The Biodefense program at the Schar School has long been described as merging the policy side of the field with the technical. There could be no better example of that description in practice than the career of national security expert Daniel M. Gerstein.
The scope of John Salamone’s job as the Chief of Human Resources for the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) at the U.S. House of Representatives is as vast as it is vital: 700 people support 12,000 staffers on Capitol Hill and elsewhere around the country, including the 435 elected representatives themselves.
Nereyda Sevilla believes she has a way to change how authorities and the public respond to disease outbreaks, such as the coronavirus crisis, and especially those perceived to be transmitted by air travel.
“My existence is proof that I am a product of my mother’s sacrifice,” said Asha Wasuge.
Two students in the Schar School’s highly regarded Organization Development and Knowledge Management (ODKM) master’s degree program, Alice Carpenter-Pierce and Angela D’lorio, have been selected to be speakers at the KM Showcase 2020, the field’s major conference of the year.
A new study co-authored by Schar School of Policy and Government professor of public policy and economist Maurice Kugler takes on the very topical vocational training vs. college education debate, with a favorable conclusion for programs such as George Mason University’s ADVANCE that streamlines the pathway to a four-year degree by underrepresented students coming from community college.
The rapidly changing challenges that confront the globe’s societies—and governments’ policy responses to them—were the focus of a two-day, 14-panel conference that brought dozens of academics and practitioners to George Mason University’s Arlington Campus in early February.
On Tuesday night, former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe (D) was on CNN until well after 1 a.m., helping the panel of popular political pundits analyze the New Hampshire Democratic primary results.
The annual pilgrimage to Richmond, Va., from George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus began just after dawn and during a flash flood warning on blustery Feb. 6.