Robinson Professor Dr. Thelma Z. Lavine – Making philosophy relevant

“Thelma wants to save the state,” reads a line from a humorous poem written by an unidentified schoolmate of future Robinson Professor Dr. Thelma Z. Lavine. Although the poem was written during Lavine’s college days, the words were surprisingly predictive. Dr. Lavine did indeed work to “save the state.” She spent her career tirelessly helping […]

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Let the Broadside negatives scanning project commence!

This fall SC&A received a generous grant from the Auxiliary Enterprise Management Council (AEMC) that is providing funding for new scanning equipment and two undergraduate students to scan, research, and contextualize negatives from the George Mason University Broadside photograph collection. This project will make accessible approximately 10,000 original photographs of George Mason University taken by […]

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Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights

-Michelle Page The Center for the Study of Constitutional Rights was established in 1981 as part of the Project for the Study of Human Rights at George Mason University.  The Center examined the formation of the Bill of Rights and the ways that landmark document was influenced by George Mason of Gunston Hall.  It also […]

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GMU Yearbooks now online!

Forty-eight yearbooks chronicling the history of George Mason University have been added to our digital collections! Thanks to the WRLC Yearbook Project, all of our hardbound yearbooks are scanned and online. The yearbooks date from 1965 to 2012 and are fully searchable. To search the text of all of the yearbooks, go to the Yearbook […]

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Fenwick construction and SC&A

At Fenwick Library, SC&A and many other departments are preparing for construction of a new addition to the library. Check out the FOCUS (Fenwick Online Construction Update Site) to keep up with construction news. Recent work by the construction company includes installing fences around the perimeter of the construction site, paving an alternate sidewalk between […]

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