November 10, 2023A guest speaker to a Schar School classroom provided first-hand insight into life, such as it is, in North Korea. And Justin Seo should know: He’s a defector.
November 9, 2023George A. Akerlof, who shared the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences with Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz, gave this year's Haynes Lecture.
November 8, 2023Members of the Schar School of Policy and Government’s Democracy Lab met former CIA director John Brennan following his appearance in a panel discussion hosted by the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security.
October 26, 2023Location? Check. Access? Double check. When the White House wanted to invite students to help welcome Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese to Washington for a state visit, they reached out to George Mason University. Schar School of Policy and Government undergraduates were only too happy to answer the call.
October 4, 2023The position of mayor of the City of Fairfax is an important one in the relationship between George Mason University and its Fairfax Campus hometown. Happily, the new mayor, Catherine S. Read, is an alumna of the Schar School. She made the trip up University Drive from City Hall at the invitation of the Gender and Policy Center. Read about it on the Latest News page.
October 3, 2023Goldstone’s research has recently been honored with the Distinguished Career in Political Sociology Award, the Ibn Khaldun Distinguished Career Award, and the Myron Weiner Award for his contributions to the field of political demography from the International Studies Association.
October 2, 2023Members of the Schar School’s Democracy Lab living-learning community for first-year students attended a luncheon hosted by the Virginia Foundation for Research and Economic Education (Virginia FREE) last week at the Ritz-Carlton at Tysons, Virginia.
September 29, 2023In a global first, the Schar School’s Center for Business Civic Engagement partners with Romania’s Babeș-Bolyai University to address advancements in intelligent automation.
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September 28, 2023
An innovative program to fund unpaid federal internships for Schar School students launches. Read more about the Federal Workforce Initiative.
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September 27, 2023
A groundbreaking study uncovers where four of the world’s most dangerous illicit trade centers are located. The report also reveals who allows them to persist and succeed.
