Schar School of Policy and Government

Nereyda Sevilla believes she has a way to change how authorities and the public respond to disease outbreaks perceived to be transmitted by air travel. If she’s right, it could potentially save billions of dollars in misdirected federal and state money and give millions of air passengers more precise information about infections.

Aiming high was just what George Mason University’s Jasmine Renderos had mind when she first began entertaining ideas about serving in the Foreign Service following graduation.

Joe Russell might just run for public office one day. For sure he will be an advocate for civil and voting rights.

Last fall, over a single week in the battle for Aleppo, 96 Syrian children were killed. Across Syria in 2015 and 2016, at least 1,200 children were killed (but possibly many more).

Zach Goble was excited about the opportunity to attend an ASM conference and all of the information he had the opportunity to gain.

Paul DeMaio is kind of a big deal. As the principal for MetroBike, LLC, he is a successful businessman, a global authority on bike-sharing programs, an environmental activist, avid cyclist, health advocate, blogger, and – as Capital Bikeshare’s Arlington program manager – he may even be the man responsible for how you got to work today.

“We are not Democrats first. We are not Republicans first. We are Americans first.” These were Verizon State Government Affairs Manager Douglas Brammer’s opening remarks at the 2016 ‘After Virginia Votes’ forum in Dewberry Hall on George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus.

It’s a question just about everyone faces at some point: Will I remain healthy and will I be happy after retirement?

I chose this opportunity because after many years of studying in the United States I wanted to expand and broaden my cultural perspectives by studying abroad in a foreign country. Along with the great cultural experience I wanted to travel to Budapest, Hungary because it seemed to be a different experience then the common study abroad locations such as England, Spain, Italy, etc. I was also quite interested to obtain better knowledge and an understanding of different countries and how they function. As a person with different ethnic backgrounds it intrigues me to visit distinct countries and learn their customs, languages, and manners.

Meeting the Egyptian ambassador to Panama and rubbing shoulders with U.S. Department of State VIPs are just two of the things that have made Katie Garay’s summer internship truly memorable.