Joe Russell said he is trying — really trying — to not think too much about the interview that could change his life.
The first time Anne Holton was on George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus after being hired as a visiting professor, the former Virginia Secretary of Education made sure to walk to the plaza dedicated to her father.
This concept appears simple enough in theory, yet it is often riddled with complexities, nuances, and conflict in practice. On maps, borders appear as mere lines across a page. There are treaties negotiating their placement. In some countries, borders are delineated by walls and demilitarized zones; in others, they pass through cafes and towns.
More than 300 audience members turned out Monday night at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for the first event of the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. The 90-minute panel discussion, “Truth Tellers in the Bunker: Evidence-Based Institutions in a Post-Truth World,” focused on how those committed to delivering fact-based information are under attack around the world, and intentionally so.
As the White House declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency, the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government releases its recommendations for combating the illicit businesses behind the epidemic.
On October 26, 2017, the White House announced the nomination of David C. Williams, a distinguished visiting professor within the Schar School of Policy and Government, to the Board of Governors of the US Postal Service. Once confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Wiliams will serve as a member of the Board of Governors until December 2019. As the governing body of the Postal Service, the 11-member Board of Governors has responsibilities comparable to the board of directors of a publicly held corporation.
The Washington Business Journal’s annual ranking of influential local business leaders list, the Power 100, includes Stephen Fuller, director of the Stephen S. Fuller Institute at the Schar School of Policy and Government.
The second annual Tolchin Symposium at Mason’s Schar School of Policy and Government in Arlington on Oct. 17 featured a panel of women in powerful positions discussing why more women are not in positions of power.
Retired four-star Air Force General Michael V. Hayden has been director of the National Security Agency, the principal deputy director of National Intelligence and director of the CIA.
No matter your political perspective, the first nine months of the Trump administration have been one of fast-moving turmoil. But has this period been dangerous, as some suggest?