Alumni

School suspensions can triple the probability that a student will drop out of school or have later involvement with the criminal justice system, according to studies linked to the school-to-prison pipeline. These statistics are concerning, but Sarah Parshall has hope.

Millions of people were captivated by the murder mystery case involving Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee, after George Mason University law school alumna Rabia Chaudry took the case to NPR and the hit podcast “Serial” was born.

The fifth Taco Bamba location in the Washington, D.C., area, —which opened Dec. 6 in University Mall, the shopping center across the street from George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus—is a celebration of Albisu’s time at the university.

A $2 million gift to George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution will be used to bolster major areas of the school, with the goal of “advancing the field of conflict resolution by strengthening S-CAR as an institution,” said Steve Cumbie, one of the benefactors.

Schar School 2007 alumna made news—again—this week when she was named Restaurateur of the Year by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington. Find out how a Master of Public Policy degree helped Rose Previte earn this distinction.