Schar School Staff

A panel of Middle East experts drawn from diplomacy, media, and intelligence took to the Mason Square stage to discuss the aftershocks of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.

As the Schar School’s ODKM heads toward its third decade, here’s a rundown on how it got there and what’s the future holds for this distinctive master’s program.

This year’s Schar School Paul L. Posner Federal Budgeting Career Legacy Award goes to Leon Panetta.

In a Schar School exclusive, the popular Trump trials podcast “Jack: A Special Counsel Podcast” was taped with a moderator and a special guest before a live audience. Here’s what happened.

While much of Washington focuses on threats by China, Russia, and the Middle East, a Schar School panel emphasizes the emerging and existing threats from south of the border.

First-year Master of Public Administration students met with Arlington County leaders to learn about governance. Many of those they met are graduates of the MPA program themselves.

Ten Schar School students took the Midwest Political Science Association conference by storm, presenting papers, posters, and sitting on panels. A 2023 undergrad won the 2024 best paper award. See who went and what they did.

A new study by the Center for Regional Analysis shows the inventory of affordable workforce housing will increase if new arenas are built in Alexandria.

The big winners of a two-month-long competition to create innovative ways to combat counterfeiting were Mason students and alumni—and the world at large. See who won the thousands in prize money in the Bring Down Counterfeiting Hackathon 2023 and who helped sponsor it.

A guest speaker to a Schar School classroom provided first-hand insight into life, such as it is, in North Korea. And Justin Seo should know: He’s a defector.