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The College of Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University is committed to providing a challenging education to undergraduate and graduate students, expanding the frontiers of knowledge through research, and contributing intellectual leadership to the community. The college values the rich scholarly traditions of the past while embracing evolving disciplinary and interdisciplinary innovations. It believes that a liberal arts education is the best preparation for a lifetime of careers.

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Mason is eighth highest recipient of NEH funding

Mason is eighth highest recipient of NEH funding

The National Endowment for the Humanities has provided Mason with $5.801 million in the past decade to fund 37 projects.

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Integrative Studies alumna wins State Treasurer Race in Wisconsin

Integrative Studies alumna wins State Treasurer Race in Wisconsin

Godlewski, said she would like to focus on the office being a fiscal watchdog for taxpayers, investing in the state's future and being a financial advocate for Wisconsinites.

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Mason’s Tyler Cowen and Steven Pearlstein discuss capitalism, morality and economic growth

Mason’s Tyler Cowen and Steven Pearlstein discuss capitalism, morality and economic growth

Two of the nation’s leading economic thought leaders met on Mason’s Fairfax Campus on Nov. 1 to debate the correlation between capitalism, morality and economic growth.

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In West Virginia, collecting histories otherwise forgotten

In West Virginia, collecting histories otherwise forgotten

Students from Mason's Folklore Studies Program collected legends, myths and stories from those who tend to be overlooked by academia.

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Honors College leads as Fulbright expands diversity initiative

Honors College leads as Fulbright expands diversity initiative

Honors College and history alumnus Desmond Moffitt (above) and LaNitra Berger, director of the Honors College's Office of Fellowships, are at the forefront of a push for more support for diverse Fulbright scholars teaching overseas.

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In Brief

Cultural Studies students mark the program's twenty-fifth anniversay with a podcast featuring its yearlong colloquium series on climate change.

Sonia McCormick, BA Communication '88, honored among the 2018 Women Who Mean Business in the Washington Business Journal.

Rolling Stone interviews Creative Writing Professor Tim Denevi about new Hunter S. Thompson book.

What if everyone voted? Bryan Caplan discusses how high voter turnout could simply mean more uninformed voters, and more populism.

Ed Maibach explains that better understanding of the causes of climate change will lead to greater support for environmentally friendly policies.

Research by a team including Todd Kashdan and David Disabato attempts to make a rough estimate of the number of post-depression “flourishers."

Tyler Cowen explains in this op-ed how conservatives are using identity politics to destroy liberalism from within.

Todd Kashdan writes about research he conducted with Fallon Goodman and David J. Disabato in which they rethink the way we talk about character strengths.