Why Your New Year’s Resolution Should Be Self-Acceptance
By Kristen Mitchell
A new year brings a season of change and the opportunity to focus on goals for the future. For many people, however, resolutions about weight loss and eating...
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Fins and Limbs Tell an Evolutionary Tale
About 400 million years ago, our early ancestors took their first hesitant steps out of the primordial seas on to land.
But did they really step? Or did they crawl? Or wiggle?...
Student Debaters Lend Voice to International Peace Project
GW student debaters engage in international peace project
Regulatory Studies Center Celebrates 10 Years
The GW Regulatory Studies Center celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall, marking a decade as a leading resource for...
LGBTQ+ Planned Gift Memorializes Fond Memories
In 1974, Michael Schmidt, BA ’78, MBA ’85, had just arrived on the GW campus and was already facing difficult questions. Like many other first-year students, he was uncertain...
Carving up the Thanksgiving Story
Most people know the traditional Thanksgiving story, a cheerful American tale handed down through grade school classes and outdated textbooks. It’s built on the image of welcoming Indians greeting...
Alumna’s Global Mission: Better Schools for Girls
When Sally A. Nuamah, BA ’11, first traveled to Ghana to study abroad during her sophomore year at Columbian College, the political science major expected to find herself in a...
NSF Grants Expand Koobi Fora's Reach
Junior Hannah Jacobson knew what she wanted from the Koobi Fora Field School when she traveled to Kenya last summer. A collaborative effort between the National Museums of Kenya...
Jin Haugland has a love/hate relationship with her cell phone. On the one hand, the first-year student from Houston, Texas, knows her phone is an indispensable tool for connecting...
Meet the NSF Student Research Fellows
Seven Columbian College PhD students were among the 2019 winners of the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.