Columbian College Propels ‘Making History’ Over $1 Billion Goal
“Making History: The Campaign for GW” surpassed its $1 billion fundraising goal a year ahead of schedule, thanks to contributions from nearly 67,000 donors including more than $185 million raised...
Page Turners: A Sampling of New Books by Columbian College Faculty
The Ten Commandments. China’s emerging global economy. The impact of firearms on Native American culture. These topics may seem to have little in common—except that they are all among the prolific...
Ancient Muslim Manuscripts Unearthed
Two previously unknown versions of “Fath al-Bari,” a classic work that shaped the way Sunni Muslims understand Muhammad’s sayings and practices, were discovered by Joel Blecher,...
Research Grants Open Doors to Discoveries
From tracking fossil footprints through Kenya to enhancing cybersecurity to preparing the next generation of math and science teachers, it’s been a banner year for major new research grants at...
The Impact of Islam in the Contemporary World
Dean Ben Vinson sat down with Assistant Professor of Anthropology Attiya Ahmad to discuss her research on the socio-cultural interrelationship between gender,...
Scholarship Program to Boost STEM Teachers
Through a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship...
At latitude 42 degrees South, longitude 165 degrees West—somewhere in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean, roughly 200 nautical miles east of New Zealand—Lily Anna Segalman got...
For Author Waberi, Voices of Genocide Echo From Rwanda
In 1998, Abdourahman Waberi, then a 32-year-old novelist and poet, embarked on a mission to Rwanda with 10 African authors and filmmakers. It was just four years after the...
