Schar School of Policy and Government

Shells rained down in the Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine four years ago when a war broke out between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian armies. Ukrainian scholar Ararat Osipian escaped the war zone after two months, moving to Western Ukraine and Bucharest until his city, Kramatorsk, was taken back by the Ukrainian Army.

Sheena Saydam admits she didn’t see herself in real estate while studying national security policy at the Schar School of Policy and Government. Nor did the 2009 Master of Public Policy graduate imagine that she would be helping to support a modified trailer that dispenses free showers to the homeless in Baltimore.

The Schar School of Policy and Government released a report on March 6 that examines the significance of a “cultural turn” in international development that began in the 1980s.

More than 50 students gathered in Founders Hall in Arlington on Saturday to battle it out in a simulation concerning the contested Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

The weather outside Friday night was dreary, but the atmosphere at George Mason University’s Arlington Campus was warm and welcoming.

What happens when you put 11 legal, communications, and media experts in one auditorium? Everyone—live and online—is treated to three compelling panels on public affairs in the digital age, the intersection of law and public relations, and the relationship between media representatives and corporate communicators.

An audience of more than 120 students, faculty and staff members, and others interested in the topic of “Can Women Save Democracy?: Women Political Leaders in the Time of Trump and #MeToo” attended the inaugural Pennino Panel on Gender and Policy at George Mason University’s Founders Hall auditorium in Arlington Wednesday night.

Legislation introduced in the Virginia General Assembly this year, which would have directed the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study reinstating discretionary parole in the commonwealth, died in subcommittee in January.

For 32 years the Almanac of Virginia Politics, a comprehensive compendium of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s legislative actions, has been available in print only.

As a professional, interdisciplinary school that melds theory with practice, the Schar School of Policy and Government is unique among policy and international affairs schools for its comprehensive career and student development services. One of the behind-the-scenes professionals who supports the career development and success of Schar School g...