In accordance with Virginia Department of Human Resource Management directives, Mason has modified its guidance on COVID-19 testing.

Nominate your former students as CHSS distinguished alumni, help us improve our alumni communications, make your students aware of Mason scholarships, and learn how you can be the face of Mason for distant alumni.

As we begin the spring semester, here are a few tips for preparing your site.

The Mason Core Committee will hold a virtual town hall on Friday, January 28, from 12:00 - 1:00 pm. Learn more about updates to the Mason Core and offer feedback.

The college's strategic marketing and communications team would like for you to brag a bit: we have created a short form that allows us to collect your news so that we can share it through our outlets and with Mason's Office of News and Content.

The college offers guidance for temporary remote instruction for faculty who are teaching face to face and are impacted by COVID, unable to teach face to face, but are still able to teach remotely.

Updated forms for all internships and experiential learning have just been made available.

Associate Professor Justin Ramsdell has outlined a way to use Blackboard to keep multiple students from falling behind if they are out of class due to COVID.

David Weisburd, known for his innovative work in place-based criminology, experimental criminology, and white-collar crime, was recently awarded the prestigious Israeli Rothschild Prize for 2022 in social sciences. This is the first time the prize (established in 1959 and awarded every four years in social science) has been received by a criminologist.

The Office of Research Innovation and Economic Impact (ORIEI) is excited to announce two new seed funding opportunities.

The College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) is hosting a couple of panels in February for NSF and DoD and invites their colleagues from outside of CEC to participate.

In an article on the benefits of accepting and managing stress, psychology professor Todd Kashdan describes choosing to complete stressful tasks despite anxiety.

In an opinion article in Bloomberg and the Washington Post, economics professor Tyler Cowen discusses some limits of American investor pessimism.

In an article on the HealthDay site about adults' outlooks on aging, James Maddux, University Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology and senior scholar, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, weighs the effects of general optimism or pessimism.

A reminder that the Department of Human Resources and Payroll is seeking nominations for the 2022 Outstanding Achievement Awards. Please consider nominating one or more of your colleagues to recognize their hard work, dedication, and achievements - nominations close February 25!

The Commonwealth of Virginia has announced new public health emergency (PHEL) guidelines related to COVID-19 (photo by CDC on Unsplash). 

Registration for spring 2022 Supervisor Bootcamp is open; the course offers need-to-know information and resources to anyone who supervises at least one employee.