Please join us in congratulating the following faculty members whose new roles reflect their exceptional contributions and offer exciting opportunities to expand their impact.

Join your colleagues for a coffee hour in the Horizon Hall 6th floor kitchen for refreshments and socializing to welcome in the new academic year!

Patriot Web, George Mason’s self-service site for managing personal, administrative, and academic information, has a new, modern interface with improved navigation. A soft launch of the new environment is now available via the Patriot Web login page. Any actions taken in the new environment will be reflected in the current version of Patriot Web, which will be disabled on September 30.

To support the ethical and effective integration of artificial intelligence across our academic community, the university has developed a set of guiding principles, role-based guidelines, and best practices.

Study leaves for tenured instructional faculty, funded by the provost, provide paid leave during one semester or academic year to support scholarly research, teaching, and/or creative activity. Applications for study leave for the 2026–2027 academic year must be submitted by October 10 at 5 p.m.

Study leaves for term instructional faculty support professional development initiatives designed to advance scholarly research, teaching, and/or creative activity, including the development of innovative teaching approaches and methods. Applications for the 2026–2027 academic year must be submitted by October 10 at 5 p.m.

Are you looking to elevate your research but struggling to find the right funding opportunities—or not sure where to start? Don’t let funding challenges hold back your innovative ideas! Fill out our Finding Funding Opportunities Meeting Request Form or check out our website to start working with our Pre-Award Research Administrators today.

As we start a new year, we want to remind faculty to please use the CHSS Pre-Award Request for Proposal Assistance Form to start your proposal process.

Beginning in fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025), NIH will no longer post Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Grants.gov will serve as NIH’s single official source for grant and cooperative agreement funding opportunities.

NIH recently announced the agency’s revised funding priorities for the upcoming fiscal year and says it plans to maintain its support of research across the full spectrum of biomedical research topics.

CLASS proposals are sought that bring this year’s conference theme—courageous care—to life.

The National Humanities Center (NHC) and Hanover Research will be offering professional development sessions and webinars this fall that are designed to support faculty in their research, teaching, and grant writing. CHSS faculty have the opportunity to attend these free webinars.

The grant will directly benefit Prince William County residents participating in center's Stepped Mental Healthcare Program.

Fall for the Book, Northern Virginia’s oldest and largest festival of literature and the arts, returns for its 27th annual festival, October 7–11, with bestselling authors taking the headline stage.

Undergraduate and graduate students presented research posters during the Summer 2025 celebration.

Nathan Ferraro, an Honors College student and communication major who’s concentrating in both journalism and political communication, spent his summer interning as a staff writer with Trib Total Media, a multimedia news network in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

George Mason University alumnus Bridget O'Donnell, BA Communication '16, serves as team's senior manager for premium client services.

Kashdan speaks to willingness to match behavior to whatever the situation demands.

Ettinger, a postdoctoral fellow at the center, speaks to study he co-authored about the public's willingness to contribute to climate action.

Jones emphasises the importance of understanding how migration affects economies and societies, particularly through the lens of trust and social capital.

Gilman, director of Institute for Immigration Research, speaks to State Department's 12-month pilot program that would require deposits from tourists and business travelers from Malawi and Zambia.