April 4, 2022Several hundred people gathered on Wilkins Plaza on April 4 for the dedication of the Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial, which grew out of a student research project launched in the summer of 2017.
April 4, 2022A remarkable journey has brought Mason Professor Jagadish Shukla from his childhood in rural India to world prominence as a climate researcher.
April 4, 2022The Schar School’s Center for Regional Analysis releases a study calculating the billions of dollars in economic benefits of one of the country’s largest transportation projects.- March 31, 2022Fifteen Mason students will make presentations at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, held virtually April 4-8.
March 31, 2022On February 14, 2009, Mason student Ryan Allen, competing under his drag queen persona of Reann Ballslee, was crowned Ms. Mason at the Homecoming basketball game in front of a near sold-out crowd.
March 30, 2022George Mason University will bring its array of resources and expertise to bear in the state’s efforts to increase resilience to the impacts of climate change with the creation of the Virginia Climate Center.
March 30, 2022Stu Shea, president, chairman, and CEO of Peraton, a Virginia-based national security company, will be the featured speaker at George Mason University’s Spring Commencement.
March 30, 2022New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie will be the featured speaker at Mason’s Wilkins Lecture, speaking on “What’s the Matter with American Democracy” at 4:30 p.m., April 5, in the Fenwick Library Main Reading Room.
March 30, 2022Before he took the class Transnational Sexualities, Casey Klemmer had not heard anything about transgender people outside of Virginia.
March 29, 2022George Mason University's Arlington Campus will host several celebratory events for the university's 50th anniversary week.
March 29, 2022George Mason University has eight graduate programs listed among the top 25 nationally, according to the latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report, reflecting the university’s reputation of being a top institution for advanced degrees. The list was led by Mason’s part-time law program at the Antonin Scalia Law School, which is No. 1 among public institutions, followed by industrial-organizational psychology at No. 5 nationally. Rounding out the list were Mason’s intellectual property program, three programs at the Schar School of Policy and Government, as well as special education and elementary teacher education at the College of Education and Human Development.
March 28, 2022When the George Mason University senior Dacheka Kolcum heard about the August 2021 earthquake that devastated Haiti, she immediately jumped into action to help by creating a GoFundMe page that raised $5,000 to help provide basic necessities for those most adversely impacted by quake.
