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Lien-Yung (Nyima) Kao

Math’s Kao Wins CAREER Award Honors

Mathematics Professor Lien-Yung (Nyima) Kao was recognized with NSF’s prestigious honor for his work combining ergodic theory and geometry.

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From Stigma to Science and Support: Anthropology’s Grinker Authors Autism Narrative

As a researcher, educator and father, Anthropology’s Roy Richard Grinker shares his personal and professional journey through autism’s changing landscape.

Lucia Kustra

DIG-ging Anthropology: Senior Bridges Labs, Leadership

Lucia Kustra studies primate cultures and leads the next generation of anthropologists as president of the DIG pre-professional fraternity.

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The Fine Print on Fingerprints

In classrooms and crime scenes, forensic sciences’ Heidi Eldridge relies on evidence over assumptions and encourages students to think for themselves.

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Game, Set, Science: How Physics Powers Tennis

From hardcourts to hard science, CCAS faculty and alumni explain why physics can perfect your play.

Alex Nyerges and Lindsay Chervinsky

Alumni Authors Write History’s Second Draft

In new books, alumni authors Alex Nyerges, BA ’79, MA ’82, and Lindsay Chervinsky, BA ’10, bring history to life.

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Donor Opens Up New Worlds

Supported by an alumna’s gift, students in Short-Term Study Abroad programs journeyed to historical and cultural locales at the center of their studies.

Chet'la Sebree

Poetry in Motion: Sebree Writes Outside the Lines

In her poetry and her classroom, English Professor Chet’la Sebree challenges the stories we tell ourselves about art, AI and how to make sense of the world.

Beautiful landscape showing mountains and trees at the 550,000-acre Vermejo Ranch in New Mexico (Photo: Andrew McCabe)

Field Study: Chronicling Conservation at Turner Reserves

Through a partnership with Planet Forward, students and recent graduates honed their environmental storytelling skills in the New Mexico landscape.

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The Particle Whisperers

GW experimental physicists are pioneering big science at the smallest scale.