Senior News Editor Adam Sylvain

Professor no longer employed by Mason after alleged child porn possession, according to spokesman

The part-time Italian language instructor, arrested last week on charges of alleged child pornography possession, has been dismissed by George Mason University, according to University Spokesman Dan Walsch.

“He is no longer employed at the university,” Walsch said Friday afternoon.

President Merten addresses university community at Fall Convocation

The Fall Convocation was held Wednesday afternoon in the Mason Inn ballroom. University President Alan Merten, Senior Vice President Maurice Scherrens and Associate Provost for Graduate Education Michelle Marks each addressed the Mason community with presentations on the infrastructural, academic and fiscal initiatives the university is undertaking.

The event was open to all members of the university, including students, faculty and staff.