Campus News

What does social justice look like during a pandemic and a time of racial turmoil?
George Mason University’s John Mitchell Jr. Program for History, Justice and Race (JMJP) has been busy answering that question.

President Washington is creating the President’s Task Force on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence, and giving its members some big assignments. This task force will have a broad focus, with particular areas of emphasis including short-term and long-term improvements.

George Mason University honored the largest and most diverse graduating class in its history with a virtual Celebration of the Class of 2020 on May 22.

There’s a familiar rule at most family gatherings: Don’t talk about religion or politics.
But for the past 10 years, the Dialogue & Difference class and project at George Mason University have been turning that rule on its head.

Harry Truman was Jimmy Carter’s political hero, according to Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s chief domestic policy adviser, and he sees parallels between the two leaders.
“Both presidents left office highly unpopular,” said Eizenstat, author of “President Carter: The White House Years.” “Truman is now remembered much more for his achievements than for his failures, and I hope that my book will have a similar reassessment of Jimmy Carter as president.”

When George Mason University got a message in February from The New School that scholars abroad were being persecuted and needed a safe haven to continue their lives and academic work, the response was a definitive “yes” to welcome them.