January 20, 2022David L. Weisburd, known for his innovative work in place-based criminology, experimental criminology, and white-collar crime, was recently awarded the prestigious Israeli Rothschild Prize for 2022 in social sciences.
January 17, 2022In observance of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Directive issued January 15 for managing responses to COVID-19, George Mason University will now strongly encourage employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters, and to share their vaccination status with Mason.- January 14, 2022All faculty and staff, vaccinated and unvaccinated, who do not have an approved fully remote work agreement on file with HR, are required to complete a COVID PCR test between Monday, January 17 and Sunday, January 23. Your test date must fall between 1/17/22 and 1/23/22 in order to fulfill this requirement. Please read below for further instructions.
January 11, 2022George Mason University history librarian and alum George D. Oberle, director of the Center for Mason Legacies and an assistant term professor, is a winner of this year’s I Love My Librarian Award.
January 7, 2022Alan Byrd joined George Mason University as its dean of admissions in November 2020.
January 3, 2022Donna Tressler, who is January Employee of the Month, has been an administrative specialist for the Science and Technology Campus Executive Office since September 2014.
December 25, 2021George Mason University Professor Thomas Lovejoy, one of the world’s leading conservation biologists, died Saturday, December 25. He was 80 years old. Often referred to as the “godfather of biodiversity,” Lovejoy enjoyed a career that spanned more than 50 years, carrying him all over the globe as a conservation champion.- December 25, 2021The George Mason University community grieves the passing of our colleague, Professor Tom Lovejoy. He recently was honored with his election to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
December 16, 2021George Mason University’s Leah Adams and Amarda Shehu were among 12 Virginia educators honored by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) as 2022 Outstanding Faculty Award recipients, the council announced Thursday.
