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George Mason University (also known as GMU or "Mason") is a public university in Fairfax, Virginia. The university has about 32,562 students. It was founded in 1957. The current president of the university is Alan G. Merten.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Patriots. They have 22 varsity teams, most of which compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference (A10). Mason has different conference memberships in two sports that the A10 does not sponsor. The men's volleyball team plays in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, and the wrestling team is a member of the Eastern Wrestling League.
Aerial photograph taken in 1967 showing what was then called George Mason College
Decal from when George Mason College was a part of the University of Virginia
Governor A. Linwood Holton signs H‑210 separating George Mason College from the University of Virginia, April 7, 1972
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Fairfax City CUE Bus at Vienna, Fairfax, GMU station
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Arlington campus subway stop
Beacon Hall, Hylton Performing Arts Center, the EDGE, Life Sciences Laboratory, Discovery Hall, Occoquan Building, Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center, Bull Run Hall, Biomedical Research Laboratory
Academic Center, G.T. Halpin Family Living & Learning Community, Dining Commons
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S. David Wu
MRI machine used at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
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Hofstra visits the Patriot Centor on January 26, 2005
James M. Buchanan, Nobel Prize-winning economist and namesake of James Buchanan Hall
Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize-winning economist and namesake of Vernon Smith Hall
Gordon Tullock, co-founder of public choice economics
