February 24, 2009
Helen Frederick, associate professor in the Department of Art and Visual Technology, shows students a print during the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ 24-hour Making Connections Marathon. The festival of theater, art, music, film and dance activities was held Feb. 20-21.Photo by Evan Cantwell
February 24, 2009
Popular television shows like “Law and Order,” “CSI” and “Bones” seem to have caused a buzz around the field of forensic science.
Acknowledging that this field is increasingly popular, Mason turned to the professional forensic community for help, guidance and support in creating a new program to meet students’ needs.
Bill Whildin, senior medicolegal investigator in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for Fairfax, contributed his ideas and suggestions when Mason decided to offer a Graduate Certificate in Forensics for the first time this spring.
February 24, 2009
The Johnson Center on the Fairfax Campus will host the third annual Top That! Waffle Day on Monday, March 2.
February 24, 2009
It’s commonly known that crime syndicate boss Al Capone was involved in the smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities in 1920s and 1930s Prohibition-era Chicago.
February 24, 2009
As India’s economy has become one of the fastest growing in the world, great attention has been paid to the “new” India and its development, progress and economic achievement.
February 23, 2009
Mason senior Alana Chan was one of 18 players chosen to represent the Canadian National Team at the 2009 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic, June 18-27.
February 23, 2009
Friday, Feb. 27, is the deadline for submitting nominations for the spring 2009 Outstanding Supervisor Award.
February 23, 2009
Mason President Alan Merten and his wife, Sally Merten, have created a new endowed scholarship in creative writing and named it in honor of her parents, G. Louise and Anthony J. Otto.
February 23, 2009
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has approved Mason’s request to offer a new Master of Science in Real Estate Development.
February 23, 2009
For more than nine years, researchers at Northern Virginia’s Inova Health System and George Mason University have been collaborating on groundbreaking research on obesity, liver disease and cancer. Now, the two have taken the relationship one step further with the establishment of the Inova Life Sciences Research Collaboration Fund – GMU.