New Graduate Degrees Match Marketplace Demand
To keep pace with the evolving challenges of the 21st-century global marketplace, new graduate programs have been launched to better prepare students for in-demand expertise in green chemistry and...
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Chemistry’s Stuart Licht is pulling carbon dioxide from the air and turning it into earth-friendly industrial materials. It’s the latest step in his ongoing efforts to reverse the tide of global...
Peace is a state we all want to attain—for ourselves, for our loved ones, for the world. But peace means different things to different people and cultures.
GW Culture Buffs Hit Miami Beach for Art Basel
Artists, A-list celebrities, art collectors—and GW alumni—flocked to Miami Beach, Florida, this past weekend for Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the biggest art fairs in the United States.
Satellite Images Reach New Heights
By John DiConsiglio
From 300 miles above the ground, Accra, Ghana, looks like most major cities. A satellite image shows a network of lines and rectangles, representing roads and buildings...
By John DiConsiglio
Growing up in a small Texas town, MFA dance student Felicia Avalos knew little about her father’s past as a undocumented immigrant from Mexico. She had...
Nature and Nurture: Human Brain Evolved to Respond to Environment
What is it about the human brain that makes us so different from chimpanzees, our closest living relatives? Lead by postdoctoral scientist Aida Gómez-Robles from the Center for...
By John DiConsiglio
On Day One of her new course on Sexual Communications, Katrina Pariera, assistant professor of communication, opened with an icebreaker. With students...
Are Female Candidates Still Running Against Gender Bias?
By John DiConsiglio
Hillary Clinton’s hairstyle. Sarah Palin’s wardrobe. When female candidates run for office, the electoral focus invariably seems to fall on their appearance rather than...
By John DiConsiglio
No one has ever confused the Anacostia River with the mighty sweep of the Nile. But to archaeologist Kate Birmingham, MA ’10, a cultural resources...
From Cross-Disciplinary Study to the Slums of India, Students’ Business Plan is Changing Lives
By John DiConsiglio
Columbian College junior Maz Obuz and his friend Elliot School student Evan Young were just looking for a good grade in an engineering...
Can Stephanie Travis Save Sketching?
By John DiConsiglio
It’s the dirty secret of design in the digital age: Today’s architects spend many more hours laboring over computer screens than sketchbooks. Hand-drawings, the...
By John DiConsiglio
For many people suffering with schizophrenia, the most terrifying aspect of their condition is the voices—the phantom sounds that echo menacingly through their brains....
A grant from The Morningstar Foundation, the family foundation of Susie and Michael Gelman, will help develop an Israel Studies component of Columbian College's Judaic Studies Program. The grant...
For Human Ancestors, Bigger Wasn’t Better
Nearly 3 million years ago, the earliest members of the Homo genus—which includes our species Homo sapiens, or modern humans—emerged as the bully on the evolutionary block. They...
Dean Ben Vinson: The Path Ahead
Ben Vinson, dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, recently reflected on his vision for an “engaged liberal arts” and the overall educational enterprise...
Columbian College welcomed 12 new full-time faculty members this year, bringing the total number of full-time scholars to 494. Each of these academics adds skills and expertise that enhance the...
Elizabeth Chacko: The Thrill of Discovery
Geography Professor and Department Chair Elizabeth Chacko has always seen her professional career as an academic adventure—a chance to ask a new question, uncover a new insight...
GW Names Inaugural Director of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design
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A Sampling of New Books by Columbian College Faculty
A Sampling of 2025 Books by Columbian College Faculty
By John DiConsiglio
For the faculty and students of the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology (CASHP), coordinating research activities within the program—much less across...
New Grants Pave Way for Columbian College Research and Discoveries
From scientific examinations of turtle ant colonies and orb-weaving spiders to research investigations delving deep into the cells of developing embryos and the brains of people with schizophrenia...
Detecting the Undetectable: Vertes Chip Identifies Invisible Chemicals Threats
Professor of Chemistry Akos Vertes recently added a new invention to his long list of accomplishments: a nano-device capable of rapidly identifying materials made up of as little as 100,000 molecules.
Daniel E. Martínez Named Director of the GW Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute
Daniel E. Martínez, an assistant professor of sociology at the George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, has been named director of the new GW Cisneros...
Columbian College alumnus Gilbert Cisneros, BA ’94, and his wife Jacki, have donated $7 million to create the GW Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute.
“Gil and Jacki...
On Baltic Tour, Choir Hits all the Right Notes
By John DiConsiglio
From the churches of Latvia to the castles of Lithuania to the villages and town squares of Estonia, the Baltic States of Northern Europe are renowned for their rich...
Alumnus Solves Forensics Mysteries, Touches Lives
By John DiConsiglio
Each morning when Adrienne Borges, MS ’06, arrives for work at the Bode Technology Group's Cellmark Forensics Lab in Lorton, Va., she dons her white...
Working in South Africa, Students Take Stand Against Rape
By John DiConsiglio
For victims of sexual violence, the house in the South African district of Observatory is a safe place. From the outside, along a quiet tree-lined street, the building...