Schar School of Policy and Government

When Haider Semaisim works on the federally mandated database of global incidents of terrorism with George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, he does so with pride. It is not only an educational and professional endeavor, he said. “It’s personal.”

The global COVID-19 crisis will require scientists and scholars who are educated and trained to take on the world’s most dangerous problems. The Biodefense program at the Schar School creates leaders in the field. Look for their stories on this page in coming days.

One of the highlights of the semester for the graduate and undergraduate students who make up the research team at the Schar School’s Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center (GTTAC) was a meeting with Russell Travers, acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, December 4.

More than 200 bankers, builders, and business leaders from around the Washington, D.C., region were witness on Tuesday morning to Stephen Fuller handing off to his successor the crystal ball he reportedly uses when making regional economic forecasts.

Giving isn’t what it used to be. Charitable fundraising has undergone significant changes over the past three decades.

Giving isn’t what it used to be. Charitable fundraising has undergone significant changes over the past three decades.

I barely understood the gravity of what I was watching, but it did strike me that this battle was not taking place on some distant battlefield; it was happening in our own backyard, less than 36 miles due west of Baghdad—almost precisely the distance from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, Maryland.

With billions of people around the world experiencing “energy poverty,” nuclear energy seems to be a viable answer. But there are problems.

Many students at the Schar School of Policy and Government have served as interns for national politicians on Capitol Hill, as well as many local politicians in their home districts. But junior Government and International Politics major Glenham Smith’s summer internship was a little different.

There are still several weeks to go, but students and alumni looking forward to short-term study abroad opportunities this winter are already, albeit figuratively, packing their bags.