Mason will require all students, faculty, and staff to get a COVID-19 vaccine to work, study, and live on campus when fall semester begins.

2021 Times Higher Education Young University Rankings put Mason at No. 1 in the United States, No. 41 out of 475 universities around the world that are 50 years old or younger.

INTO Mason offers undergraduate and graduate pathway programs for international students, helping them hone their English skills and get acclimated to U.S. culture and university expectations.

Mason's Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program, a partnership with the Uniformed Services University of Health Services, gets a five-year extension.

Arlington Campus’s Vernon Smith Hall has been converted into an innovation pilot space, home to two research labs and a law clinic. One team of faculty and student researchers is working on autonomous vehicles.