Press releases, announcements, and statements
- July 13, 2023
Jackie Ferree has been selected as Mason’s first Senior Vice President of Operations and Business Services following a national search.
- April 27, 2023
The largest school naming gift in the university’s history, part of a $1B fundraising effort, will support Mason’s growing entrepreneurship and innovation programs.
- November 30, 2022
George Mason University announced the largest gift to a center within the School of Business from Attain Partners founder and CEO Greg Baroni and his wife, Camille. The first-of-its-kind university center to address business, technology, policy, and regulatory issues in government contracting, the Center for Government Contracting will change its name to the Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting in honor of the new donors.
- December 6, 2022
Mason and MedStar come together to establish the Future Nurse Program, preparing nurses for clinical practice, and addressing critical nursing workforce shortages in the region.
- November 1, 2022
Responding to the Commonwealth’s public health and workforce needs, new interdisciplinary College
will benefit the region and beyond - August 5, 2022
George Mason University’s Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center is pleased to partner with Amazon to co-host the 2022 Bring Down Counterfeiting Public Policy Hackathon.
- July 22, 2022
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area launches bold initiative to combat gun violence
- February 25, 2022
Schar School of Policy and Government professor J.P. Singh leads a team of researchers from across George Mason University campuses that has been awarded a three-year, $1.39 million grant to study the economic and cultural determinants for global artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructures—and describe their implications for national and international security.
- February 14, 2022
New center will help grow Virginia’s health workforce pipeline and support continuous learning, upskilling and health workforce development.
- December 10, 2021
George Mason University has named Kimberly Davidson as University Ombudsperson, a new position within the university.