November 9, 2023George A. Akerlof, who shared the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences with Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz, gave this year's Haynes Lecture.
October 26, 2023Location? Check. Access? Double check. When the White House wanted to invite students to help welcome Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese to Washington for a state visit, they reached out to George Mason University. Schar School of Policy and Government undergraduates were only too happy to answer the call.
September 29, 2023In a global first, the Schar School’s Center for Business Civic Engagement partners with Romania’s Babeș-Bolyai University to address advancements in intelligent automation.
September 13, 2023From teaching about the presidency and legislative politics, former Assistant Professor Colleen Shogan is sworn in as national archivist by the first lady.
September 7, 2023Rock stars abound! University undergraduates are invited to a weekend-long policy communications and writing workshop in Arlington, Virginia—for free, hotel included. Apply now!
September 6, 2023Desmond is the guest lecturer for this year’s Roger Wilkins Lecture, taking place Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m. in the Harris Theater on the Fairfax Campus.
August 31, 2023A new book by Schar School senior fellow and adjunct professor Mark S. Langevin is a study of an existential trade conflict most have never heard of: The “cotton dispute” between the U.S. and Brazil.
August 30, 2023Registration is open to those who want to win $20,000 for finding a way to curtail counterfeit goods trafficking. It’s Hackathon Time again!
August 24, 2023Nationalism you know about. But “economic nationalism” cements the ideology in wide-ranging policy. Schar School Professor Kenneth Reinert’s new book examines the topic from all angles.
August 23, 2023Her undergrad degree is in political science, which works out great for Schar School students: Meet Lorena Jordan, the Schar School librarian. She does more than check out books.