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Longtime George Mason University adjunct professor and benefactor Col. (ret.) Douthard R. (D.R.) Butler died on July 10 at age 86.

In the wake of last month’s deadly building collapse in Surfside, Florida, there will be an increased urgency to further develop, improve and utilize a variety of new technologies for inspecting commercial buildings, said Eric Maribojoc, executive director of George Mason University’s Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, part of the School of Business.

Fairfax, Va.—George Mason University is pleased to announce that Dr. Sharnnia Artis has been named Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, effective September 1.

Artis currently serves as Assistant Dean of Access and Inclusion in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences and Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, one of the most diverse engineering programs in the nation.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam last month appointed a new member to the George Mason University Board of Visitors and reappointed three others. All will serve four-year terms on the 16-member body.

While U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is unlikely to retire this year, he will probably be seriously considering doing so next spring, said Ilya Somin, professor of law at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School.

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Our enrollment has tripled in 30 years to more than 39,000 students, attracted to the high quality of Mason’s innovative programs as well as its value and advantageous location.

George Mason University is behind only the University of Maryland among colleges and universities in the Washington Business Journal’s 2021 rankings of the Washington, D.C., area’s largest employers.