Into the Fire: Researcher, Firefighters Team on Life-Saving Searches
Psychology’s John Philbeck is taking his spatial cognition research out of the lab and into action to aid search and rescue squads.
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The Ecology of Plant/Animal Interactions
In a video conversation with Dean Wahlbeck, Biology's John Lill discusses the interplay between plants and animals, and the impact of climate change on their coexistence.
Writing Beyond Bars: Student Storytellers Free Incarcerated Voices
In her digital storytelling class, English’s Emma Wu connects GW students and D.C. inmates through a pen pal project for reclaiming memory and humanity.
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.
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.
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.
As we approach the close of 2025, CCAS Dean Paul Wahlbeck takes a moment to express his sincere gratitude to the GW community.
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.
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.
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.