March 18, 2024A Mason graduate paid for his Schar School master’s degree by working at Mason—as a policeman. Along the way, Detective Ryan Grant learned research skills while earning the trust of the Patriot community.
April 17, 2023Police put their lives on the line every day, but few think about the cumulative trauma. Meet the ODKM master’s student who is starting a service treating their issues. And she’s a cop.
April 10, 2023Ben VanHook addressed a UN forum on the goals of neurodivergent people this month. He’s trying to gain not just acceptance but appreciation of autistic individuals such as himself.
February 15, 2023Meet the undergraduate whose compelling research revealed “a laboratory for surveillance” of the Turkic ethnic group.
December 5, 2022Among the resources available to students to make sure they are on the right path are fellow students trained to be “peer academic advisors.”
October 21, 2022Schar School international security master’s student Sara Michels is the winner of an inaugural Vespa motor scooter contest. The essay competition is a collaboration among Mason, a regional Vespa nonprofit, and a local Vespa dealership.
October 20, 2022She’s already founded a successful PAC and raised $1.6 million to help progressive candidates in need. Now Kiera Hall wants to know how to do more, and better, as a Master’s in Public Administration student at the Schar School.
October 18, 2022After a perilous journey through war-torn Ukraine, a freshman Schar School student looks forward to a new life. But she’s concerned for her parents who remained behind.
October 13, 2022How many international graduate student-athletes can there be? Master of Public Administration student Grace Furlong may be the only one at the Schar School.
October 7, 2022Hailing from a rural area, Schar School undergraduate Josh Lyon sees his Capitol Hill internships as a way to help those in need.
