CHSS Digest

May 1, 2025

CHSS Digest May 1, 2025

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CHSS students shine at 15th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

CHSS student researchers represented nearly all 23 majors in the college with more than 50 posters and video presentations at the symposium, which was held in the atrium of Horizon Hall on April 24. 

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Announcements & Resources
Join us for CHSS coffee hour on May 6

Join us for CHSS coffee hour on May 6

Join your colleagues for a coffee hour in the Horizon Hall 6th floor kitchen at 9 a.m. for refreshments and socializing to celebrate the end of the academic year.

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Spring 2025 CHSS degree celebration

Spring 2025 CHSS degree celebration

CHSS will host its degree celebration tomorrow, May 16, at 9:30 a.m. at EagleBank Arena. Congratulations to our newest graduates!

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Congratulations to CHSS faculty and staff who are graduating this spring!

Congratulations to CHSS faculty and staff who are graduating this spring!

As a reminder, CHSS A/P faculty, instructional/research faculty, research staff, and non-probationary classified employees who are graduating with a degree or certificate this semester may be eligible to receive a one-time degree or certificate recognition bonus as a token of appreciation for their hard work and dedication.

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CHSS staff and A/P faculty spring social countdown: just one week to go!

CHSS staff and A/P faculty spring social countdown: just one week to go!

The CHSS Staff and A/P Faculty Advisory Council invites all CHSS A/P faculty, classified staff, and non-student wage employees to our inaugural spring social on May 21.

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Faculty: remind your students about George Mason University Foundation scholarships

Faculty: remind your students about George Mason University Foundation scholarships

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.

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Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity
New CHSS pre-award resources

New CHSS pre-award resources

Are you new to submitting grants or submitting an application to a different sponsor for the first time? Have you ever wondered what a successful grant application looks like? Then this resource is for you.

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NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

The NSF Proposal submission deadline is July 23, but internal deadlines are earlier. PRA forms should be submitted no later than June 20.

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Share your story with COSSA

Share your story with COSSA

Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) is collecting stories from the social and behavioral science community on how recent executive actions are affecting or have the potential to affect research and the scientific workforce.

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Professor, students travel to Rwanda for peace-building mission

Professor, students travel to Rwanda for peace-building mission

This spring, George Mason University Professor Al Fuertes and traveled to Rwanda to facilitate workshops for former victims and perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan mass genocide. See how reconciliation and forgiveness are an important step in the peace-building process.

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My experience as a delegate to the China Leadership Summit

My experience as a delegate to the China Leadership Summit

Global Affairs student Veronica Zhang attended the Duke-UNC Chapel Hill China Leadership Summit as a representative of the undergraduate program. This experience provided her with the opportunity to deepen her understanding of U.S.-China relations, engage in discussions on the topic of “Bridging the Pacific" with her peers, and participate in a short research fair that showcased student projects. 

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Events

Open discussion: humanities research in the current climate

Come to connect, share, or listen

Clock Icon for Thursday, May  1, 2025 12:00 PM to  1:15 PM EDTThursday, May 1, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM EDT

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Food for Thought: Mason's Center for Community Mental Health 8th annual fundraiser

Mason's Center for Community Mental Health 8th Annual Fundraiser

Clock Icon for Monday, May  5, 2025  6:00 PM to  9:00 PM EDTMonday, May 5, 2025 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT

Map Icon for Leidos HeadquartersLeidos Headquarters

Join us at Leidos Headquarters for George Mason University's Center for Community Mental Health 8th Annual Fundraiser, Food for Thought. Help the Center reduce its waitlist of over 200 children, teens, adults, and veterans for affordable mental health services while participating in our one-of-a-kind auction, sampling culinary delights, and sipping signature cocktails. Learn more and purchase your ticket now!

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Book launch & showcase: the Alan Cheuse Fellowship at the Arts Club

Clock Icon for Thursday, May 15, 2025  6:30 PM to  9:00 PM EDTThursday, May 15, 2025 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT

Map Icon for The Arts Club, 2017 I St. NW, WashingtonThe Arts Club, 2017 I St. NW, Washington

Join us for a book party, reception, and reading to commemorate the ninth year of the Cheuse Fellowship named in honor of Alan Cheuse. Presenting writers with new books and a public reading.

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CHSS in the Media

Welcome to CHSS in the Media! Some articles may be behind a paywall. University Libraries provides direct access to current news sources. For more information, go to InfoGuides: Current News: Direct Subscriptions

Margaret Orr, doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication, quoted in Time article about climate change

Orr’s research findings on what drives people to speak about climate change are cited.

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Spencer Crew's research cited in Washington Post op-ed about the Smithsonian

Crew’s, Department of History and Art History and Robinson Professor, survey “Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration, 1915-1940," is cited.

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Tyler Cowen writes op-ed about elitism in The Free Press

Cowen, Department of Economics and Mercatus Center, speaks for intellectual elitism based in science, open-ended inquiry, and truth-seeking behavior.

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Research by George Mason Center for Climate Change Communication cited in the Guardian

The article refers to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication as arguably the global gold standard in climate opinion research.

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