August 26, 2022During Orientation 1992, incoming students were able to register for classes using a bank of touchtone phones in the ballroom of Student Union II (now The Hub) and walk away with a printout of their fall semester class schedule.
August 11, 2022In 1992, after incubating for 220 days in Robinson Hall on the Fairfax Campus, the very first Komodo dragon born in captivity outside of Indonesia hatched.
August 4, 2022In 2007, Mason chemistry professor Abul Hussam won the $1 million Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability Gold Award from the National Academy of Engineering for his inexpensive water filtration system designed to remove arsenic from drinking water in his native Bangladesh.
July 28, 2022Created in 1984, the Clarence J. Robinson Professors Program embodies Mason's commitment to making high-quality education accessible to undergraduate students.
July 21, 2022When the concept of the George W. Johnson Center was first proposed—combining a library, computer labs, a bookstore, a bank, and dining facilities in one building—the idea was met with skepticism.
July 14, 2022In September 2009, Smithsonian-Mason Semester students took a during a behind-the-scenes tour of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
July 6, 2022The Student Apartments, Mason's first on-campus housing, opened in October 1977 and housed 498 students.
July 5, 2022About 150 members of Mason Nation took part in the City of Fairfax Independence Day Parade on Monday, July 4, 2022, as part of Mason’s 50th anniversary.
June 29, 2022George Mason University was the first university to host the World Congress on Information Technology in June 21-24, 1998.
June 27, 2022Title IX’s 50th anniversary is a milestone that provides us an opportunity to celebrate the positive changes the law has brought about and to recognize that more works still needs to be done.