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The Bonner Leader program affords college students an opportunity to use their energy, talents, and leadership skills to engage in community service while providing developmental and financial support.

MTV News, in an article about activism burnout and its impact on gun violence survivors, cites a paper written on the subject by the School of Integrative Studies faculty members Cher Weixia Chen and Paul Gorski.

Read more about how access to clean beauty products is a social justice issue in the recent Allure Magazine article "How More Affordable Clean Beauty Products Mean a More Just Society"

Chase LaDue is an applied ecologist studying elephant behavior, physiology, and conservation. His study of elephant hormones and behavior in Sri Lanka was interrupted by bombings in spring 2019.

The stories gathered by the students have been compiled in an online archive, also called the Enslaved Children of George Mason (ECGM). The project has also sparked a number of classes at Mason that integrate this research and the ideas it explored.

The George Mason University Board of Visitors today unanimously voted to appoint former Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton as the university’s interim president. The appointment will take effect August 1

The rising juniors, both of whom are majoring in environmental and sustainability studies, have been selected as Global Sustainability Scholars, a National Science Foundation and Future Earth program focusing on global sustainable development that trains undergraduate students from groups underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. During three summers, students travel abroad, conduct research and build their professional networks.

Dr. Al Fuertes was awarded the 2019 Term Faculty Development Fund. Dr. Graziella McCarron & Dr. Aoi Yamanaka were awarded the 2019 NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Ed) grant.

Jayna Tavarez, who majored in INTS with a Social Justice & Human Rights concentration, just won the Outstanding Student Paper Award for an essay she wrote based on her masters thesis. She received the award from the LGBTQ Research Symposium, a national gathering in its seventh year, which met this year in Illinois.

Mason Open is part of George Mason University’s Green Machine Ensembles and uses flags, replica rifles, sabers, movement and dance in an elaborate, theatrical experience. The Mason team has 30 members and competes all over the country, from January to April, ending at the WGI finals in Dayton, Ohio