Travel grant to support Mason faculty research in India

This story was originally published in the February 23 issue of Fourth Estate. Mason’s Office of Global Strategy is looking at proposals for a grant that will send a university faculty member to India in the spring 2015 semester. The…

School of Business to focus more on government contracting

George Mason University’s School of Business is changing its curriculum, adding two new concentrations to its Executive Masters in Business Administration program that emphasize the role Mason plays in preparing students for careers in government contracting. Sarah Nutter, Dean of…

Top 5 Mason snow tweets this week

The Mason community went through a roller coaster of emotions this week as they waited on the powers that be to decide whether or not to cancel classes amid snow on Monday evening going into Tuesday morning. Some students took…

Mason professor researching restless leg syndrome

This story was originally published in the February 16 issue of Fourth Estate. Mason nursing professor, Dr. Kathy Richards, recently submitted a proposal to the National Institute of Health to examine a common treatment for Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) in…

Faculty senate votes to extend policy to protect gender identity

This story was originally published in the February 16 issue of Fourth Estate. The George Mason University faculty senate passed a resolution on Feb. 4 to add gender identity and expression to the university’s anti-discrimination policies. The resolution would extend…

New concerns over the safety of riding DC metro

This story was originally published in the February 16 issue of Fourth Estate.  The Washington, D.C. Metro system recently experienced two separate incidents where smoke filled a train, one of which killed a passenger. The first incident occurred on the…

Student political organizations prove to have a growing effect

The Roosevelt Institute Campus Network was just selected as a 2015 MacArthur Foundation award winner for “Creative and Effective Institutions” giving them a one-time grant of $750,000, an achievement amidst a rise of student run political organizations on college campuses….

Students gather to mourn Chapel Hill victims

  On Friday, Feb. 13, The George Mason Muslim Student Alliance hosted a vigil in honor of the three victims of the Chapel Hill, N.C. shooting on Feb. 10. The vigil started with a recitation of verses from the Quran,…