Faculty and staff are reminded that the CHSS strategic marketing and communications team has a short form that allows you to send us your news so that we can share it through our outlets and with Mason's Office of News and Content. (Image by mohamed_Hassan from Pixabay.)

Fall for the Book has released their recording of BREAKING DOWN WALLS: DISINFORMATION, LIES & THE BERLIN WALL early in light of recent events in Ukraine. This conversation with author L.M. Elliot dissects truth, lies, and propaganda as the YA author discusses her latest novel centering around two cousins divided by the Berlin Wall.

CHSS Undergraduate Academic Affairs is hosting a special training session in collaboration with Mason’s Title IX Office, to provide all faculty and staff with important information on Title IX policies and procedures.

The Cheuse Center for International Writers is pleased to announce its MFA Travel Fellows for 2022.

Jamie Clark, assistant professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Center for Social Science Research, has been awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research on climate change—and the nature of human responses to that change—during the Last Glacial Period (~115,000-12,000 years ago).

The Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance are currently accepting session and individual proposals for the 2022 National Humanities Conference in Los Angeles! The conference will be held November 10-13 in Los Angeles. The deadline to submit a proposal is April 1, 2022.

Information about library services that support faculty research. Covers services such as issuing DOIs, repository and publishing services for sharing and archiving research, metadata, data management, ORCID, biosketches, copyright and Creative Commons.

The Social Science Research Council is thrilled to announce the launch of the Just Tech platform, a new website dedicated to mapping research and showcasing researchers and practitioners leading the field of social justice and emergent technology.

Each edition of the CHSS Digest features upcoming funding opportunities. In this issue: NEH Humanities Initiatives at Colleges and Universities, National Archives Major Collaborative Archival Initiatives, NIH Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Wellbeing, Illness, and Recovery (R01 Clinical Trial Required), and NSF High-Risk Research in Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (HRRPAA)

The Virginia Department of Human Resource Management has offered three webcasts with wellness information: Coping with COVID-19 and Beyond (March 8), Digital Detox (March 10), and Managing Stress in Times of Change (March 17) (image from jplenio from Pixabay).

All Commonwealth of Virginia state employees are required to complete  Virginia State employee safety and disaster awareness training during their orientation and annually thereafter. This training is available in the Commonwealth of Virginia Learning Center.

In an Atlantic article about the power of meteorologists to educate the public on climate change, assistant communication professor John Kotcher notes that the public's affinity for their local weather reporters makes them effective conduits for climate information.

In an opinion piece in the Washington Post (as well as Bloomberg and the Sacramento Bee), economics professor Tyler Cowen considers the vision and actions of former president Ronald Reagan in light of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

In a Washington Post article about a Maryland police shooting, Justin Ramsdell, associate psychology professor who researches law enforcement interactions with individuals and de-escalation, questions the non-lethal alternatives available to the officer involved.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel shares the research of associate sociology professor Brian Levy that links the spread of COVID-19 to interconnected neighborhoods.

In an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about the American success of K-pop groups, Crystal Anderson, faculty member in the African and African American Studies program, noted the genre's ability to adopt popular American musical styles.

In an Inside Higher Ed article, psychology professor Todd Kashdan enumerates ten principles that could help an academic community foster a culture that is inclusive and open to dissent.