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These stories showcase the many ways CHSS alumni are powering discovery, impact, leadership, and opportunity. Through their work, they embody the spirit of Mason Now: Power the Possible, demonstrating how a George Mason education prepares graduates not only to navigate the world as it is, but to help shape what comes next.

Criminology, law and society doctoral student and Dean’s Challenge graduate scholarship recipient Hayley Carlisle is conducting mixed-methods research on inconsistences with rule enforcement at jails.

A few days after completing his last season of college basketball at George Mason University, Gabe Norwood, BA Communication ’07, began a hoop odyssey that would take him to nearly 30 countries and make him a national basketball hero in a country thousands of miles from Virginia.

Hannah Dabney, BA Environmental and Sustainability Studies ’23, recently lived in Samoa where she served as a Peace Corps Ridge to Reef Resilience Promoter Volunteer, helping communities balance environmental protection with local development needs.

English associate professor Elizabeth Martelli, PhD Writing and Rhetoric ‘19, is training as an amateur boxer and will compete in a boxing match this fall to raise money in support of cancer research and awareness with Haymakers for Hope.

Professor Esperanza Román-Mendoza from the Department of Modern and Classical Languages was invited to participate in the 36th Summer School at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain to address the impact of AI on language learning and education.

New digital experience combines 250 years of population data, immigration policy, historical milestones, and personal stories to deepen public understanding of America's evolving identity.

George Mason University is authorized to host the Virginia State Climate Office, thanks to a provision in the new state budget effective July 1, 2026. The office is charged with developing and delivering data, analyses, assessments, and expertise about Virginia’s weather- and climate-related impacts, risks, and risk management options to state and local government agencies, businesses, and communities across the commonwealth.

Three history PhD students—Ashleigh Williams, Jayme Kurland, and Alexandra Miller—received prestigious fellowships this past spring, the George Mason University Office of Fellowships has announced.

Fall for the Book and the Institute for Immigration Research’s New American Voices Award recognizes recently published works that illuminate the complexity of the human experience as told by immigrants, whose work is historically underrepresented in writing and publishing. The 2026 Longlist has just been announced.