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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.
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D.C. Is Where the Wild Things Are
By Mariam Aburdeineh, BA ’13 on December 18, 2019
Ever wonder what creatures might be roaming in the dark when you’re not looking? Mason students are helping the Smithsonian Institution find out exactly what is scurrying in the shadows.
Clinical Trial for People with Parkinson’s
By Mary Lee Clark on November 8, 2019
Mason faculty and students at the College of Health and Human Services are taking some of the lessons learned from a recent spinal cord injury study and applying them to a new study for those with Parkinson’s disease.
Sidebar: In the Stacks
By Colleen Kearney Rich on July 1, 2019
While not every NEH grant results in a book, many do. Faculty often use the year or summer away from teaching to write a draft of the book they are planning.
Humanities’ Heavy Hitters
By Mary Lee Clark on July 1, 2019
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
By Mary Lee Clark on June 27, 2019
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
By Art Taylor, MFA '06 on June 27, 2019
The research that a Mason professor and students are doing today may help preserve a language for tomorrow.
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Creative Differences
By Priyanka Champaneri, BA '05, MFA '10 on March 20, 2019
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.
Unraveling a Tragedy
By Colleen Kearney Rich on November 26, 2018
In her latest book, The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life (Pegasus Books, 2018), Antonin Scalia Law School professor Joyce Lee Malcolm takes a new look at the man commonly known as one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history.
What’s Up, Docs?
By Mason Spirit contributor on November 26, 2018
Doctoral students are a vital part of a large research university. In this feature we look at several researchers who have made Mason their educational end zone.
Ancient Text Yields New Understanding
By Anne Reynolds on November 26, 2018
A Mason religious studies professor is leading a team of scholars who are translating a rare 16th-century Maya text.
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