The Greenhouse and Gardens Program—which runs the Presidents Park Hydroponic Greenhouse, the Innovation Food Forest and the Potomac Heights Organic Vegetable Garden—is building off a successful fall semester that provided students with a hands-on learning experience.- Dr. Amira Roess is a professor of Global and Community Health at George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services. She is an epidemiologist with expertise in Coronaviruses and interventions to reduce the transmission and impact of infectious diseases. Roess shares current information on the COVID-19 vaccine and answers questions about whether it’s safe to resume our pre-COVID lives.
More than 100 Mason personnel whose work qualifies them for the state’s “1a” designation were the first people in the Mason community to receive vaccinations starting on Jan. 15 under the auspices of Student Health Services. They returned this week for round two.- CHHS faculty Lawrence J. Cheskin, Alison Cuellar, and Matthew Rossheim have received a Mason Summer Impact Grant to study COVID-19's impact on underrepresented/under-resourced George Mason University undergraduate students and their peers.
- Some members of our community may have questions about the guidance issued on Feb. 10 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the use of masks and face coverings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
- We are a month into the Spring Semester. The best evidence shows that when people wear masks, practice physical distancing, wash hands regularly and stay home and isolate when they feel sick, we greatly limit the spread and are safer as a community. We also need to complete the Mason COVID Health Check every day.
- The Pandemic Has Changed The Way We Eat Spokane Public Radio
- MAP Clinics Vaccinate Nearly 2,900 Eligible Prince William County Residents Note that all appointments and vaccine availability are managed through the Prince William County Health Department.
- Mason is one of two partners with the Fairfax County Health Department providing COVID 19 vaccinations to people in eligible population groups.
- Mason scientists Lance Liotta and Virginia Espina discuss their COVID-19 research that is helping to make Mason safer for students, faculty and staff during the latest "Access to Excellence" podcast.