George Mason University holds its University Commencement on Thursday, May 9 at 10:00 a.m., in the EagleBank Arena, and the CHSS Degree Celebration for our graduating students will be held on Friday, May 10 at 2:30 p.m., in the EagleBank Arena. Learn more about each of these events.

On January 31, 2024 the Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) hosted a conversation with current and former players on the D.C. DIVAS. The D.C. DIVAS are one of 14 professional teams in the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA). Over the last two decades, the DIVAS have won three National Championships and compiled more victories than any other franchise in the history of the sport. But the DIVAS are about more than sports. Their mission “… is to level the playing field for girls and women in sports” and to inspire and empower the next generation of athletes.

Forty years ago, economist Bruce Yandle — who is affiliated with George Mason University’s Mercatus Center— used regulatory economics and U.S. alcohol regulation to illustrate why seemingly polar opposites join forces and benefit from the status quo, only in very different ways. This provides a framework for understanding why Washington fails to get anything done to understand the situation on the southern border and immigration policy more broadly.