Carter School News
September 4, 2024Solon Simmons, professor of conflict and analysis in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, enters his first year as the George Mason University Faculty Senate president. At George Mason since 2006, Simmons has been a member of the senate for eight years.
August 27, 2024The Carter School is proud to coordinate the development of a Global Peace Labs Network as part of its innovative peace labs initiative. This network is rapidly expanding, with the recent inauguration of the York Peace Lab in partnership with the University of York in the UK. Building on this momentum, two new Peace Labs will join the network in 2025, funded by the State Department, in Japan and Korea.
August 26, 2024Nathaniel Socks, Pathways Internship, Department of State. George Mason University senior Nathaniel Socks has had two internships in his field, and he credits a course he took his sophomore year with his advisor Jane Walker for helping him get them.
August 21, 2024A collaboration between the conflict analysis and resolution and geography and geoinformation science is giving scholars access to data that shows the breadth and depth of violence of the Sudanese Civil War: a key component of achieving justice in cases of human rights violations and war crimes.
August 21, 2024George Mason University’s Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution hosted its largest group of high schoolers to date, 46, for its ninth annual Conflict Resolution Youth Summit in July.
August 20, 2024Grace McIntyre is an incoming student in the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution who is in the Honors College.
August 20, 2024Cece Foye is an incoming freshman in the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution who is a University Scholar in the Bonner Leadership Program.
August 20, 2024Cora Jackson, an incoming student in the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution and an Honors College student has passions for skiing, travel, and pets.
July 23, 2024The Carter School and College of Engineering and Computing are teaming up on a peace engineering minor.
June 10, 2024Taught by Chief Data Officer and Advanced Analytics Office Director Keith Noble, a new course brought students in front of US State Department officials to help broker peace in fragile states.
May 15, 2024George Mason University’s Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution will launch the Center for Peace Tech and Entrepreneurship in September 2024. The center will be established through the gift and support of Joe Schniebs, founder and CTO of Ridgeline International, a leader in digital identity management.
May 9, 2024Senior of the Year Celine Apenteng has made an impact during her time at George Mason, and she isn’t done. After graduating this spring, the Silver Spring, Maryland, native will continue to pursue her master’s through the university’s accelerated master’s program.