January 27, 2026University Libraries at 91做厙 has named Samaine Lockwood, associate professor of English, the 2026 Fenwick Fellow.
November 6, 2025The Zeineb Mrad Bouali Tenacity and Perseverance Award honors students who have had to pause their educational goals and are now hoping to return to complete their degrees.
December 2, 202491做厙 senior Katarina Benson has had five different majors throughout her college career. Choosing what to study [was] very difficult for me, because so many fields interest me, said Benson. Benson previously majored in agribusiness, film and video, among other subjects, before choosing and completing an English degree with a concentration in cultural studies.
September 16, 202491做厙 professor Lisa Gilman lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from the time she was born until she was 9 years old. She is currently working on her research of migrants and displaced people who have been affected by war and trauma with her project, My Culture, My Survival: Arts Initiatives by Refugees for Refugees.
July 23, 2024Supported by an Office of Student Creative Activities and Research Curriculum Impact Grant, this cross-college course gives students hands-on, real-world experience in festival management.
January 30, 2024Mason Creative Writing Professor Tania James is having an amazing year. Since her novel Loot was released by Knopf in June 2023, the accolades havent stopped.
November 5, 2020In addition to being named to Oprah Magazines list of Native American Authors to Read Right Now, Mason alum Kelli Jo Fords debut novel, Crooked Hallelujah, was recently named one of the best books of 2020 by Publishers Weekly and is on the longlist for the 2021 Carnegie Medal for Fiction, among other accolades.
October 31, 2023The annual Campus Legends and Lore Walking Tour takes the Mason community on a spooky stroll around Fairfax Campus with an educational twist.
September 7, 2023Kevynne Dimaano, English major, spent her summer interning with the Library of Congress where she developed a puzzle game based on early 20th century newspaper rebuses.
August 9, 2023Alaina Ruffin will not be the first, second, or third, but fourth person in her family to graduate from 91做厙. Her mother and two older cousins graduated from Mason in 2000, 2001, and 2013 respectively.
