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Please join us for the 2023 Mary Roper award celebration on Tuesday, December 5 at 10:00 a.m., in George’s (Johnson Center 3rd Floor).

George Mason University's Winter Commencement Ceremony will be held on December 14, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. at the EagleBank Arena. The CHSS Degree Celebration will be held on December 14, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. at the EagleBank Arena. Learn more about the ceremonies and how to request tickets.

Please join us in honoring our CHSS colleagues for their years of service to George Mason University. University Green and Gold Day events were held on November 8 and November 9.

Mohamed Mohamed (PhD Candidate in Sociology) has been awarded the Student Paper Prize at the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) annual conference. The winning paper, which is a chapter of Mohamed’s PhD dissertation (co-advisors: John Dale and Lester Kurtz) , was originally presented at the BRISMES annual conference in July 2023.

The 2023 University Day Service Awards will take place on November 8 and 9: Gold Day, honoring staff and faculty with 20 to 45 years of service, is November 8. Green Day, honoring faculty and staff with five, 10, and 15 years of service is November 9. Stream the events on GMU-TV.

In the NIH All About Grants Podcasts, the Office of Extramural Research (OER) talks to NIH staff members about the ins and outs of NIH funding.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that it will be implementing a simplified review framework for the peer review of the majority of competing research project grant (RPG) applications, beginning with submissions with due dates of January 25, 2025.

The Build and Broaden Program in the Directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences will host its second annual program symposium on November 2nd from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm EST. The event will provide information about the program funding, best practices, proposal preparation and budgets.