Buzz McClain

A course teaching graduate students how to successfully manage large-scale crises prepares them for even more prominent public-facing roles. Read about the class and the professor teaching from experience, James Olds.

A new study by the Schar School’s Center for Regional Analysis shows that home prices are higher the closer they are to data centers. It may sound counterintuitive, but it makes sense. See the report.

MPA graduate and adjunct Craig Fifer heads an agency striving to bring the region’s governments together. See how his degree helps him in this important mission.

More than 60 Master of Public Administration students attended the 28th Local Government Night to listen to county leaders—many of them graduates from the same MPA program—discuss their careers. Read what they said.

Schar School sophomore Max Castner is president of the university’s newest student organization, the Podcast Club at George Mason University. See how the club can launch your podcast.

Are new ways of fighting wars the best ways? What if technological breakthroughs made militaries worse? That’s the line of study of one of the Schar School’s newest assistant professors, Kendrick Kuo.

Taiwan’s national security is at a precarious inflection point. A Schar School online platform looks to raise awareness of the threats to the island nation. See what the Taiwan Security Monitor is and meet the students behind it.

Breaking news: A new Washington Post-Schar School poll shows how an October texting scandal has changed voters’ minds ahead of the November 4 election for state offices.

A new cross-disciplinary study from colleges across George Mason’s campuses reaches a disturbing conclusion about the future of the commonwealth’s energy sources and supplies. See the sobering details in “Virginia Energy Report: Policy Roadmap for the Commonwealth.”

When the producers of the blockbuster movie A House of Dynamite needed expert advice on how to operate the White House Situation Room during a nuclear crisis, they turned to the Schar School’s Larry Pfeiffer, former director of the fabled “SitRoom.”