- July 7, 2020
This week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it would discontinue visa exceptions for international students on F-1 visas who take all of their courses for the semester online. This decision could force hundreds of thousands of international students to leave the United States and threatens to interrupt the academic work of more than 3,000 students here at George Mason University.
George Mason University’s GMU-TV was awarded six Tellys this year—two Golds, two Silvers, and two Bronzes—for excellence in the nonbroadcast/educational institution category for videos promoting the university’s research endeavors and programs. This is the most awards Mason’s television studio has won in one year.
George Mason University Professor Farrokh Alemi develops screening tool for COVID-19 during and outside of flu season
Gregory Washington spent his first day as George Mason University’s eighth president meeting virtually with students, faculty, staff, and alumni live on GMU-TV, sharing with each group his ambitious vision for the university, at one point saying, “If you want to be a big institution, you’ve gotta be big in the big things.”
Constance Owens speaks on her summer fellowship with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and her passion for health care equity.
Priya Mallya is recognized for her on-campus involvement including her role as Vice President in Mason Rising Healthcare Leaders (MRHL).