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Senior Wins Gold in Japanese Speech Contest

Senior Dusty Rogers came to GW not knowing a word of Japanese. Now she is a Gold Award winner at the annual J.LIVE Talk competition.

Gamma ray burst chart

Black Hole Eats Star: Student Charts Record Blast

Physics PhD student Eliza Neights was part of a NASA mission that recorded a gamma-ray burst, the most powerful class of cosmic explosions, lasting for days.

Robert Lindneux’s 1942 painting “Trail of Tears” depicts the forced removal of the Cherokee people in 1838. (Courtesy Woolaroc Museum, Bartlesville, Oklahoma)

A Legacy Reconsidered: Native Voices Rewrite America’s Racial Story

In his new book, History Professor David Silverman reframes U.S. racial struggles to spotlight Indigenous identities.

GW Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Happy Holidays with stars and snow

Year-End Dean's Message: 2025

As we approach the close of 2025, CCAS Dean Paul Wahlbeck takes a moment to express his sincere gratitude to the GW community.

Dean Paul Wahlbeck and Professor Timothy Shenk seated on stage in chairs talking in front of a Columbian College of Arts & Sciences screen

The State of Our Democracy

In a video conversation with CCAS Dean Paul Wahlbeck, Assistant Professor of History Timothy Shenk discusses the impact of modern American politics on our democracy.

An image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals thousands of galaxies that are too distant for the Hubble Telescope to capture. (Photo courtesy NASA)

More Than Pretty Pictures: Space Telescopes Transform Science, Society

As part of a CCAS conversation series, GW faculty explored how images from the Hubble and James Webb telescopes reshape science and influence policy, priorities and public perception.

Coffee Nation cover on left, Michelle Craig McDonald on the right

Brewing History: Alumna Stirs Coffee’s Revolutionary Roots

In her new book, historian Michelle Craig McDonald, MA ’94, reveals coffee’s surprising place in America’s story of independence—and interdependence.

Close up of a stone tool sitting in a patch of sandy dirt

Tools of Change: Research Team Uncovers 300,000 Years of Technology Traditions

New research led by Anthropology’s David Braun reveals how early humans crafted stone tools during environmental upheaval.

Dean Paul Wahlbeck seated on a stage across from Kimberly Morgan, with a Columbian College logo behind them

The Politics of Immigration

In a video conversation with Dean Wahlbeck, Professor of Political Science & International Affairs Kimberly Morgan discusses the policies and politics driving the immigration issue.

First-year students Jocelyn Graham and Bradley Fowler traveled to D.C.’s Chinatown during an assignment for Professor Elizabeth Chacko’s Migrants in the City Dean’s Seminar.

Street Smarts: Geography Class Maps D.C.’s Immigrant Identity

In her Migrants in the City Dean’s Seminar, Geography’s Elizabeth Chacko turns the District into a classroom as students explore urban diversity.