George Mason’s undergraduate economics and psychology programs earned top-four rankings in Virginia in the recent U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges rankings.

Renowned writers Celeste Ng and Stephen Graham Jones headline this year's Fall for the Book festival, which will be held October 5–10. Click through for the full lineup.

This workshop is a part of the Faculty Success Workshop series, run by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development and Research Development Service.

The American Association of Colleges & Universities and the American Psychological Association invite you to participate in “Connecting AI Questions to AI Evidence: Research Approaches to Teaching and Learning,” a six-session online workshop series running from November 2026 through September 2027.

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.

Study leave for tenured instructional faculty, funded by the provost, provides paid leave during one semester or academic year to support scholarly research, teaching, and/or creative activity during the faculty study leave. Applications for study leave for the 2027–28 academic year must be submitted by 5 p.m. on October 9.

CHSS Pre-Award will host an in-person Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI) Catalyst Grant application workshop on November 5, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., in the Johnson Center.

All faculty and researchers working with sponsored research and/or engaging in international activities (such as collaboration, co-authorship, and travel) at George Mason will be required to take the Research Security Training annually. The university cannot submit proposals to the sponsor if this training is not complete and current.

The Faculty Affairs and Research Development Service offices are offering a pair of virtual workshops this fall that will address preparing an impact statement and navigating politics in academia. Learn more and register.

Clinical Psychology Professor Christy Esposito-Smythers is serving as the principal investigator of George Mason’s Interprofessional Behavioral Health Training Program for Youth Serving Professionals. The program, funded through a four-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, prepares graduate students to work in communities where mental health services are often hardest to access.

The University Libraries' second annual Constitution Day Forum, co-sponsored by the libraries and the Center for Mason Legacies, brought scholars of history and political science into conversation with a practicing lawyer to examine immigration in context, policy, and practice.

The 2026 CHSS Community and Catalysts awardees will be celebrated on November 7 Horizon Hall. Faculty and staff are invited to attend and are encouraged to RSVP.

Greet discusses the impact of works by artist Alejandro Mario Yllanes, a self-taught Bolivian painter.

Goldstein discusses impact of theater on young people in article about youth theater program in Philadelphia.

Khanzadeh says the exclusion of Iranian scholars will not only affect Iranians, but will ultimately leave Western scholarship less informed.

Kirkpatrick said faster AI-assisted decisions could leave service members responsible for actions over which they felt they had little meaningful control.

The article references research by the center in 2019 that shows bodycams do not increase citizen protection.