July 26, 2007
Mason sociology graduate student Victoria Watson recently received a best paper prize from the Racial and Ethnic Minorities Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Her award-winning paper is titled “White Privilege as an Agent Utilized to Perpetuate Racism in the United States.”
July 26, 2007
Vernon Smith, professor of economics and law and 2002 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, plans to leave Mason in January 2008 and join the faculty at Chapman University in Orange, Calif.
July 25, 2007
Tom Koucheravy was a four-year letterman swimmer at Robinson High School in Fairfax. He even won the “Gatorade Will to Win” award as a senior, yet he was not recruited by many colleges.
July 25, 2007
According to many of his colleagues, David Rossell, associate provost for personnel and budget, has been an essential figure at Mason. On Aug. 1, Rossell will retire after working at Mason for more than 20 years.
July 24, 2007
Marc Kellman, BA ‘06, won a gold medal in the triple jump while representing the United States at the inaugural North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Championships, held in San Salvador this past weekend.
July 24, 2007
For the 12th year, Rodger Smith, the faculty advisor for Mason’s student-run WGMU Radio, is supervising a radio summer camp for middle and high school students.
July 23, 2007
This periodic column highlights the comings and goings of George Mason faculty and staff, as well as promotions and job changes within the university.
July 23, 2007
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Imagine waking up every morning, putting on your scuba diving gear and heading off to class in the Bahamas or Cayman Islands, where your assignment is to study the coral reefs.
July 23, 2007
A group of incoming freshmen will be much more prepared — and much less intimidated — for their first semester at Mason than many of their peers. And for all of them, English is not their first language.
July 20, 2007
Selected from a highly competitive national pool of applicants, two Mason students were awarded Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships by the Social Science Research Council.