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- January 12, 2022George Mason University students and prospective students ineligible for federal aid, such as undocumented students or students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, now have an alternative option for financial aid.
January 11, 2022George Mason University history librarian and alum George D. Oberle, director of the Center for Mason Legacies and an assistant term professor, is a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award.- January 10, 2022Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10) and Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL-6), both two vocal critics of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing—discussed China’s ongoing human rights violations in a December webinar hosted by George Mason University’s National Security Institute (NSI).
January 7, 2022Alan Byrd joined George Mason University as its dean of admissions in November 2020.
January 5, 2022George Mason University scholars have teamed up to create an online exhibit highlighting and acknowledging the hidden history of enslaved naturalists.- January 5, 2022The first steps of the construction project that will reshape and reimagine George Mason’s Arlington Campus are scheduled to begin this week, weather permitting.
January 3, 2022Donna Tressler, who is January Employee of the Month, has been an administrative specialist for the Science and Technology Campus Executive Office since September 2014.- December 31, 2021We will open as planned on January 3, and the spring semester will begin as planned on January 24. We will require all faculty, staff, and students to obtain a booster shot as soon as they are able, and provide proof of the booster to Mason. And we will continue our indoor masking, testing, and Mason COVID Health Check requirements.
December 25, 2021George Mason University Professor Thomas Lovejoy, one of the world’s leading conservation biologists, died Saturday, December 25. He was 80 years old. Often referred to as the “godfather of biodiversity,” Lovejoy enjoyed a career that spanned more than 50 years, carrying him all over the globe as a conservation champion.- December 25, 2021The George Mason University community grieves the passing of our colleague, Professor Tom Lovejoy. He recently was honored with his election to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.