May 7, 2021Approximately 120 Mason Music students recorded a digital concert to celebrate unity and resilience in the face of division and uncertainty. The concert, “A Song of Freedom,” presented by Mason’s Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music, showcases works by Black composers as well as selections inspired by the African-American experience.
May 6, 2021Fairfax, VA – George Mason University’s Board of Visitors approved a $1.249 billion budget Thursday, May 6 that will keep undergraduate tuition flat, increase student aid by at least 10 percent, and make targeted investments in student services and staff and faculty support.
May 7, 2021During the month of April, the students in George Mason University’s Sustainability in Action course (EVPP 480) were incredibly busy making a difference on and off campus.
April 29, 2021George Mason University’s Ed Maibach is the most influential scientist working on climate change among America’s public universities
April 29, 2021The east side of Wilkins Plaza is scheduled to open to pedestrian traffic on Monday, May 3, for the first time in a year.
- April 28, 2021
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) approved the move to establish a School of Computing at Mason—the first such school in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
April 28, 2021Illegal goods can have deadly consequences. Whether it’s a counterfeit face mask that doesn’t provide a frontline worker adequate protection from COVID-19, or a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl (a synthetic painkiller 50-100 times more potent than morphine), millions of lives can be at risk.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers and students at George Mason University is working to stop such criminal activity. Thanks to a nearly $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)—and a $16,000 grant supplement awarded to two undergraduates on the team—they will be investigating how to disrupt illicit supply chains, influence policy, and ultimately save lives.
Tue, 04/27/2021 - 16:40George Mason University’s Thomas Lovejoy was elected to the National Academy of Sciences this week, joining an elite group of 120 scholars recognized this year for their contributions to science and research.
- Tue, 04/27/2021 - 10:22
Mason faculty, staff, students, contractors, and their families and friends can register to receive their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, April 28 at Mason’s EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, VA.