Dixie Downing

As a public administration major, former senator for the George Mason University Student Government, Mathnasium instructor, and former intern at Senator Tim Kaine’s office, Joseph Fernando has been keeping busy.

“The idea of North America might be over,” said Tony Payan. “I want to believe it’s not.”

The Green New Deal, immigration, the arrival of Amazon to Virginia, and who might make the best candidates for president were some of the hot-button topics discussed Monday night at George Mason University’s Founders Hall auditorium in Arlington, Va., during the Schar School of Policy and Government’s Haynes Lecture Series. The guest of honor...

Priscilla Tran, the new Admissions Marketing Coordinator for the Schar School of Policy and Government, uses her experiences abroad to expand creative outreach in the Schar School’s marketing team.

The partisan divide in Congress, intelligence oversight, and foreign meddling through social media were some of the critical topics discussed Monday night at an event hosted by the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

The Association of Public Policy PhD Students [APPS] hosted an informal afternoon conversation on volatile U.S.-Mexico relations and border security on March 7 with one of the foremost experts on the topic, Schar School associate professor Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera.

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.

“Oftentimes, we are reactive instead of proactive, but you all are being proactive,” said Tom Daschle, in praising Schar School and George Mason University students for studying biosecurity.