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Fall for the Book, Northern Virginia's oldest and largest festival of literature and the arts, launches its 24th annual event on October 6. Featuring in-person and virtual events, the festival welcomes more than 90 authors, poets, essayists, memoirists, and editors, and many enthusiastic readers.

As organizations rush to stake their claim in the internet’s new frontier, many questions remain about what the metaverse is and isn’t. George Mason University Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Immigration Research, Jim Witte, joins other thought leaders including Meta VP for the Americas, Nada Stirratt, to discuss the metaverse and its relevance for business and social science.

The CSSR Urban Research Hub invites you to showcase your photo of an urban space near you and how it has impacted your neighborhood.

As part of Mason's commitment to inclusive excellence, University Life has compiled a calendar of religious holidays, and asks faculty and staff to consider this resource when scheduling important activities (image by tigerlily713 from Pixabay).

Please join us to honor our CHSS colleagues for their years of service to George Mason University. University Green and Gold Day events will be held on November 8 and November 9, respectively.

In 1982,  in Plyler v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas  law denying school enrollment to undocumented immigrant  school children, thereby ensuring a free K-12 public education for all students regardless of immigration status. Today, some Americans want to overturn Plyler, and some scholars believe that the official opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, laid a foundation for an impending Plyler challenge. The Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) just released a new paper that reviews the Plyler decision, focuses on continuing barriers to education faced by undocumented students, and examines the potential impact of overturning Plyler. 

Sindya Bhanoo’s Seeking Fortune Elsewhere, Daphne Palasi Andreades’s Brown Girls, and Aamina Ahmad’s The Return of Faraz Ali have been named finalists for the Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award.

Calling all student journalists: FREE Overnight travel, meals, views of D.C., and journalism training. Need plans for the weekend? Want to meet friends with similar interests? Join The Chronicle of Higher Education Fall Reporting Workshop. Perfect for all Communication/Journalism students or those interested in exploring what it means to be a reporter covering college and university news.

Mason's Early Identification Program helps guide and mentor a number of local high students, many of whom will be first-generation college students. Meet these students and learn more about EIP. Photos by Sierra Guard/Creative Services