We’re looking for faculty and advisors to represent their departments at events for prospective students, speak on panels, or participate in Q & A sessions. Share your expertise and unique experiences to help showcase what makes CHSS extraordinary!

Join University Career Services Faculty Fellows on March 26 at 11 a.m. for a catered workshop to learn ways you can increase your students' career awareness and help them develop essential career skills to meet workforce demands and navigate today’s rapidly evolving industries.

Following a letter from U.S. Department of Education to 60 universities, President Washington shares the response detailing George Mason’s efforts to combat harassment and discrimination in any form against any student, faculty, staff member or visitor. Visit the Federal Compliance Updates website for more details.

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.

CHSS faculty and staff are asked to mark their calendars and join us for the annual IE Town Hall meeting on April 23 at noon via Zoom.

The 15th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held on April 24 in Horizon Hall and the MIX media lab. Please encourage students to submit an abstract for a poster, video, or oral presentation by April 10. Are you a faculty or staff member interested in serving as a judge? Learn how you can volunteer.

Need help with Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions? Then this session is for you! Come learn about the new resources available with the IRB and how the IRB can partner with you on a successful submission. Sarah Clarke, the director of the Human Research Protection Program, will be our guest speaker.

RAMP, an integrated research web-based system that supports the research enterprise, will implement the final two RAMP modules, IACUC and Payroll Certification, in the spring of 2025.

Are you looking to elevate your research but struggling to find the right funding opportunities? Or not sure where to start? The CHSS Pre-Award Research Team is excited to introduce our new find funding assistance form, designed to help you navigate the complex landscape of research grants and funding sources.

There are limited spaces available in two faculty grant writing programs, conducted in collaboration with CHSS and the Office of Research Development. This is an ideal opportunity to receive feedback on grant proposals that are in development or to receive strategic feedback on matching your research funding interests to proposal opportunities.

Scholars from the Center for Mason Legacies (CML) closed out Black History Month 2025 with a lively showing of standout research projects conducted in the past year. Symposium presenters included graduate students and an undergraduate student, reflecting the center’s commitment to shaping research and pedagogy at all levels of teaching.

View videos from the February 25 Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy Congressional Briefing "Preventing Gun Violence."

Now in its third year, Poetry Alive! has extended its reach to a new site, the Patrick D. Molinari Juvenile Shelter in Prince William County.

Attendees for the eighth annual Food for Thought event held by Community Mental Health will be given a special treat this year. Washington Commanders Executive Chef Connor McGuire has been announced as a celebrity chef speaker to provide insight into how food fuels both physical and mental health.

In honor of Women’s History Month, Berger, associate professor of history and art history and director of African and African American Studies, is honored in the 2025 class of women who "have made a difference in society by attacking some of higher education’s toughest challenges, exhibiting extraordinary leadership skills, and making a difference in their respective communities."

Eugene Mulero, adjunct professor of journalism, has covered news and politics for several publications and is currently the chief Washington correspondent at Transport Topics where he covers Congress and national politics.

Welcome to our monthly compilation of good news, gathered from CHSS faculty and staff!

Leeman, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, is quoted about the cost of designating English as the official language of the U.S.

The article describes Cowen, Department of Economics and Mercatus Center, as Silicon Valley’s favorite economist.

Gilman, Department of English, is interviewed along with refugee advocate and now-BYU-Idaho student Divine Irakoze.

Anthropologist and scholar of forced migration, Balakian, School of Integrative Studies, is the author of Unsettled Families: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and the Politics of Kinship.

The article looks at how Trump’s return to the White House is prompting companies to stifle climate talk.