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Alumna Empowers Future Leaders

Multimedia journalist Nana Agyemang, BA ’16, uses her platform EveryStylishGirl to promote diversity in fashion. Now her endowed scholarship at GW will help lift a new generation.

Learning & Discovery

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A crowd of protestors carrying flags and signs reading "COVID is a hoax"

Inside Science Denial

From Galileo to COVID, science breakthroughs have historically been shadowed by science deniers. In his Dean’s Seminar, Chemistry’s Holden Thorp teaches students how to decode their playbook.

Making a Difference

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Katherine Marshall Woods

Coping with Post-Election Anxiety

The 2024 presidential election is over, but for many the anxiety remains. Clinical Psychology Professor Katherine Marshall Woods has tips for unwinding, unplugging and sharing kindness.



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CCAS by the Numbers

 

67 majors, 68 minors, 14 grad certificates, 50 master's degrees, 23 doctoral degrees
 
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500+ permanent full-time faculty, 720 average annual faculty media hits
 
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5,500 undergraduate students, 2,200 graduate students, 88,000 alumni living in all states and countries


 

  

 

 

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"This school has provided me with lifelong friendships, connections and opportunities. Getting to routinely attend shows at the Kennedy Center, meeting Kerry Washington and interning on Capitol Hill are some of the most memorable moments from my time as a Revolutionary."

Maureen Rafter
BA ‘24, American Studies and Music