Panetta will join the Schar School of Policy and Government’s Michael V. Hayden Center for a virtual discussion on the future of U.S. national security under the Biden administration on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. via Zoom.

Lisa Park is executive director of Student Health Services at George Mason University

Many at George Mason University contributed to the safe return to campus. Some have flown under the radar.

George Mason University is looking at ways to provide education to experienced workers who were displaced as a result of the economic downturn associated with the coronavirus pandemic, President Gregory Washington told the Board of Visitors Thursday.

President Washington will undertake a new endeavor as host of the university’s “Access to Excellence” podcast, available on platforms such as Apple, Spotify and Stitcher.

We are nearing the end of a remarkably successful fall semester, especially considering where we started and what we’ve been through. Just five months ago, our greatest challenge was figuring out how we could deliver a Mason education to a record number of students during a global pandemic. Now, in two weeks, we will graduate a class at winter commencement that includes more than 4,600 graduates and more than 5,000 when counting students earning certificates.