- October 21, 2021“I want you to know that I see you,” President Gregory Washington said, speaking directly to students in the audience at EagleBank Arena on Thursday afternoon and others tuning in to the event on GMU-TV. “I honor you. And I dedicate my presidency to you.
- October 21, 2021Motivational speaker Calvin Mackie told George Mason University student leaders to take on the world with hope and passion.
- October 21, 2021"It is one of the greatest honors of my life to be invested as the eighth president of George Mason University. Even after I arrived in the summer of 2020, it has been a long walk to this day." Gregory Washington, George Mason University President
- October 20, 2021Mason alumni and friends gathered at the Fairfax Campus on Tuesday evening, Oct. 19, to celebrate the impending Investiture of Mason’s eight president, Dr. Gregory Washington.
- October 19, 2021The new MIX space is open in the brand-new state-of-the-art Horizon Hall. MIX stands for “Mason Innovation Exchange” and is a place for creators, makers, innovators and entrepreneurs.
- October 19, 2021Congratulations to Michael S. Bloom, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Global and Community Health, for being elected as a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology (FACE). The American College of Epidemiology (ACE) is the professional organization dedicated to continued education and advocacy for epidemiologists in their efforts to promote public health.
- October 18, 2021The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PFP), created by CHSS Dean Ann L. Ardis, allows participants to continue their research and teach two classes per semester on a 12-month contract.
- October 15, 2021President Washington spoke on Oct. 14 at a Mason Korea event in Horizon Hall on the Fairfax Campus, as part of a week-long series of events celebrating his Investiture. Participants gathered in person and virtually from the Mason Korea Campus.
- October 15, 2021The Pistone family from Ohio received the 11th annual Alan and Sally Merten Family of the Year Award at Mason’s Family Weekend.
- October 14, 2021The global pandemic has brought mental health and well-being to the forefront, and Mason provides a variety of services and strategies to the community for addressing those challenges.
- October 14, 2021A cultural immersion trip in 2008 brought Charles Davidson (PhD ’19) inside the walls of San Pedro prison in La Paz, Bolivia. What he saw there not only changed his life, he said, but ignited a spark of inspiration that led to peacebuilding efforts around the world.