Campus News

  • May 27, 2021

    Lee A. Solomon is first junior faculty member in Chemistry to secure NSF Career Award

  • May 26, 2021

    As we turn our attention to the Fall Semester, we must all continue to do our part and work together to keep Mason safe. This starts with new policies for COVID-19 vaccination, testing and masking.

  • May 25, 2021

    The first floor of Vernon Smith Hall has been converted into an innovation pilot space, foreshadowing work that will be done in Mason’s new Arlington Campus building.

  • May 17, 2021

    The sudden reversal of CDC mask recommendations has prompted many questions about what this means for George Mason University. As we review changing protocols, we will continue to require masks when on campus, and will provide an update with definitive guidance when we have it.

    As we consider these factors and review the changing protocols, we will continue to require masks when on campus, just as we have done this past year. 

  • May 17, 2021

    Mason's mobile vaccination clinics are helping to provide COVID-19 shots to communities most in need of them

  • May 18, 2021

    Following decades of war and genocide in Sudan, in April 2019 a mass movement from civilians overthrew the dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir. As the country transitions to democratic rule, George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution is working to empower civilians to use their voice to impact the future.

    The Mason team, working with partners in Sudan, has been interviewing and video recording oral histories of 100 Sudanese civilians who have lived through both war and peace. Their answers, which expand upon their experiences, also include their vision for a just Sudanese society.

  • May 14, 2021

    George Mason University on Friday afternoon honored its largest and most diverse graduating class in history with its 54th Spring Commencement.

  • May 17, 2021

    Fall for the Book shattered attendance records at their recent virtual event with New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah. More than 5,000 people from around the globe tuned in live and on-demand to watch the hour-long event.

  • May 25, 2021

    With racial tension high in the United States, and the need for equity growing ever stronger, students and faculty at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School participated in a 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge virtually in March and April.

    The challenge, created by diversity expert Eddie Moore Jr., focuses on the Black American experience and is designed to advance deeper understandings of the intersections of race, power, privilege, and oppression, and guide participants in becoming more aware and engaged regarding racial equity.

  • May 14, 2021

    Thank you, President Washington, for the invitation to speak today and for the honorary degree. This school is special to me for several reasons—many of my own students at NOVA transfer here.