George Mason held its first Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) Exchange Day on September 15, bringing together more than 200 faculty members from across the university to talk about the GCI-related work being done and invite collaboration as the call for proposals in second year of funding launches.

As the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, history associate professor Meredith Lair is teaching a course that provides students with a chance to examine the event, not just as a turning point in U.S. history, but through the lenses of public memory, media literacy, commemoration, and civic responsibility.

Last year, Fall for the Book’s annual Writers in the School series reached nearly 1,200 K-12 students in the Fairfax County Public Schools. The program, organized by the George Mason University-based festival, is designed to introduce students to authors and encourage interest in reading and writing.