Schar School of Policy and Government

Schar School adjunct professor Lee Roberts is recognized as a Teacher of Distinction by George Mason University. See why, as a U.S. Army strategic intelligence officer, it’s important to him to teach international security.

Ian Candy is coming to George Mason from South Dakota to study government, neuroscience, and will compete in forensics. See how he hopes to combine it all in an effort to make the world a better place.

As the saying goes “Once a Patriot, Always a Patriot,” and George Mason University is proud to have a large group of Patriots serving the Commonwealth of Virginia in the General Assembly.

When the war with Russia disrupted Tetiana Khutor’s work in Ukraine, she found a temporary home at the Schar School. The “scholar in exile” hopes to develop relationships in Washington that will help rebuild her homeland.

A $1 million grant from the U.S. Senate will create a new interdisciplinary center at George Mason designed to help Virginia small businesses take advantage of advances in artificial intelligence. Read who is behind this first-of-its-kind center and how it will work.

Rona Jobe says her 2013 Master of Public Policy degree prepared her to help other women and minorities elevate their businesses. Now she’s a Rising Star winner from a major nonprofit.

A weeklong residential program to bring undergraduate students together with women leaders in politics and business just concluded. See who they met and what they learned.

Graduate student Nick Marko earned a master’s in biodefense and a graduate certificate while working full time as a neurosurgeon.

Schar School adjunct professor and former longtime Dutch diplomat Gerrit van der Wees receives one of Taiwan’s top civilian honors: the Order of the Brillian Star with Grand Cordon.

The famed Wilson Center makes Schar School nonproliferation expert first-ever Sherwin Fellow. The fellowship honors the coauthor of American Prometheus, the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer.