Damian Cristodero

For Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, one of the nation's best-known astrophysicists, being named a Visiting Robinson Professor at George Mason University represents the natural progression of his career.

The reimagined Wilkins Plaza is open after two-plus years of construction. It includes a boulevard-like east-west walkway that extends from the Mason Pond Parking Deck to Southside.

Fifty-three weeks after it was moved to Holton Plaza to make way for construction related to the Core Campus Project, the iconic George Mason statue was returned to its home on George Mason University’s Wilkins Plaza.

George Mason University has been named a military friendly institution by Viqtory, Military Friendly for the 10th year, an important distinction for a university committed to veterans and other nontraditional students.

Malek Salhab, a neuroscience major and member of Mason’s Honors College, will attend medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University as an early selection candidate on scholarship.

The east side of Wilkins Plaza is scheduled to open to pedestrian traffic on Monday, May 3, for the first time in a year.

“It’s a dream job because I get to create content,” Clark said. “I get to be involved in what young people and their families see, especially at the preschool level. This is some of the first media they are exposed to besides books and stories that their parents and caregivers communicate to them, so we have to get it right.”

George Mason University is welcoming students back to campus on January 25 for the start of the Spring semester.

Horizon Hall, the centerpiece of the Core Campus Project on George Mason University's Fairfax Campus, will be open on Jan. 25.

The Mason, a gift from the Class of 1999, is back on Wilkins Plaza at George Mason University after a refurbishment.