- February 20, 2024
She’s helped 450 young families achieve higher education goals since 2010. Now Nicole Lynn Lewis, MPP ’06, is Washingtonian of the Year.
- February 19, 2024
Confused about the Trump trials? There’s a podcast for that: Meet “Jack,” the weekly breakdown of all-things Jack Smith hosted by Allison Gill and the Schar School’s Andrew McCabe.
- February 14, 2024
Six whirlwind months as a visiting professor on a Fulbright fellowship at the Schar School helped sinologist Gundumella Venkat Raman teach, learn, and make connections in Washington, D.C.
- November 24, 2023
A Chinese scientist modified the genes in human embryos that became living babies. A new paper takes note of the world’s reaction, particularly within China.
- November 21, 2023
After seeing a family member struggle with inadequate help in dealing with the criminal legal and treatment systems available, Faye S. Taxman devoted her career to developing change. In November, she received the criminology field’s highest honor.
- November 16, 2023
Are flying saucers real? Are they a national security threat? The outgoing director of the Pentagon’s UAP program and a Washington Post intelligence reporter discuss what’s new and known in the UFO world.
- November 15, 2023
What’s it like delivering the daily intelligence briefing to the president of the United States each morning? Adunct and Mason alum James P. Danoy can now tell all.
- November 9, 2023
George A. Akerlof, who shared the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences with Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz, gave this year's Haynes Lecture.
- October 26, 2023
Location? 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.
- September 29, 2023
In 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.