It’s not everyday a professor makes a discovery that could rewrite the very textbooks he teaches from. Mason astronomy professor Mike Summers did just that. On July 14, the New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to the Pluto/Charon system…
Mason’s president Ángel Cabrera earns the 29th highest salary among United States public university presidents, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Cabrera had a base pay of $536,049 and earned $615,759 in total benefits in fiscal year 2014, the…
Former Rhode Island governor and senator Lincoln Chafee (D) announced his presidential bid on June 3 in Founders Hall in the Arlington campus. The event kicked off Issues Forum, 2016, a foreign policy speaker series co-hosted by the Financial Times…
A revenue surplus announced by the Virginia General Assembly in July has led to a two percent increase in Virginia state workers’ paychecks starting September 1, 2015. State workers include higher education faculty, judges and state-supported local constitutional officers, among…
by Hamna Ahmad and Ellen Glickman At the front of a crowded room, one astronomy professor described a world full of mystery and phenomena. Michael Summers, Mason professor and co-investigator on the New Horizons Mission to Pluto, spoke to a…
While the practices of big business have been questioned in both the courts and the public forum, one group is targeting business leaders at the university level. This summer marked the 6th Annual Assembly of the Global Forum for Responsible…
by Natalia Kolenko and Ellen Glickman This past weekend saw the move-in of the largest incoming class of freshmen ever seen in Mason history. The news of the class of 2019 was first announced in an email sent by President…
Photo credit: Claire Cecil Last May an environmental science professor and his students installed floating wetlands in Mason Pond. Changwoo Ahn, associate professor of environmental science and policy, and students in his ecological conservation course built a structure totaling 180…
Robert Horan / General Manager of Mason Cable Network Mason announced that the Patriot Center will be renamed EagleBank Arena at George Mason University, effective July 1. In an email, President Ángel Cabrera wrote that, “The partnership with EagleBank will provide funding…
Many people don’t remember what was said at their college graduation as many schools aim to bring someone who has more name recognition than solid advice, but Mason’s 2015 commencement speaker hopes to bring a globalized voice to the podium as she…