The Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe (SISECSE) 2022-23, presented by the Centre for Advanced Study Sofia and American Council of Learned Societies, invites scholars from Eastern Europe and North America to a two-week residency in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, from June 1 to June 15, 2023.   

Faculty are invited to participate in a two-semester program to understand Indigenous research methods (IRMs) and ways of knowing, and how to integrate them into their teaching of research methods.

The Northern Virginia Writing Project's "Disinformation, Misinformation, or Truth" is a deep dive into media literacy, with resources for helping students consider the reliability of media information (image by Obi - @pixel6propix on Unsplash.com).

The dean's office has been hard at work over the summer to staff up and prepare for assuming "pre-award" research administration services by the end of the fall 2022 semester from the Office of Sponsored Programs, including our adoption of the new Research Administration Management Portal (RAMP).

HR & Payroll is offering two trainings on the collaborative process of performance management. One is designed for supervisors and the other is for non-supervisory classified staff and A/P faculty. Learn more and how to register. (Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash.)

Mason's Center for Psychological Services offers a free, confidential emotional support line -- in English and Spanish -- for faculty, staff, contractors, and students, and further tools to help cope with stressors (image by ElasticComputeFarm from Pixabay).

Any Mason faculty or staff member can use the recognition tools and resources available to them to foster an environment of shared success and commitment and acknowledge other’s contributions. Check out HR & Payroll's options to recognize your colleagues.

The August 2022 Diversity, equity, and Inclusion calendar is now available on the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management website. The calendar includes information on the holidays recognized during the month; please review it while making plans that include our colleagues.

In a Wired article on the use of Wikipedia in legal proceedings, Mills Kelly, history professor and director of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, discusses "evidence fallacy," the idea that more evidence suggests truth of a matter.

In an opinion article published in The Hill, economics professor Christopher Coyne considers the perceptual concerns of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in the face of objections from China.

In an article on the Talking Biz News website, associate communication professor Richard Craig discusses the impact of insufficient coverage of Black business leadership.

Senior communication major Anthony Palacios's opinion piece, on the negative media representation of Hispanic people, argues that such stereotypes put people at risk.

Communication student Richard Hronik has published an opinion piece in the Fairfax County Times on the benefits of nuclear energy.

In an NPR article on the Espionage Act, history professor Sam Lebovic discusses the crimes that have been prosecuted under it since its passage in 1917.

Writing during a visit to the Punjab state in India, economics professor Tyler Cowen explores the possibility of a "fundamentally different relationship" between India and Pakistan.