January 9, 2024With his Minerva Project, Distinguished University Professor J.P. Singh wants to understand “how preferences or interests from society, business, or other government actors shape policy in terms of what countries are doing with their national AI infrastructures.”
December 6, 2023A new project, led by Schar School associate professor Jennifer Victor, aims to increase voter awareness and turnout at Mason.
November 24, 2023A Chinese scientist modified the genes in human embryos that became living babies. A new paper takes note of the world’s reaction, particularly within China.
November 22, 2023A weekend-long conference near Washington, D.C., brought undergraduate students from several universities together to learn the art of policy communications. The sessions were taught by practitioners in an event hosted by the Schar School.
November 21, 2023After seeing a family member struggle with inadequate help in dealing with the criminal legal and treatment systems available, Faye S. Taxman devoted her career to developing change. In November, she received the criminology field’s highest honor.
November 16, 2023Are flying saucers real? Are they a national security threat? The outgoing director of the Pentagon’s UAP program and a Washington Post intelligence reporter discuss what’s new and known in the UFO world.
November 20, 2023The big winners of a two-month-long competition to create innovative ways to combat counterfeiting were Mason students and alumni—and the world at large. See who won the thousands in prize money in the Bring Down Counterfeiting Hackathon 2023 and who helped sponsor it.
November 10, 2023A guest speaker to a Schar School classroom provided first-hand insight into life, such as it is, in North Korea. And Justin Seo should know: He’s a defector.
November 9, 2023George A. Akerlof, who shared the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences with Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz, gave this year's Haynes Lecture.
November 8, 2023Members of the Schar School of Policy and Government’s Democracy Lab met former CIA director John Brennan following his appearance in a panel discussion hosted by the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security.
