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With elections looming in Mexico and the United States, a cohort of Schar School students and professors headed to an election hot spot to learn more about it: the border wall.

An international political consultant became persona non grata in Russia after leaving the Schar School. Read why Russia kicked Jason Jay Smart out.

New EduRank report on university performance in research highlights eighteen George Mason �鶹���� programs as the best in Virginia, with Mason's entrepreneurship ecosystem as No.1 among all public institutions.

Members of the Schar School’s International Relations Policy Task Force embarked on an annual spring break trip to the United States-Mexico border.

Catherine Read is the first woman and first Mason graduate (BA government and politics ’84) to be mayor of Fairfax City, Va., the university’s hometown, and she isn’t shy about touting a university she says helped teach her how to think critically. Want to know why it’s good to “disrupt the system,” why it’s important to get more women into policy-making decisions, and why our educational system doesn’t reward bold ideas? Read tells you.

Where do first-time elected leaders turn for learning the ropes of governing? The Schar School’s Regional Elected Leaders Initiative teaches them not only how to govern but how to unite for the greater public good.

Schar School junior Minh-Dy Pham and senior Kalkidan Zewdu received the Partnership for Public Service Award, recognizing young leaders in federal government.

A winter study-abroad trip focuses on the political meanings of the ancient art and structures of Athens and Rome. A highlight is a visit to a museum of Greek folklore that few have heard of.

She’s helped 450 young families achieve higher education goals since 2010. Now Nicole Lynn Lewis, MPP ’06, is Washingtonian of the Year.

Six whirlwind months as a visiting professor on a Fulbright fellowship at the Schar School helped sinologist Gundumella Venkat Raman teach, learn, and make connections in Washington, D.C.