Buzz McClain

A Schar School study released earlier this year drew national attention, and for good reason: The research examined the rates of innovation by immigrants in the U.S. and found that native-born entrepreneurs were, in effect, being demolished by their immigrant-owned competition.

The rapidly expanding fields of blockchain and cryptocurrencies will be examined in depth by policymakers, industry executives, and academic leaders during an international, two-day symposium at the Schar School of Policy and Government.

About 100 academics, practitioners, students, and pollsters attending this week’s 115th American Political Science Association’s meeting in Washington, D.C., were treated to a day-long “pre-conference” seminar on migration and citizenship, sponsored by the Schar School of Policy and Government and its Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions and Policy. The program was chaired by Associate Professor Justin Gest.

An audience of 140 community and business leaders and curious citizens attended a Monday morning (August 26) program called Northern Virginia Regional Elected Leaders Summit, held at George Mason University’s Van Metre Hall in Arlington.

Foreign trade and strategic domestic investments are vital issues in South America as the region looks to compete in global markets with powerful competitors, including China, Russia, and the U.S.

Transnational criminal organizations, corrupt regimes, terrorist groups, and other “threat networks” support a yearly multi-trillion-dollar industry in illicit trade around the world.

For the second year in a row, Schar School of Policy and Government professors spent a week in South Korea in late May, delivering research to political leadership, professors, and students in a well-attended symposium addressing international security.

The seventh Young Women’s Leadership Program made its Schar School of Policy and Government debut when it kicked off on July 10 with more than 100 young women and their parents in attendance at George Mason University’s Van Metre Hall in Arlington, Va.

For a global study class, the itinerary was daunting: There were scholarly lectures on migration, health policies, HIV, xenophobia, and a deep dive into the regional “blue economy” based on aquatic and ocean industries. And that was just one day of an 11-day class.