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Doctoral candidate Paul Beatty's research uses electroencephalography to measure the brain's corrective tendencies following an error.

The Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning has announced its 2021 Teaching Excellence Awards. Please celebrate with the college's awardees at a virtual ceremony on May 7, 12-1 pm.

The Center for Humanities Research is welcoming applications for CHR fellows for fall 2021 and spring 2022. Next year's theme is Pasts/Presents/Futures. Applications are due April 16.

Richard Hardesty, a PhD candidate in the Department of History and Art History, describes his efforts to research the impact of the Baltimore Orioles on their city, and the challenges of doing so during the COVID-19 shutdowns of 2020.

It's awards season! Despite the virtual nature of many Spring Commencement events, we are now collecting information about student awards and we ask departments to enter awardees' names in the CHSSWeb system (photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash).

Visit the working group's new webpage of resources, and participate in an April 27 session outlining feedback from the group's recent professional development survey.

This virtual study, conducted with Mason as a partner, utilizes advanced health research technology to examine health, well-being, social, and economic effects of COVID-19 on people of all walks of life.

CommonHealth, the Virginia employee wellness program, offers wellness tips on stress reduction, better sleep, and healthy recipes. Each week, Mason HR updates its website to share CommonHealth's latest information. Check it out!

The Stearns Center wraps up its continuing development program with a final workshop during spring 2021 semester, Alternative and Authentic Assessments: Student Perspectives. Learn more about the program and register for the workshop.

During summer 2020, PhD candidate Yamei Wang pursued her linguistics research into numeral classifiers in Chinese, considering how they collaborate with other parts of speech.