March 2, 2026The 2026 Peter N. Stearns Provost Scholar-Athlete Awards have been announced. Meet the four Schar School students who are not only elite athletes but elite scholars.
February 26, 2026A new Schar School study looks at what happens to the economies of countries when they stop copying technology and create their own. See what the researchers discovered and how working on the project enriched one PhD student’s academic experience.
February 25, 2026Honors College student Marisa Parikh embodies the drive, curiosity, and global mindset that define George Mason University students. She serves as president of Be the Change, a student-led organization dedicated to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on campus. Under her leadership, the group focuses on raising awareness and inspiring action around the goals that most directly affect George Mason students.
February 25, 2026Researchers led by a team from the Schar School analyzed decades’ worth of data to draw a map of the world’s biggest buyers and sellers of illicit kidneys. See what nations perpetrate this international crime.
February 19, 2026New Student Body President Jonathan Dubois represents the university’s 30,000 undergraduates. He’s also majoring in international security and law in the Schar School. See what motivates him as a leader.
February 17, 2026Graduating senior Mariamme Latif Estafan grew up as virtually the only child of immigrants in her hometown in New Jersey. Once she arrived at George Mason University, she found outlets for her desire to study—and improve—the immigrant experience.
February 16, 2026The latest session of the Virginia General Assembly is well underway, coinciding with the start of Governor Abigail Spanberger’s first year in office. A new administration brings new staff and cabinet members who will help lead the commonwealth. Among them is George Mason University alumna Gerica Goodman, BA Psychology ’12, MPA ’15, who now serves as the governor’s director of legislative affairs.
February 12, 2026Vice President Mike Pence is now Distinguished Visiting Professor of Practice at the Schar School. Read students’ reactions to the first class of his course, The Character of the American Constitution.
February 10, 2026He’s traveled the world; speaks several languages; plays cello, balalaika, and dombra among other instruments; and writes op-eds about international security issues that are published in influential media outlets. And he’s 18. Meet graduating senior Josef Wolpert.
February 6, 2026I didn’t come to the Organization Development and Knowledge Management (ODKM) program at George Mason University because I had everything figured out; I came because I didn’t.