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From Halloween decorations to Hollywood horror, skeletons have a reputation for being creepy. But George Mason anthropologist Kimberly Foecke knows there's much more beneath the surface.

This fall, former president of Poland Andrzej Duda came to ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Antonin Scalia Law School to teach students a course on executive decision-making in times of crisis. 

A cross-university team is transforming nursing education through interactive games that make complex clinical topics more engaging.

This fall, the Veterans and the Arts Initiative introduced the new workshop In Service of Theater: A Staged Reading Program for the Military and Veteran Community.

For some, accessibility in the arts is a question of philosophy. ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ adjunct professor Joel Snyder approaches the idea more literally. Snyder is a pioneer in the niche industry of arts audio description—the process of translating the arts into spoken language, making theater, film, dance, and other art forms more accessible for people who are blind or have low vision.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ is strengthening students’ career readiness through its specialized workforce-ready minor programs. To date, 34 programs are available—and more are on the way.

From skydiving scenarios to competing juice sellers, associate professor Phillip Zane uses games to help students understand the economics of health care.

What difference does a tree make? That’s what ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ researcher Luis Ortiz wanted to find out with his course, CLIM 759 Micrometeorological Modeling for Local Climate Action, in which students work individually with community groups to study their needs and model the outcomes of various interventions.

At George Mason's College of Public Health, faculty are integrating AI into teaching and learning to prepare students for an evolving workforce.

To Kimberly Foecke, studying the past doesn’t need to be a passive experience.  The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ assistant professor of anthropology believes in the importance of hands-on learning so much that she created the ANTH 599 Contemporary Issues in Anthropology course on experimental archaeology to help bridge theory and practice.