The Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, a partnership between George Mason University and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI), is now offering an expanded catalog of graduate and professional courses in a wide range of topics related to biodiversity conservation, from applied climate change to technical tools in statistics, genetics and field sampling. All courses are currently 1 or 2-week intensive residential courses and they will now be held in a brand-new, sustainably-built Academic Center on the grounds of SCBI in Front Royal Virginia. Most courses can be taken either for graduate credit or continuing education units.