October 18, 2023With a strong desire to advocate for others, Schar School senior Ernesto Galeas says the Schar School “is providing me with tools and knowledge, putting into practice what I've been learning and making me a better worker, a better citizen, and also better at helping others in need.”
October 17, 2023Putin seems to be expanding his ground forces with more “volunteers” from private companies, a la Wagner. But Schar School professor Mark N. Katz, a longtime observer of Russia’s military, says the Kremlin is fighting to hold the Ukrainian territory it occupies now.
October 16, 2023Smugglers use misinformation on social media to make crossing into the U.S. from Mexico sound like “a vacation package,” said a Homeland Security agent. This practice, which drives up prices for smuggling, is “nefarious,” said Schar School border security expert Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera.-
October 12, 2023Schar School Professor Mark N. Katz, a longtime observer of Russia and the Middle East, writes that the Kremlin seems to be confounded by the conflict in Israel. “Moscow’s warnings about conflict in the Middle East spreading are an indication that it fears its own interests would be harmed if this occurs.”
October 7, 2023Gest is an advisor for the Axios-Ipsos Two Americas Index that tracks how politics influences where people live. The Nobles of Iowa are not alone in their flight. “I think what Americans are reporting is that politics is a factor in these very, very important residential choices,” Justin Gest.
October 6, 2023The erosion of democratic values in the Republican Party is a function of, and enabled by, our electoral and governing institutions that are not designed for modern American politics.
October 4, 2023The position of mayor of the City of Fairfax is an important one in the relationship between George Mason University and its Fairfax Campus hometown. Happily, the new mayor, Catherine S. Read, is an alumna of the Schar School. She made the trip up University Drive from City Hall at the invitation of the Gender and Policy Center. Read about it on the Latest News page.
October 3, 2023Goldstone’s research has recently been honored with the Distinguished Career in Political Sociology Award, the Ibn Khaldun Distinguished Career Award, and the Myron Weiner Award for his contributions to the field of political demography from the International Studies Association.
October 2, 2023"I would expect to see regular families in our region starting to have some real problems, probably in no more than a week or so," said Clower, director of the Schar School’s Center for Regional Analysis.
October 2, 2023Members of the Schar School’s Democracy Lab living-learning community for first-year students attended a luncheon hosted by the Virginia Foundation for Research and Economic Education (Virginia FREE) last week at the Ritz-Carlton at Tysons, Virginia.
September 29, 2023In a global first, the Schar School’s Center for Business Civic Engagement partners with Romania’s Babeș-Bolyai University to address advancements in intelligent automation.-
September 28, 2023An innovative program to fund unpaid federal internships for Schar School students launches. Read more about the Federal Workforce Initiative.
