Each semester we honor graduating students nominated by their departments for their academic achievement and contributions to their respective fields. Please join us in celebrating the winter 2025 undergraduate and graduate student honorees.

Join your colleagues for a coffee hour in the Horizon Hall 6th floor kitchen at 9 a.m. for refreshments and socializing to welcome in the spring semester.

Congratulations to all term faculty who earned promotion during this year's cycle!

Study leaves for tenured instructional faculty provide paid temporary leave for the support of advancing scholarly research, teaching, and/or creative activity, including the development of innovative teaching approaches and methods. Congratulations to the tenured instructional faculty who earned study leave during this cycle.

For the 2026–27 academic year, CHSS awarded two term faculty study leave awards. Congratulations to the recipients!

Welcome to the start of a new semester! This is a great time to make sure your bio pages are accurate and up-to-date. Don't know where to start? Check out this resource from the CHSSWeb team.

Let us know what's happening in your department and what moments or milestones deserve a spotlight. We welcome news about research, high-impact classroom initiatives, student and faculty achievements, career-readiness opportunities, and more! We'd love to hear from every department and program.

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.

The National Science Foundation recently announced upcoming changes that may impact grant submission, including research security training modules and supplemental policy changes to the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedure Guide.

There are several NIH changes coming in 2026 including adoption of the Common Forms for all Biosketches and Current and Pending (Other) Support, new Research Security Training requirements (available in Mason LEAPS), and the removal of requirements for Letters of Intent (LOIs) and requirements for $500k or more in direct costs on unsolicited applications.

George Mason's Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Impact will be offering a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Writing Program, which is designed to strengthen faculty competitiveness for the NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development program through a structured writing process, targeted mentorship, and access to grant writing resources. Registration is required.

The W.T. Grant Foundation is requesting applications for the 2026 W.T. Grant Scholars program. This grant supports research and will provide $425,000 for five years. Awards will begin in July 2027, and the sponsor application deadline is June 30, 2026.

Fall for the Book is excited to announce spring programming for 2026, including new podcasts and the lineup for the Mini Fest on February 19 in Fenwick Library.

Faculty are invited to participate in the Virginia AI Symposium on January 23, a statewide event offering high-level insights and practical guidance on teaching and learning in the age of generative AI. The symposium is co-organized by UVA, George Mason’s Stearns Center, JMU, and SCHEV, and registration is available through the event website.

Weisburd is mentioned by author Malcolm Gladwell during Settle In podcast on PBS NewsHour.

Lucia Liu discusses ancient roots of burials for Hans Chinese population after residents in Guizhou’s Mushan village in rural China thwarted government attempts to enforce cremation in place of traditional burials.

Sadana discusses the Delhi government's new budgeting proposal for metro expansion and electrified buses.

Tabarrok, the Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center, is cited in an article about a new anti-HOA bill in Florida.

Clowes Huneke discusses how von Praunheim was "the most significant figure in the West German gay and lesbian movement."