Join us at 6 p.m. tonight, May 2, at the Country Club of Fairfax for the Center for Community Mental Health's 7th Annual Fundraiser, Food for Thought. Proceeds will help the Center provide free community health programs, free emotional support, and free and low-cost therapies and testing services. Food and drinks will be served, and the popular one-of-a kind auction items will be on display.

Students, faculty, staff, and guests gathered in Horizon Hall's atrium to take part in the scholarly discourse and support the 43 student presenters.

Each year, the WGST program and the LGBTQ+ Resources Center collaborate on this event, offering the two units a wonderful opportunity to come together to celebrate the lives and accomplishments of Mason’s LGBTQ+ students, their allies, and WGST grads.

Congratulations to Talley Bettens and Afra Ahmad, who received 2024 OSCAR Mentoring Excellence Awards. Bettens and Ahmad were recognized at the Spring 2024 Celebration of Student Scholarship and Impact on April 29. Watch their videos to learn more about their research and mentorship!

The new CHSS logo is now available, following the launch of George Mason University's new institutional logo. Visit the CHSS Marketing SharePoint site for George Mason logo files, CHSS logo files, and updated email signature instructions for incorporating the new logo. To ensure consistent branding across the College, we encourage all units to complete the CHSS Branding Assets document to indicate which materials will need to be updated with the new logos.

This information is intended to guide administrative units in understanding the security and compliance considerations that must be observed when using these tools.

Please let your students know that George Mason University Foundation scholarships are available and are open to all continuing undergraduates, admitted transfers, and graduate students.

This video showcases how the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University leads teaching and research that drives action—action that makes an impact on solving some of the most pressing challenges of our time, safeguarding our future for generations.  

CHSS faculty and staff can express their support for our college by opting for payroll deduction, an efficient means to make contributions to the program, scholarship, or initiative of their choice at Mason.

The prestigious award recognizes Mehlenbeck's work on the stepped care model of treatment, which she co-developed and implemented for use at George Mason University's Center for Community Mental Health.

Beloved poet Nikki Giovanni wows an audience of 350 people at the Cheuse Center’s second annual Busboys and Poets Lecture, urging them to live on their own terms, with fearless confidence.

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) funding opportunity has announced a proposal submission deadline of July 24, 2024. Any faculty interested in submitting an NSF CAREER's proposal will need to submit a CHSS Pre-Award Request for Assistance Form by noon on Friday, June 21st.

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF), in conjunction with the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has announced its new Research Fellowship Program to advance rigorous field-based research on actionable questions about community-led development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IAF will award up to ten Fellowships in 2025, which includes a stipend of $20,000 to support an individual researcher working over the course of twelve months in one or more of the countries where the Inter-American Foundation makes investments.

“Offerings for Tauxenent: Acknowledging Indigenous Place” was directed and curated by Gabrielle Tayac, Department of History and Art History, and students.

In the Guardian, Martin Weiner, Department of Psychology, is quoted and his research is cited in a story about ways to make the day not appear to go by as quickly.

On the Weather Channel, Margaret Orr, a George Mason doctoral candidate studying communication, discusses how artificial intelligence could potentially help debunk climate myths.

In the Conversation, Lauren Cattaneo, Department of Psychology, co-authors article stating that often domestic violence survivors seek homeless services from a system that can leave them homeless.

In U.S. News and World Report, Zofia Burr, Department of English and founding dean of the George Mason University Honors College, is quoted in an article explaining the purpose of honors colleges.