May 2, 2023Schar School students discover what happens inside the Council on Foreign Relations during a learning communities visit. (Good news: There are jobs and internships.)
February 13, 2023The intelligence experts at the Schar School’s Michael V. Hayden Center took the stage and then took questions in an “ask me anything” forum.
November 8, 2022Seven-term U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly visited the Schar School’s Democracy Lab. Here’s what the students learnedan
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.
September 12, 2022What better way for new students to bond than climbing a tower made of logs and ropes? Democracy Lab and International Relations Policy Task Force students did just that. Along with a few professors.
July 7, 2022The first Democracy Lab living-learning community is in the books. Here’s what happened.
April 12, 2022The Schar School’s new “learning community” attracts students who are serious about saving democracy. Shreyas Adicherla came from Arkansas to do just that.
September 21, 2021The program directors behind the Schar School’s new learning communities came up with a clever way to teach new students living on campus where everything is. Plus, Mason president Gregory Washington delivered an inaugural address.