When Professor of Sociology Xolela Mangcu remembers his childhood in apartheid-era South Africa, the first image that comes to mind is darkness.
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Sky’s the Limit: Eco-Telescope Lands at GW
On the south side of Science and Engineering Hall, students hurrying along H Street are accustomed to dodging traffic and food trucks on their way to class. But on recent sunny days, some have...
Medieval Astrologists as Weather Forecasters?
Pity the Medieval Period. The era stretching from roughly 1000 to 1500 is often dismissed as a wasteland of intellectual and artistic darkness. Overshadowed by Enlightenment stars from Da Vinci to...
Sanjit Sethi Named President of Minneapolis Art and Design
After nearly four years as the inaugural director of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University, Sanjit Sethi will become the next president of...
History News Network Comes to CCAS
History News Network (HNN), a newsletter and website that brings historical perspective to current events, is now part of Columbian...
In Marshal Alcorn’s Dean’s Seminar on Violence and Trauma, first-year students grapple with trauma in all of its forms. They read...
For Environmental Chemists, It’s Easy Being Green
From filling consumer orders for shampoos and cosmetics to making life-saving drugs to meeting industrial demands for glues and solvents, chemists are skilled at designing molecules to meet...
Speed Thesis: 3MT Comes to Columbian College
Present a 100-page dissertation in three minutes?
That was the seemingly impossible challenge for a group of Columbian College PhD students participating in the...
Alumni Unicorns Spell Business Magic
An exercise revolution. Food that can save the planet. An innovative approach to online learning. And the Uber of garbage.
What do they have in common? They’re the brainchildren...