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Heather Aleknavage, an MAIS Higher Education student, was awarded the Dean's Challenge Award.

Screening and Q&A March 18 7:30pm. The short documentary Mother, Daughter, Sister exposes the Burmese military’s practice of using rape as a weapon of war and gives voice to Kachin and Rohingya women activists calling for justice for these crimes.

George Mason University has formally launched a multidisciplinary institute to tackle one of the toughest issues facing the world—its future.

The Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) is proud to announce our latest achievement – the Immigrant Stories Project. This web publication aims to provide essential information regarding immigrant populations in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland metro areas by combining data and personal stories. Currently, the page includes stories and data on immigrants from Korea, India, and Bolivia. Additional countries of origin will be included in the future.

Registration is now going on for this year's Philippines 2019 Summer Study Abroad Program, a 6-credit course of experiential learning in Human Trafficking and Community Engagement. The program runs from June 24 until July 22 (4 weeks).

The Center for Climate Change Communication, led by Ed Maibach, conducted its first "Climate Change in the American Mind" survey with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication in 2008.

Students collaborated with the Virginia Folklife Program, Maryland Traditions and the Sandy Spring Museum to produce digital stories about local folklife practitioners, including Violeta Palchik's film on Uyghur cuisine.​