CCAS Undergraduate Studies Events
Past Events and Recordings
Recordings of past workshops will be posted when available.
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 5:00pm
Want to know more about GW's history? This tour, led by Professor Phillip Troutman, walks you through our two centuries, first as Columbian College and then as GW. You'll hear how DC organizers in 1820 poached the national Baptist college from Philadelphia; how proslavery students in 1847 rioted over a classmate's abolitionist actions; and how the college survived the Civil War as an army hospital.
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 - 5:00pm
Want to know more about GW's history? This tour, led by Professor Phillip Troutman, walks you through our two centuries, first as Columbian College and then as GW. You'll hear how DC organizers in 1820 poached the national Baptist college from Philadelphia; how proslavery students in 1847 rioted over a classmate's abolitionist actions; and how the college survived the Civil War as an army hospital.
Friday, April 16, 2021 - 10:30am to 11:30am
In mid-2022, as part of the complete renovation of the National Mall Building, NASM will open Destination Moon, its new exhibition on lunar exploration from ancient dreams to the missions happening today. At its center will be the story of the Cold War Moon race and Project Apollo.
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Exhibition developer and project manager Siobhan Starrs will take you behind-the-scenes of the seven-year mammoth undertaking to renovate, design, and rebuild the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Fossil Hall. Starrs will provide an overview of the project’s breadth, surprising discoveries unearthed along the way, and the continuing cultural relevance of museums.
Friday, March 26, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
“How Did You Get That?” -- when the “Explore the Universe” gallery opened on September 11, 2001 (!), many people asked me that question after they toured the exhibit. In the late 1990s we collected, by acquisition and by loan, some of the most important astronomical instruments of the modern era. On loan are: William Herschel’s original 20-foot telescope with which he “gauged” the universe.
Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
To invoke the word “crisis” is to stake out a strong position in presenting the topic of climate change and its increasing impacts on life on our home planet. This “crisis” is human-centric—human actions and choices, especially those in highly-developed nations, are altering fundamentally Earth as a physical system, threatening the viability of Earth’s biosphere.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm
The material legacy of the Apollo program is immense. Thousands of artifacts from rocket engines to spacesuits to the ephemera of life aboard a spacecraft are represented in the Smithsonian’s collections. In this presentation, Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, reassesses the history of the Moon landing through the most evocative objects of the Space Age.
Friday, November 6, 2020 - 2:00pm
Did you know that GW has a burying ground? Before the Civil War, several students, faculty (and their children), were interred in Columbian College's burial ground on the original 1821 campus in Columbia Heights, along with major donor John Withers, who figured into DC's Snow Riot of 1834.
Friday, October 30, 2020 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
The Office of Undergraduate Studies and CCAS Advising is organizing a faculty roundtable that will address systemic racism by faculty from across CCAS disciplines. The roundtable will provide a multi-disciplinary perspective on systemic racism with a focus on this summer’s protests and social justice movements.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - 4:00pm
Seminar participants have an opportunity to explore displays from one of the most popular museums in Washington and follow behind the scenes as the staff makes changes to the spaces.
Monday, October 12, 2020 - 4:00pm
This discussion introduces students to the new exhibition, “In Slavery’s Wake: Slavery, Race and the Making of Our World” at the Smithsonian’s African American History Museum.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - 1:20pm
Zachary Wolfe, a University Writing Program professor, will lead a discussion on the singular experience of Supreme Court oral arguments and the significant “no fly list” case.
