Decades of success for the George Mason forensics team are being rewarded through a landmark gift from Bruce Manchester and his partner and husband of 46 years, James “Fred” Emory.

The Patriot Pantry is seeking donations of most-needed items to help fill its shelves. If you are able to help, please bring items from the list to the Dean’s Office, Horizon Hall 6th floor, by September 13, or contribute using the Amazon Wish List link.

CHSS is pleased to announce the graduate student recipients of the 2024 Dean’s Challenge scholarship. This award recognizes exceptional students not only in their superior academic achievement, but in their inspirational civic and community engagement. Learn more about the winners' research and accomplishments.

On Wednesday, September 18, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, President Washington will hold a Town Hall discussion about the Faculty and Staff Experience Survey results. All CHSS faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the HUB ballroom or online.

Faculty-Staff Enrichment Day offers professional and personal development workshops, lunch, and a chance to network with colleagues. All George Mason employees are invited to participate!

The application period for the 2024-25 National Humanities Leadership Council is now open. The Council is open to any undergraduate students from NHC-sponsoring institutions with an interest in the humanities. Applications will be accepted through October 11, 2024.

Social media can be a valuable resource for building your platform as a public figure, elevating your research, and increasing exposure to your work. Review these guidelines to ensure that personal use of social media that refers to any aspect of the work environment is done in a responsible and professional manner.

This check-in is intended to review and reflect on the performance period of April 1 - September 30, 2024. It is a perfect time for supervisors to recognize their team’s work.

In addition to individual ticket discounts, George Mason faculty, staff, and student group leaders can request a group of free student tickets for a class or student group via a request form. Here's how to request free and discounted tickets for the upcoming season.

If you are looking for resources or if you are new to preparing grant applications, then the Hanover Grants Learning Center may be just what you need. Access is free but is restricted to George Mason University faculty, staff, and students.

A 30-minute Mason LEAPS online training module will help you know what to do when traveling internationally, collaborating with colleagues from other countries, handling international shipments, and interacting with nationals from sanctioned countries.

Applications for two different faculty study leave programs for the 2025-2026 academic year must be submitted by Friday, October 11, 2024. Tenured instructional faculty submit their study leave applications to the CHSS Associate Dean for Research. Term instructional faculty submit their applications to the CHSS Faculty Affairs Associate Dean.

Research Development Services in collaboration with the English Department in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences is continuing grant writing support for faculty. This is open to all faculty eligible to serve as a Mason Principal Investigator. Space is limited. Sign up today!

For over 35 years, the annual Digital Humanities Conference, organized by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), has been a premier gathering for scholars, researchers, practitioners, and professionals from around the globe. This year, George Mason University's Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) hosted the event, coinciding with the center’s 30th anniversary.

The Center for Humanities Research fosters, supports, and provides space for topical and thematic reading groups, working groups, workshops, and writing groups for faculty, graduate students, and staff. Each group considers a particular theme or question of central importance to the humanities and serves as a space for transdisciplinary exchange. Get more details about each of the groups.

In recent months, the IIR iDod team responded to several requests for data on the foreign born across the United States, highlighting unique findings about immigrants in distinct U.S. geographies, including Virginia and Florida.

The Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) is excited to welcome Elyse Adams as program coordinator beginning in August 2024. Elyse has worked as an administrative assistant for the IIR since January of 2024, performing logistical, organizational, and operational duties for the institution while completing her graduate degree.

Alysia Blake completed both her master’s degree and PhD in sociology at George Mason University. From 2015-2017, Blake worked as a graduate research assistant at the Institute for Immigration Research (IIR). She attributes her time at the IIR as “a huge launch pad to my success.”

On June 17, 2024, IIR director Jim Witte met with Jagan Nemani, senior vice president of operations with the Seattle Orcas (one of six Major League Cricket teams in the United States), Jivana Aras, a player on the women’s U.S. National Cricket team, and her father, Yatin Aras, an engineer, former collegiate cricket player, and cricket coach.

In the New York Times, Lisa Breglia, senior associate dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and associate professor of Global Affairs, is quoted in article about the future of Mexico's energy strategy under a new president.

In the Washington Post, Sabine Doebel, Department of Psychology, is quoted in an article about how research on Yucatec Maya children could potentially challenge previous findings regarding cognitive skills in children.

In the LA Times, Michael Clemens, Department of Economics, is quoted and his research is cited in an article about the positive impact of immigrants on the U.S. and California economies.

In this post for the Wilson Center, Lisa Gilman, a fellow at the Wilson Center and professor of folklore and English at George Mason, details the legal and economic instability displaced Syrians are facing in Turkiye. She describes: "Slowly, systematically, and silently, the breath is being squeezed out of Syrians in Turkiye..."

In this InsideSources.com opinion piece, James Witte, director of the Institute for Immigration Research at George Mason University, highlights similarities between Nobel laureates and Olympic athletes. He cautions that U.S. college and university "infrastructure is undergoing transformational changes that may undercut its value for all, including the world's scientists and athletes."

In USA Today, a Yale University/George Mason University survey on government efforts to develop clean energy is cited. Ed Maibach, a distinguished university professor and the director of George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, is quoted.

In the Chronicle of Higher Education, Jeff Grim, Higher Education Program, is quoted about climate assessments in an article about how Greenfield Community College was impacted by a racial climate report.