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George Mason University was the first university to host the World Congress on Information Technology in June 21-24, 1998.

Title 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.

On Wednesday, April 20, the first students of the International School of Law returned to George Mason University’s Mason Square campus to mark 50 years since the school’s inception and celebrate the many successes that followed.

Kathryn Laskey, professor of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, retires after 32 years at Mason. She reflects on her time at Mason, from when it was a little-known school to the thriving, globally credited research university it is today.

After more than 10 years of fundraising and a few years of construction, the Center for the Arts Concert Hall opened on October 6, 1990, with award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch serving as host on opening night.

Mason alum Leonard "Len" Bennett’s generous gift of $1 million will create the “Warren D. Decker Professorship Endowment” to support Mason's Debate Team.

On April 8, Mason Debate Team alums and university colleagues honored Professor Warren Decker for his 48 years of coaching and mentoring.

In 2006, Robert DeNiro and Matt Damon came to George Mason University’s Center for the Arts to promote their film “The Good Shepherd” in a special taping of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.

Mason researcher Jenefir Isbister was awarded the university's first patent on August 27, 1996, for her invention of a test for microbial contamination.

Mason’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), known as “The Patriot Battalion,” began in 1982 and frequently conducts training with other universities throughout the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.