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Ron Nachum, Student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Science and Engineering, Helps Fight Alzheimer’s Disease.

George Mason University was highlighted as a national leader in Black student enrollment and graduation in a recent report from Eduventures Research. The report, “Transcending the Current Higher Education Journey for Black Students: Colleges that Buck the Trend,” notes that from 2010 to 2019, overall undergraduate enrollment dropped 9%, but enrollment of Black undergraduates declined by 20%.

Thomas Lovejoy was among the roughly 100 scientists serving on a Scientific Advisory Group that helped craft the U.N.’s “Making Peace with Nature” report that envisions a sustainable economy driven by renewable energy and nature-based solutions that will create new jobs, cleaner infrastructure and a more resilient future.

Dear Patriots, George Mason University is currently monitoring the national pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and has no immediate plans to use that vaccine at its clinics.

Arts Management students and faculty recently participated in a conversation between Associate Professor Carole Rosenstein and immediate-past Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH) Megan Beyer.

Last fall, faculty teams were invited to submit proposals describing thematic hiring opportunities. The decision committee evaluated 14 proposals for innovation and timeliness, alignment with Mason strengths, recruiting plans and hiring strategies.

George Mason University's inaugural virtual 5k and other wellness programming in October 2020 earned a silver designation from the Exercise Is Medicine® On Campus (EIM-OC) program—an initiative supported by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Association.

Professor of Global and Community Health Amira Roess has been recognized for her excellence in community involvement, teaching, and research during the COVID-19 pandemic and Mason’s safe return to campus.

Allison Bustria, Student Affairs Coordinator in the CHHS Office of Student Affairs, has been recognized for her outstanding work especially amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.