The Phi Beta Kappa Society's Arts & Sciences Initiative's November 2022 newsletter includes information on resources for careers in public service in local, state, and federal government.

The college's Giving Day is December 15. This 24-hour giving challenge supports CHSS programs that encourage our students to ask critical questions and conduct research with impact to make them ready to serve as leaders of tomorrow.

Associate Professor Andrew Novak, faculty-in-residence with Mason's LGBTQ+ Resources Center, has created a survey to compile information on the scholarship and scholarly work around LGBTQ+ related topics, to showcase the breadth of the university's research in this area.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences celebrates its 2022 Community and Catalyst award recipients on December 3 in Horizon Hall.

Mason's Office of Faculty Affairs and Development is planning its next New Adjunct Faculty Success Workshop, to be held virtually on January 14. Please let your colleagues know about this informative event; registration is required.

A revised Proposals & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (NSF 23-1) has been issued for proposals submitted or due on or after January 30, 2023.

A Safeguarding Science toolkit has been created to help researchers defend research integrity and security of emerging technologies.

The MLA’s Guidelines for Evaluating Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship in Language and Literature Programs seeks to help departments, institutions, and faculty members in languages and literature value and assess public humanities work.

Learn about changes to the Department of Human Resource Management's policies on the Family and Medical Leave Act.

The Virginia Minimum Wage Act sets forth an increase in the hourly minimum wage in Virginia, to take place on January 1, 2023. This change impacts student wage, work study, and non-student wage workers with current hourly rates below $12.00 per hour as of January 1, 2023.

In the European Business Review, Gregory Unruh, Arison chair in values leadership and associate professor in the School of Integrative Studies, coauthors an op-ed on the purpose-driven motivations of emerging entrepreneurs.

In an opinion piece in Bloomberg and the Washington Post, economics professor Tyler Cowen discusses the potential impact of diminishing income inequality versus the reduction of poverty.

Professor Donald Boudreaux, Department of Economics, contributes to an EconomyNext article on the imposition of price controls on hotel rooms in Sri Lanka. Boudreaux describes how artificial price ceilings or floors distort the relative values that buyers attach to goods and services.