Starting February 9, the CHSS digest will be moving to a monthly schedule and will be requiring the use of a submission form.

In accordance with the Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of the Governor, Executive Order 41 (2019), Emergency Preparedness Training is required annually and has been assigned to all employees’ MasonLEAPS accounts.

“Stepped Mental Health Care” for George Mason University faculty, staff, contractors, and students at the George Mason University Center for Psychological Services provides mental health care for individuals through 4 “steps” that each use evidence-based approaches for treating various presenting concerns.

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.

Happy Black History Month! African and African American Studies has a full list of events and activities to celebrate and honor the contributions of our Black ancestors, artists, scholars, leaders, innovators, and community members.

For many, Black and African Heritage Month is a time for learning, sharing, and community. Presented here are recommendations from students, staff, and faculty to read, watch, and listen. This list will grow throughout the month.

Each year, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences presents awards to recognize alumni from every department who are making a remarkable difference in the world. Please consider making a nomination before the May 31 deadline.

TODAY in Horizon Hall first floor atrium! Each semester the college organizes events for current students to speak with alumni about their career choices and paths. These sessions are a unique opportunity for students to learn from our experienced alumni and community partners.

Turkey and Syria are experiencing a catastrophic humanitarian disaster. We have listed a few ways you can help.

Ashlen Renner is second-year MFA student studying nonfiction, and one of the 2022 Cheuse International Writers Center fellows. Through the fellowship, she traveled to Germany for two months during the summer of 2022 to walk the 85-mile Hildegard Pilgrimage Trail.

George Mason University will expand its research and real-world impact in Northern Virginia with the Saving Lives and Decreasing Health Disparities project that was made possible by the efforts of U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) that will play a critical role in addressing the mental health needs of young people in Northern Virginia.

The Teagle Foundation welcomes applications for its Education for American Civic Life initiative. This program will provide up to $300,000 in funding for two- to three-year projects to help college students become informed and engaged participants in civic life. Six-month planning grants of up to $25,000 are also available.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently issued its final Policy for Data Management and Sharing, and they have updated “Forms H” and the Budget Justification instructions. Proposals to NASA now require a China Restriction certification.

NEH Humanities Initiatives grants can be used to develop or enhance existing programs; create new resources, including digital content; or develop courses that explore the diversity of human culture, ideas, and expression.

According to the recent NSF Higher Education and Research Development (HERD) Survey, Mason ranks 11th among all universities, is best in the DMV, and places 8th among public universities. CHSS is a major contributor to Mason's top 25 national ranking in the social sciences.

Associate history professor Yevette Richards Jordan is working to uncover the history of racial violence that touched her own family. A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will help bring that history to light.

After discussion with many university stakeholders, including the Faculty Senate, we have decided to shift the fall 2023 start date of classes to Monday, Aug. 21, one week earlier than originally planned. This decision enables a two-week winter break and university campus closure from Dec. 18 – Jan. 1, 2024.

Nominations for Mason's Outstanding Achievement Awards are open! 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.

The February 2023 Diversity, Education, and Inclusion calendar is now available on the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management website.

The CHSS Digest includes Shout-Outs to faculty and staff who have submitted their exciting news and accomplishments throughout the month. Have news to share? Send it our way so we can spread the word! (Photo by Santiago Lacara on Unsplash.)

WZZM-TV13 (local ABC affiliate in Grand Rapids, MI) cites late Robinson Professor, civil right activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Roger Wilkins as among the state’s African-Americans to have made significant contributions to their communities.

Research by Yale and Mason’s Center for Climate Change Communication is cited in a survey about the attitudes of voters about U.S. climate change policies. Ed Maibach, communication, is quotes.

On NPR's All Things Considered, David Weisburd, Distinguished Professor of criminology, law and society, explains the concept of hotspot policing in the wake of the killing of Tyre Nichols.

Assistant professor of psychology Martin Wiener's experiment with movement, sound, and subjects' perceptions of time is cited as being important to furthering studies on interventions for Parkinson's disease and other illnesses that affect motor function.

Distinguished Visiting Professor for Criminology, Law and Society and former Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney discusses policing policies and reform in the wake of the murder of Tyre Nichols, on KGOU--an affiliate of NPR.

Lawrence H. White, professor of economics, speaks at a Soho Forum on "End the Fed?" and argues in favor of replacing the federal reserve with free market institutions to improve the economy.

Michael Clemens, new faculty in the Department of Economics, speaks with NPR about utilizing migrant workers to solve problems of both low and high birthrates in countries around the world.

IIR Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Marissa Kiss, was interviewed by the Associated Press to discuss nepotism in the NFL. In recent decades immigrants have been underrepresented in the NFL. This is changing and hopefully immigrants along with African Americans will be able to bring their talent to the ranks of NFL coaches.

In an article that details the U.S. Customs and Border Protection treatment of immigrants traveling from Mexico to the United States in 2019 onward, Shannon Fyfe, assistant professor of philosophy, suggests that their treatment may constitute crimes against humanity.

David B. Wilson, University Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, writes in an op-ed that while juvenile curfews have intuitive appeal, research shows they are not an effective way to reduce crime and victimization among young people.