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African Identities in the Age of Obama – Conference at Mason

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Mason will hold its first African and African American Studies Conference at the Fairfax Campus starting tomorrow.  The aim of the conference is "to provide a critical forum for the continued examination of African identities, the African and African American Studies program at George Mason University."   The conference is titled ...

Provost’s Faculty Forum on International Projects.

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Locations for the Provost's Faculty Forum on International Projects, Tuesday, September 29, 11:30 am, will be as follows: Fairfax Campus, Johnson Center Cinema Arlington Campus, Original Building, Rm 250 (video conferenced) Prince William Campus, Discovery Hill Building, Room 100 (video conferenced) Major Mason international initiatives will be briefly outlined by Provost Stearns, with a chance for questions ...

World trade is now Global!

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

University Libraries recently upgraded our World Trade Atlas, to the newer Global Trade Atlas from Global Information Services. Like its predecessor, GTA also provides researchers with detailed country trade (import and export) data using the the Harmonized Schedule Code.  User can search by focusing on specific countries or by individual commodities or commodity ...

Gearing up for global research

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

It's almost August...and for those of us in the academic world, that signals the end of summer :~( but with a good 30 days before classes left, there's still plenty of time for fun, sun and relaxation should you care to find it... for the rest of us, there are new databases and ...

OpenDoors-Report on international educational exchange

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Open Doors is an information resource that documents international students studying in the United States and abroad. The printed version of the report provides data on place of origin, sources of financial support, fields of study, host institutions, academic level, and rates of growth of the international student population in the ...

Mason’s Confucius Institute highlights Chinese language and Culture

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

GMU's new partnership makes it the first university in Virginia to host a Confucius Institute.  The new institute will focus on the promotion and outreach for Chinese language and culture. Read more in this Gazette article by  Catherine Ferraro here: http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/12989/