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Three George Mason alumni discussed transforming their military experiences into works of art during a panel discussion at the 2026 International Writers Festival presented by George Mason’s Alan Cheuse International Writers Center.

PBS News Hour co-anchor Geoff Bennett recently visited with communication students, offering career advice before his appearance at George Mason’s Fall for the Book Festival.

George Mason professor Cher Weixia Chen leads a Grand Challenge Initiative team building an AI-driven virtual human rights classroom for students and educators worldwide.

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. 

As a freshman, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Honors College student Marley Oare chose the Global Affairs Program because she pictured herself working for the CIA or the United Nations. That quickly changed when she took a natural science course in her first semester.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ senior Silas Fransen plans to pursue a career as a museum curator. And thanks to the university’s Office of Student Creative Activities and Research (OSCAR), the art history major already has one exhibit to his name. 

Gabrielle Tayac, an associate professor in the Department of History and Art History in the College of Humanities of Social Sciences, has received a grant from NPS to lead Phase Two of Tribal Nations and the Revolutionary War, a community-driven research project that will examine the Revolutionary War and its aftermath from the perspectives of tribal nations.

When Tiffany Taylor, BS Criminology, Law and Society ’20, enrolled at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, she expected her college experience to look different than most. An Army veteran and single parent with three school-aged children, Taylor was responsible for multiple schedules. But, over the next two years, she was still able to capitalize on the opportunities at George Mason—attending classes on campus, getting involved in her program and classmates’ projects, participating in internships, and embarking on two study-abroad trips. 

Since 2010, the Center for Community Mental Health’s (CCMH) mission has been twofold: train ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ students to become behavioral health care professionals, and provide evidence-based, accessible, and affordable mental health care to members of the Northern Virginia community. 

Cirque du Soleil's six-week run in Virginia serves as a homecoming for Gracie Valdez, BA Art History ’07, a native of Vienna. Using stunning visuals, acrobatic stunts, and 10,000 liters of water (recycled after each show) in a mesmerizing waterfall sequence, LUZIA puts a spotlight on the culture and mythology of Mexico.