George Mason University’s student senate passed a proposal to add gender identity and expression to the university’s anti-discrimination policy. The proposal was one of the recommendations made by Mason’s LGBTQ Campus Climate Task Force. A final vote is still pending…
A new cyber security product created by a Mason professor and graduate students was recently released into the commercial market with the help of small local business Kryptowire and the Department of Homeland Security. The product is software that specializes…
An emergency contractor is cleaning up an oil spill that occurred this past Saturday where about 4000 gallons of diesel fuel overflowed from holding tanks at the Central Heating and Cooling Plant on the Fairfax campus. The incident occurred around…
George Mason University’s new Panera Bread was expected to open at the start of the spring 2015 semester, but now the new Johnson Center dining addition will open Jan. 24. According to Mark Kraner, the executive director of campus retail…
Hundreds of students started the spring semester with George Mason University’s 8th annual Martin Luther King Day of Service, organized by the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education and the Department of African and African American Studies on Jan. 19,…
The Campus Drive project that will offer an alternate route into campus from Braddock Road is expected to open on Jan. 7. Currently, the intersection of Ox Road and Braddock Road is congested in the mornings and evenings as commuter…
A Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services investigation concluded this month that water in Mason Pond tests positive for a herbicide applied by a private contractor for Mason facilities, in violation of the Virginia Pesticide Control Act. LESCO Three…
The Admissions office recently opened a new tour and visitors center in Merten Hall. According to Lauren Wagner, senior assistant director of admissions and advisor to the Mason Ambassadors, the new location will help Mason cater to a growing number…
This story was originally published in the Nov. 17 issue of Fourth Estate. Out in the Night, an award winning documentary produced by Mason’s Director of Film and Video Studies, was screened at Mason as part of the Visiting Film…
This story was originally published in the Nov. 18 issue of Fourth Estate7 Communication classes that do not have at least 15 students registered by Dec. 15 may be cancelled. This change has been made in order to contribute to…