Schar School of Policy and Government

Climate change is one of the most crucial issues of our time, and one of the most complex. Schar School professor Andrew Light has captured international attention for his work in helping to create global solutions to this problem. In recognition of his work, the International Society for Environmental Ethics awarded him its inaugural Public Philosophy Award, and announced the award is to be renamed the Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy.

The idea for his doctoral dissertation came to Erik Goepner in 2010 when he was an Air Force officer working in a remote village in Afghanistan.

Paul L. Posner, Professor and Director of the Schar School’s Masters of Public Administration program at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at the age of 70.  He is survived by his wife Arlene, daughter Jenny, and two grandsons.

A new study by students in George Mason University’s Transportation, Policy, Operations and Logistics master’s program identifies gaps in Arlington County’s passenger and freight delivery systems and makes recommendations designed to improve the growing Northern Virginia county’s transportation systems.

Joe Russell, a junior government & international politics major, was awarded the Truman Scholarship. Joe, an Honors College student, was one of 62 awardees out of 768 applicants to be awarded the prestigious scholarship.

George W. Johnson, George Mason University’s fourth and longest-serving president, died on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.

It is not yet clear if President Donald Trump will pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, though The Washington Post reported at least one White House official said he is leaning toward withdrawal.

Keeping in tradition with D.C. area residents’ high level of interest in political discourse, on May 23, 2017, the Schar School of Policy and Government presented a cosponsored forum with all Virginia Lieutenant Governor candidates at George Mason University’s main campus in Fairfax, Virginia. The event was moderated by the Dean of Schar School Mark J. Rozell.

Fairfax, Va. (May 25, 2017) - George Mason University is announcing that former Virginia Secretary of Education and former first lady Anne Holton will join the faculty as a visiting professor.

The idea of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un developing a missile that can carry a nuclear warhead and potentially strike U.S. bases in Japan is a serious threat, he said.