PhD candidate Matthew D’Anna established a partnership with the City of Fairfax Police Department that allows students to use their crime, calls for service, and vehicle accident location data in his undergraduate course on Crime and Place.

CLS Adjunct Professor Kevin Fornshill's special topics undergraduate course on hate crimes is highlighted on front page of the Washington Post.

Graduate student Emily Smedley has been awarded the ATAP Dr. Chris Hatcher Memorial Scholarship based on her interest in and research on threat assessment.

A study co-authored by Allison Redlich, faculty member in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society, is cited in a New York Times Magazine article on wrongful convictions.

George Mason University has been selected by the Department of Homeland Security to lead its Center of Excellence in Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis. The 10-year, multimillion-dollar grant is among the largest research awards the university has received, with $3.85 million committed for its first year of operation.

In an article on Latin American policing strategies, David Weisburd, Distinguished Professor in Criminology, Law and Society and executive director, Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, considered the impact of organized crime on the efficacy of hot-spot policing.

On June 20, 2017, Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey A. Kincaid presented scholarship checks to three George Mason University students who are majoring in Criminology, Law and Society. 

The mood in EagleBank Arena was lively on May 18 and 19, as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences held its degree celebration ceremonies. Congratulations again to all of our graduates! We are pleased to welcome you to an impressive community of alumni, made only stronger by the class of 2017.