Good Reads: A Sampling of New Books by Columbian College Faculty
CCAS Faculty books
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Making Dreams Come True: Donors and Recipients Stories
Sara Pool’s, MA ’16, dream of studying to be a speech pathologist were nearly derailed by financial woes. Then she met Janet Lambert, who, with her late husband ...
GW’s Cisneros Institute Appoints New Leadership
Elizabeth Vaquera, noted educator and scholar of Latino immigration and ethnicity, has been named director of the GW Cisneros...
By John DiConsiglio
In the mid-20th century, millions of people in Africa, Asia and around the globe lived under the colonial rule of overseas empires. Britain’s...
New Research Targets Immune System Vulnerabilities
By John DiConsiglio
In the battle against infections and diseases, from AIDS to cancer to diabetes, T-cells are the human body’s first line of defense. The white blood cells act...
#CCASOnward: Class of 2016 Celebrates ‘Onward’ Journey
“This is a moment that will echo throughout your life. It symbolizes a starting point, a bedrock foundation for catapulting forward, for moving ahead, for moving onward in...
International Teaching Exchange Bridges Borders
By John DiConsiglio
Poised on a tropical peninsula where Asia’s Pearl River washes into the South China Sea, the city of Macau has a reputation for gaming, glitz and an...
Fingerprint Analysis: Fact v. Fiction
By John DiConsiglio
For more than 100 years, fingerprints have been the forensic scientist’s handiest tool. They have been used to catch killers, free the wrongly accused and...
'Black Lives/Black Lungs' Matter
By John DiConsiglio
Growing up in a small Texas town, political science major Lincoln Mondy could name the colors on a Newport cigarette pack the way most kids...
Humans Ignite Wildfire Forecasts
Human behavior—from cigarettes tossed on the highway to electrical poles dotting the Santa Ana landscape—is as big a factor in driving the frequency of wildfires as climate change, according to a...