Inspired by a viral video starring Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon, Mason’s Admission Office decided to try a new way to reach out to prospective students. Imitating what a Twitter conversation would sound like in real life, two admissions counselors…
Coming back from Spring Break you may have noticed something a little different about our website. Well, maybe a lot different. Last semester, we merged Connect2Mason and Broadside with the idea that we could better bring information to the Mason…
Luke Juday, a graduate student at the University of Virginia, has an excellent data visualization blog that covers a number of statewide topics ranging from economic activity to the geographic distribution of bars. His most recent post resizes each locality…
What is Greek Housing? Greek Housing is housing that is specially designated for fraternity and sorority groups at Mason. What is Greek Row? Greek Row usually refers to a strip of houses that are designated for Greek groups on a…
UPDATE (12pm): Investigation of the bomb threat at the Prince William campus has concluded. All buildings have been deemed safe and reopened. Vehicles are prohibited from entering Mason’s Prince William Campus after a bomb threat was reported by the university…
There’s a brobible article going around Facebook and Twitter that shows each state’s largest university. You can see Mason’s logo breaking out of Virginia. It’s pretty cool to be the biggest school in the state. It insinuates that you…
Between the business incubator program and the recent deal with Autonomous University of Nuevo León overseen by the State Department, the Mason Enterprise Center (MEC is becoming an integral part of Mason’s image. According to the Mason strategic plan, the…
Conversation about last year’s gubernatorial election was partly dominated by the role of campaign finance. Both major candidates raised a large amount of money, including millions from out-of-state donors, to help fund highly partisan campaigns for governor. As a public…
In an online forum with Virginia21, a non-profit lobbying group that focuses on higher education issues, State Senator John Edwards spoke about a new tuition model that may alleviate some of the burden of college tuition. “An idea has come…