April 23, 2025This Army major wanted to combine his military service with the hard science of biodefense. Read how Major Geoffrey Mattoon found his way to the Schar School’s one-of-a-kind graduate program—in the shadow of the Pentagon.
April 22, 2025While Trump’s tariffs are issued in the name of the economy, Xi’s have an entirely different rationale: Image. See what one China observer writes about the trade war.
April 21, 2025The Schar School’s Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley was invited to speak at the conference commemorating 50 years of the Biological Weapons Convention. The treaty, the professor says, is not perfect. See what she says that could make the world safer.
April 21, 2025A roundup of recent media appearances by Schar School faculty, students, and staff for April 14 to 18, 2025.
April 16, 2025The Schar School’s seventh annual Energy Forum brings experts from around the region to discuss the impacts and the future of data centers, energy, climate, and artificial intelligence.-
April 10, 2025A roundup of recent media appearances by Schar School faculty, students, and staff for March 31 to April 4, 2025.
April 9, 2025A roundup of recent media appearances by Schar School faculty, students, and staff for March 24 to 28, 2025.
April 9, 2025Schar School graduating senior Christine Peretik found an internship that combines all of her majors and minors. See how her position at the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center inspired her college career.
April 8, 2025George Mason University’s Schar School climbs to its highest-ever U.S. News & World Report ranking, earning top marks in Homeland Security and Nonprofit Management. The school’s rise highlights its leadership programs, hands-on research centers, and faculty expertise in emergency management, international security, and public service education. Read more.
April 7, 2025A spring break study-abroad adventure to Costa Rica brought transnational crime into sharp focus. See what the students encountered as they studied international security issues in an exotic locale.
April 3, 2025Over spring break, members of the International Relations Policy Task Force visited the U.S.-Mexico border for a firsthand look at immigration issues.
April 3, 2025The keynote speaker during the Schar School’s 2025 Degree Celebration program on May 14 is City of Fairfax mayor Catherine S. Read. She’s also a school graduate. Read more about Read.
