Please let your students know that George Mason University Foundation scholarships are available and are open to all continuing undergraduates, admitted transfers, and graduate students.

The beginning of the semester is a great time to make sure your bio pages and your websites are accurate and up to date. And it's easy! Don't know where to start? Check out this resource from the CHSSWeb team.

Mason's Access to Excellence podcast, hosted by Mason President Gregory Washington and media relations manager John Hollis, was launched in February 2020, and its episodes have featured a variety of CHSS researchers.

The deadline to apply for summer research fellowships is Thursday, February 2, 2023. Learn more about eligibility on Mason's Graduate Division website.

The Institute for Digital InnovAtion (IDIA) symposium, to be held on February 3 from 9:30 -2:30 p.m. in Dewberry Hall (Fairfax), will bring together faculty from across the university to catalyze transdisciplinary research teams. The symposium is designed to foster substantial interactions with colleagues in a relaxed and fun format.

The Outstanding Achievement Awards honor Mason’s faculty and staff across sixteen award categories and celebrate their hard work, dedication, and contributions to the university. We hope to see many CHSS awardees this year! Submit your nominations by February 25.

Join Kaiser Permanente and CommonHealth for a series of three webinars free to Commonwealth employees: Taking Care of YourSELF, Take Ten to Thrive, and Food and Mood.

Join Mason's Office of Faculty Affairs and Development and Office of Research Development as they co-sponsor the Faculty Matters workshop series. The first session focuses on grant seeking and grant writing.

In the New York Times, psychology professor Todd Kashdan offers a quiz to help readers determine what aggravates them most.

In an article in Bloomberg and the Washington Post, economics professor Tyler Cowen identifies some fundamental weaknesses in the United States higher education system.

In an op-ed piece in the Indian Express, Rashmi Sadana, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, writes about the new opportunities made possible by the introduction of the Delhi Metro transportation system.

In an AP article about the preponderance of family ties in the NFL coaching ranks, Marissa Kiss, graduate research assistant with the Institute for Immigration Research, comments on how the phenomenon further blocks minority advancement in the profession.

In an article about Fat Men's Clubs in the early 20th century, Insider quotes the book, "Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West" (NYU Press 2002), by University Professor and Provost Emeritus Peter Stearns, to note that the use of weight as a status symbol declined in the 1910s.

In a Washington Post article about evidence of increased activity in Chinese crematorium facilities in the past weeks, Huwy-min Lucia Liu, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, remarks on traditional urban cremation practices.

The Washington Post reports on a study, co-authored by Thalia Goldstein, associate professor of applied developmental psychology, that looks at the impact of theater classes on children's communication skills.

In a Washington Post article on the closure of Noma, a renowned restaurant in Copenhagen, Tyler Cowen, economics professor and noted restaurant enthusiast, comments on the chef's possible motivations for the decision.

A Reason article written by Professor Ilya Somin, Scalia Law School, cites economics professor Bryan Caplan -- as well as economics professor Donald Boudreaux -- for his support for significant housing deregulation as a tool to create well-paying, meaningful jobs for working class adults.