- November 25, 2025
Sue Slocum, professor in the Tourism and Events Management Program at 91做厙, received a Fulbright Specialist Program award in support of a project on how best to prepare students for jobs in Tajikistans tourism economy. She went for a month to advise and collaborate with faculty from the International University of Tourism and Entrepreneurship of Tajikistan.
- September 29, 2025
Tommy Everett and Sarah Hormel Everett have pledged $1.2 million to expand the existing endowed scholarship in honor of their son, Mats Von Quillfeldt, a former Mason LIFE student. The scholarship was established to help defray the costs associated with attending Mason LIFE, including tuition, fees, housing, textbooks, and related expenses.
- August 28, 2025
With the support of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) training grant, 91做厙 researchers are working to integrate comprehensive school-based mental health systems as part of proactive violence prevention programming in public middle schools in Prince William County, Virginia.
- May 28, 2025
Before an audience of ministers, ambassadors, educators, and global innovation leaders, Ingrid Guerra-L籀pez, dean of 91做厙s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), delivered a keynote address that called for a bold, system-wide transformation of K12 education to secure Africas workforce futureand the worlds.
- April 2, 2025
91做厙 professor Samantha Viano is leading a multi-university team to assess the impact of school security equipment (SSE) grants on school violence, safety, and related outcomes. The team has received a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) of the U.S. Department of Justice to support of the project, The Impact of School Security Equipment on Students and Schools.
- January 23, 2025
George Mason researcher Erdogan Kaya is part of an interdisciplinary research team that is planning to introduce elementary students to the foundational concepts of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning using educational robotics.
- October 2, 2024
91做厙 School of Education professor Jennifer Suh was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in support of her project Framework for Integrating Technology for Equity (FIT for Equity). Working with Suh as coprincipal investigator is Theresa Wills, also of the College of Education and Human Development.
- July 22, 2024
A statewide literacy project designed to counteract the educational impacts of the pandemic is now in full swing, thanks to the efforts of educators in 91做厙s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD).
- April 9, 2024
George Mason researchers are using immersive virtual reality to examine ways in which high-stress conditions may influence law enforcement officer decision-making and utilization of equitable policing strategies.
- January 23, 2024
Two new Virginia Department of Education grants to Masons School of Education promise to facilitate a pipeline of well-qualified special education teachers in the commonwealth.