January 17, 2022In observance of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Directive issued January 15 for managing responses to COVID-19, George Mason University will now strongly encourage employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters, and to share their vaccination status with Mason.
January 14, 2022Mason is committed to providing community members with mask options, and has ordered 180,000 N95 masks for the campus community, to be delivered in multiple shipments. The first batch of 35,000 is expected to arrive this week.
January 14, 2022This spring we are guided by three goals for success: preserving health and safety, minimizing operational disruptions, and stopping the spread of the virus to hasten the end of the pandemic. We urge administrative and academic units to review their contingency plans and update them as appropriate.-
January 13, 2022On December 31, George Mason University announced it has joined the growing community of universities requiring that students, staff, and faculty receive Covid booster shots for the spring 2022 semester. This requirement has been largely well-received, but it has prompted some questions that merit the university offering a deeper explanation.
- January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 To the Mason Community:
- January 5, 2022Schools across US bracing for impact as Omicron spreads and threatens to disrupt in-person learning.
January 5, 2022Infectious Disease Expert Shares Insight on How the Omicron Variant's Spread Could Affect Schools and In-Person Instruction- December 31, 2021We will open as planned on January 3, and the spring semester will begin as planned on January 24. We will require all faculty, staff, and students to obtain a booster shot as soon as they are able, and provide proof of the booster to Mason. And we will continue our indoor masking, testing, and Mason COVID Health Check requirements.
- December 27, 2021COVID-19 surge due to omicron variant impacting testing sites, travel, NYE plans. Roess starts at the 1 minute and 26-second mark.
- December 14, 2021Tarrant County COVID deaths increased in 2021. But there is hope 2022 will be better.
- December 13, 2021Tarrant County COVID deaths increased in 2021. But there is hope 2022 will be better.
- December 13, 2021The Fast Grants program within the Mercatus Center will aid in the development of a potential pan-coronavirus vaccine.