According to a George Mason University flash poll of about 500 people across the country, about 50% reported using AI for support with mental health issues. Many people…
Read more Why some people are turning to artificial intelligence for mental health needs – WTOP NewsA Northern Virginia student attending George Mason University has been barred from campus after being charged with 29 counts of possessing child sexual abuse materials. City of Fairfax,…
Read more Fairfax man, 19, arrested on charges of possessing child sexual abuse materials – WTOP NewsGeorge Mason University announced that former Vice President Mike Pence will be a distinguished professor of practice for the Schar School of Policy and Government. George Mason University…
Read more Mike Pence joins George Mason University as a professor – WTOP NewsThe Education Department said George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, violated federal civil rights law by using race in hiring and promotion practices. The Education Department said George…
Read more Education Department says George Mason University’s DEI policies violate civil rights – WTOP NewsGeorge Mason University on Thursday unveiled a redesigned logo as the capstone of its three-year-long, comprehensive rebrand. This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com.…
Read more No more ‘Mason’ or ‘GMU’: George Mason University reveals new logo, branding – WTOP NewsSeveral George Mason University professors have turned what started as a way to make statistics exciting for students into a competition to determine who can develop a model…
Read more How George Mason professors are challenging students to find new ways to predict peak bloom dates – WTOP NewsFor all of my life, I thought eating breakfast with Santa was totally normal. Every year, he would come to my church in western New York and sit…
Read more I Spent $85 to Eat Breakfast With SantaIt’s not unusual for politicians to speak at public colleges’ graduation ceremonies. But this year, one governor’s controversial education policies have drawn protests and petitions from students decrying…
Read more A Divisive Governor Hits the Commencement Circuit. For Some Students, He’s Not Welcome.The average tenure of the college president has shrunk. Yes, again. More on the ACE Survey Typical presidents have been in their current job for 5.9 years, according…
Read more College Presidents Are Less Experienced Than Ever — and Eyeing the ExitUpdated at 2:45 p.m. on March 21, 2023 Last week, the ongoing debate about COVID-19’s origins acquired a new plot twist. A French evolutionary biologist stumbled across a…
Read more A Major Clue to COVID’s Origins Is Just Out of ReachIn the early days of the pandemic, one of the scariest and most surprising features of SARS-CoV-2 was its stealth. Initially assumed to transmit only from people who…
Read more No One Really Knows How Much COVID Is Silently Spreading … AgainWinter is here, and so, once more, are mask mandates. After last winter’s crushing Omicron spike, much of America did away with masking requirements. But with cases once…
Read more Should Everyone Be Masking Again?Way back in the early, whirlwind days of the pandemic, surfaces were the thing to worry about. The prevailing scientific wisdom was that the coronavirus spread mainly via…
Read more What Happened to Hand-Washing?Last week, just a couple of hours into a house-sitting stint in Massachusetts for my cousin and his wife, I received from them a flummoxed text: “Dude,” it…
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