The Mason Spirit
George Mason University
Where Innovation Is Tradition
A Magazine for the George Mason University Community
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Humanities’ Heavy Hitters
Last fall, the Chronicle of Higher Education recognized Mason as the eighth highest recipient of NEH funding in the past decade, with 37 projects receiving funding amounting to more than $5.8 million.
Looking Back Moves Us Forward
As universities across the country are examining their pasts, George Mason University faculty and students have undertaken a research project looking at life a George Mason IV’s home, Gunston Hall.
Studying a Language—and Maybe Preserving It, Too
The research that a Mason professor and students are doing today may help preserve a language for tomorrow.
Moving Mason Forward
Thanks to the generosity of the Mason Nation, we’ve achieved the biggest fundraising goal in our history.
With a Little Help From Our Friends
The generosity of donors doesn’t just impact Mason—it changes lives. Four students and alumni share their stories about how your dollars have made a difference.
Guiding Principals
What makes the public schools in Northern Virginia some of the best in the country? The reasons are many, but leadership might be the most significant—and Mason alumni are making an impact in school systems all over the region.
Ancient Text Yields New Understanding
A Mason religious studies professor is leading a team of scholars who are translating a rare 16th-century Maya text.
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Mason Spirit is published three times a year by the Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations in conjunction with the Office of Communications and Marketing.
From the Issue
A Room with a View
More from Profiles
As a student at Mason, Lee Glazer, BA Art History ’84, discovered a love for the arts that carried her all the way to her new role as founding director of the Lunder Institute of American Art at Colby College in Maine.
Helping Students with Unpaid Internships
More from News
Accepting an internship can also mean accepting an extra financial burden that many students cannot afford. Enter Mason’s Unpaid Internship Scholarship, which helps students accept that dream opportunity that may very well lead to their dream career.
Creative Differences
More from Research
When most people think of how the great ideas of our time came about, they envision a single ‘eureka!’ moment when the idea arrives, fully formed, to only a special few. Mason management professor Matthew Cronin’s new book argues otherwise.