Architecture Seminar Draws Blueprint for Debate
East meets West in Stephanie Travis’ Modern Architecture and Design Dean’s Seminar. As in: the East Building of the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art meets the West Building. It...
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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...
As a middle schooler, Victoria Skrivanos, now a Columbian College sophomore majoring in communication and minoring in journalism and mass communication, hit on what seemed like a...
For Alumna, Forensics Meets Fashion
As a forensic identification specialist with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Erika Di Palma, MFS ’07, can start her day at the scene of a burglary, where she might be...
The Nature of Visual Cognition
Why do some individuals outperform others? Associate Professor of Psychology Stephen Mitroff sits down with Columbian College Dean Ben Vinson to discuss the...
Making Women + Math = Opportunities
As a 6th grader, Isabelle Berger was convinced she hated math. When her middle school teacher used baseball batting averages to explain statistics, Berger’s eyes glazed over with...
Chemistry Student Helps Unlock TB Clues
Once thought to be all but eradicated, tuberculosis has made a tragic come back. Luther Rice Fellow Abby Pepin is working with Chemistry's Cynthia Dowd to turn back the TB tide.
Locating Lemurs: Facial Recognition Tech Tracks Endangered Species
The same facial recognition technology used to catch criminals can now track an endangered species—and possibly save it from extinction.
A team of researchers led by Rachel Jacobs...
How did the pundits and the pols get their election predictions so wrong? In a conversation with Columbian College Dean Ben Vinson, Associate Professor of Political Science...
Vanguard, Cisneros Institute Partner to Diversify PR Workforce
To invest in the future workforce and increase diversity in the communications, public relations and marketing fields, Vanguard Communications is introducing Comunicadores for the...
For 50 years, astronomers have watched pulsars—neutron stars born in supernova explosions—sweep through space with bursts of energy. But the spectacular stellar phenomenon have provided scientists...
Helping Transgender People Find Their Voice
By John DiConsiglio
When 15-year-old Lisa (not her real name) walked into the George Washington University Speech and Hearing Center, she looked and acted just like most other 9th grade...
Helping Transgender People Find Their Voice
At the GW Speech and Hearing Center, Adrienne Hancock and student clinicians guide transgender clients to a new, more genuine voice—and a new outlook on life.
Novelist Jung Yun Finds ‘Shelter’ in Writing
In the 1990s, Jung Yun, now assistant professor of English and a bestselling novelist, gave up on writing. When, at 19, she was denied a spot in a creative writing workshop, the...
No Teeth? No Problem. Toothless Dinosaur Lost Baby Teeth as They Grew
A study co-authored by Ronald Weintraub Professor of Biology James Clark, discovered a new species of dinosaur, Limusaurus inextricabilis, that lost its teeth in...
A Night at the Opera: Alumnus Tenor Hits High Note
By John DiConsiglio
Opera singer Zach Borichevsky, BA ’06, has been a Romeo in Chile, an Eisenstein in Cincinnati and an Alfredo from Verdi’s La traviata in...
Experiences, Temperatures Drive Belief in Climate Change
A new study, co-authored by Associate Professor of Geography Michael Mann, found that local weather may play an important role in our belief about climate change. The research...
No Teeth? No Problem. Dinosaur Species Had Teeth as Babies, Lost Them as They Grew
A study co-authored by James Clark, the Ronald Weintraub Professor of Biology, has discovered that a species of dinosaur, Limusaurus inextricabilis, lost its teeth in adolescence and did not grow...
Immigrant Saga Spans Centuries of Dreams
By John DiConsiglio
In the last 15 years, whenever Professor of History Tyler Anbinder mentioned to friends and colleagues that he was working on a book about immigrants,...
In Islamic Studies, a World of Students Share Insights
By John DiConsiglio
When Halim Khoiri announced that he was leaving his native Indonesia to pursue a master’s degree in Islamic Studies at GW, his friends and family tried...
Holiday Depression is More Than the Blues
By John DiConsiglio
Amid the family gatherings, parties and gift-giving, the holiday season overflows with joy and good cheer—or does it? Many people feel out of step with ruddy-cheeked...
Learning From Today’s Newsmakers
Imagine you are a GW student aspiring to be a broadcast journalist or break into political communications. You walk into your classroom and see the guest speaker, a former White House press...
Alumni Bring African American History to Life
By John DiConsiglio
Among the 38,000 items on display at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, the one that never fails to make Museum Specialist Kevin...
Mind Games: Can We Really Shape Our Brains?
By John DiConsiglio
Put a group of strangers in a social setting—a restaurant, for example, or an office—and the results are likely to be, well, unremarkable. Dinners will be ordered,...
Alumnus Dan Weiss Honored for 'Towering' Achievements
Alumnus Dan Weiss Honored for 'Towering' Achievements
For Interior Design Alumni, Homee Is Where the Heart Is
For three Interior Architecture & Design alumni, a chance meeting in a GW drafting class...
$157 Million in NIH Funding Targets Environmental Influences on Child Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced $157 million in grant awards to launch a seven-year initiative called Environmental influences on...
Saving the Bay, One Oyster at a Time
By John DiConsiglio
They call it “Oyster Alley”—a narrow strip of concrete tucked in an alcove beside Bell Hall. There you’ll find a meshed wire bin overflowing with oyster shells. The...
The National Mall: Inside America’s Front Yard
By John DiConsiglio
The National Mall in Washington, D.C., has been called “America’s front yard” and “a stage for democracy.” By any name, the 146-acre park grounds, stretching more than...