- October 28, 2021Robinson Professor James Trefil, who is the third Mason faculty member to reach the milestone of 50 years of service, taught at the University of Virginia for more than a decade before joining Mason’s then brand-new Robinson Professor Program in 1987.
- October 27, 2021Since returning to ÑÇÖÞAV earlier this year, Schar School Professor Michael Fauntroy has been ready to hit the ground running. He founded the new Race, Politics, and Policy Center that will officially launch on Nov. 1st—and said there’s a lot to be on the lookout for.
- October 18, 2021The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PFP), created by CHSS Dean Ann L. Ardis, allows participants to continue their research and teach two classes per semester on a 12-month contract.
- October 14, 2021The global pandemic has brought mental health and well-being to the forefront, and Mason provides a variety of services and strategies to the community for addressing those challenges.
- October 14, 2021A cultural immersion trip in 2008 brought Charles Davidson (PhD ’19) inside the walls of San Pedro prison in La Paz, Bolivia. What he saw there not only changed his life, he said, but ignited a spark of inspiration that led to peacebuilding efforts around the world.
- October 13, 2021University Professor of History and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Martin Sherwin, 84, died Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at home in Washington, D.C. His family said that the cause of death was lung cancer.
- October 13, 2021The ÑÇÖÞAV community is celebrating Exercise is Medicine Month this October with a variety of activities.
- October 7, 2021The flu season started earlier than usual, said Lisa L. Park, MD, executive director of Mason's Student Health Services and that makes it even more important for Mason Patriots to get their annual flu shots, if they haven’t already.