Buzz McClain

In a post-COVID world, it’s essential someone tracks the biosafety level labs around the world. The Schar School’s Biodefense program is doing just that.

The Schar School’s Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence is working with officials in St. Louis to improve conditions at the county’s jail. The grant is $300,000.

An election year speaker series promises a lineup of high-profile Washington, D.C., insiders. Here’s the schedule.

An important new study of 3,100 counties shows the relationship between a community’s mental health services and the local jail population. It also shows how to reduce that population.

Students who want to study solutions to climate change and energy issues can now create their own course. Energy and Climate Policy, is open to graduate students as well as undergraduates and launches in the Spring of 2023.

Starting a nonprofit to help inner city schoolchildren is a big task. Getting a master’s degree is a big job, too. Meet Damali Lambert, the teacher who is a student who is doing both at the same time.

A successful Schar School PhD graduate hosted the dean during a lecture tour of Jordan. Here’s who they met and what each of them discovered.

News briefs: Schar School faculty members are honored by peers and promoted to leadership positions.

The spokesman for the nation’s capital police department is a Schar School Master’s in Public Administration graduate. It’s not a coincidence.

Thanks to her efforts in leading the Patriot Period Project and other ambitious initiatives, Shafuq Naseem is this year’s Gender and Policy Center Leadership Award winner. “Our mission is to address menstrual equity and period poverty on Mason's campuses.”