Schar School of Policy and Government

There is no indication the turmoil surrounding Donald Trump’s presidency will die down any time soon. Between the probe into Russian influence in the presidential election and whether Trump was involved in obstruction of justice with the firing of James Comey, journalists must get behind the scenes and at times explain complicated legal and political issues.

The troubles surrounding President Donald Trump are leading to some heated rhetoric, including Sen. John McCain saying the Russia probe is becoming “Watergate size,” and Rep. Al Green calling for Trump’s impeachment on the House floor.

Northern Virginia residents will have a chance to hear from the candidates for Virginia’s next lieutenant governor during a forum presented by the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. It’s the only such opportunity in advance of the June 13 primary election.

Nereyda Sevilla believes she has a way to change how authorities and the public respond to disease outbreaks perceived to be transmitted by air travel. If she’s right, it could potentially save billions of dollars in misdirected federal and state money and give millions of air passengers more precise information about infections.

Last month we lost the Honorable James Scott (1938-2017), also known as “Landslide Jim.” Mr. Scott served on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for 14 years and in the Virginia House of Delegates for 22 years. More importantly for us and for Mason, he received his MPA in 1982 and helped establish the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

George Mason University has been named a “Best Value College” by Forbes, which prominently noted the university’s position in the highest tier of research universities as assessed by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Tameka Porter, a recent George Mason University PhD graduate, studies the effects of affirmative action at elite universities. It’s a timely area of research as the public debate over preferential admissions policies continues.

Schar School students at all levels – undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral – tackle the challenging problems of our time both in the classroom and beyond. Not only do doctoral students team with faculty members on their research projects, such as those led by Eric McGlinchey, Jim Pfiffner and Naoru Koizumi, they convene conferences to discuss their own developing research.

The brinkmanship in the federal government is over, at least until September, as Congressional negotiators reached an agreement to fund the government through that month.

Aiming high was just what George Mason University’s Jasmine Renderos had mind when she first began entertaining ideas about serving in the Foreign Service following graduation.