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Seven-term U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly visited the Schar School’s Democracy Lab. Here’s what the students learned.

The Schar School’s Center for Regional Analysis and the Stephen S. Fuller Institute for Research on the Washington Region’s Economic Future will combine forces for one goal: To help business leaders and policy makers guide the Washington, D.C., region to a prosperous future.

News briefs: Schar School faculty members are honored by peers and promoted to leadership positions.

An Estonian region rattles its saber and the rest of the world is shaken. Schar School students spent a day proposing solutions to this crisis. Happily, it was only a realistic simulation.

Once they earn their master’s degrees from the Schar School, these Marine officers will work in offices on Capitol Hill for a year. Two U.S. Representatives told them what to expect.

Schar School international security master’s student Sara Michels is the winner of an inaugural Vespa motor scooter contest. The essay competition is a collaboration among Mason, a regional Vespa nonprofit, and a local Vespa dealership.

As an undergraduate, Doni Nolan, BA Biology ’14, had no visions of a future profession until she visited the greenhouse on ����AV’s Fairfax Campus.

How many international graduate student-athletes can there be? Master of Public Administration student Grace Furlong may be the only one at the Schar School.

Her “transformative” career at ����AV prepared Jennifer Vasquez for her new role: Vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.

An important new study shows how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the manufacturing of PVC. It also shows what might happen if it’s business as usual.