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Mason’s new concentration in Korean for its BA in foreign languages is opening up a a world of possibilities for this freshman student.

The Mayo News, in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, featured the visit of Mason's Folklore Field School to Achill Island during winter break. Ten students, led by Debra Lattanzi Shutika, chair, Department of English, studied and participated in local culture.

The inaugural Goldie Hattery and Diane Hattery Awards for Excellence honor university classified staff members in housekeeping and facilities. The awards, given through the Women and Gender Studies Program, are named in honor of director Angela Hattery's mother and grandmother.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences celebrates the contributions of its staff members each year with the Mary Roper Award. This year, we are pleased to recognize our graduate admission coordinator, Stephanie Hinnenkamp.

On the Independent (IRL) website, an article on new year happiness cites the work of Todd Kashdan, psychology professor and senior scholar at Mason's Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, on the happiness benefits of moving outside a personally comfortable routine.

In a New Yorker article questioning the link between legalized marijuana and crime rates, the author consults David Weisburd, distinguished professor of criminology and executive director of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy.

As Mason's Center for History and New Media moves into its next quarter century, it continues to harness new technology to build upon its success and find new ways to democratize history.

Through the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation junior Maya Prestipino has been researching conservation practices surrounding the harvesting and selling of ginseng, listed as threatened under Virginia’s Endangered Plant and Insect Species Act.

In search of a career where she could work with people and solve problems, Josi Braithwaite's Introduction to Public Relations elective clicked with her skills and interests and she quickly dove into coursework she loved.

But after a research opportunity through Mason’s Office of Student Scholarship, Creative Activities, and Research (OSCAR), Thalia Dimopoulos found that she was hooked on the possibilities of a research career.