Cell Phone Demography: Analyzing Use across Ethnic Groups
Professor of Anthropology Joel Kuipers’ fascination with cell phones extends well beyond texting and the “Words with Friends” smart phone app. Mindful of the estimated 6...
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Early Toolmakers: The Secrets Behind Rock Banging
Why were some early humans able to shape stone tools while others were not? Erin Marie Williams, a post-doctoral scientist in hominid paleobiology, is banging rocks together to...
Prime Movers Media Gains Traction
Prime Movers Media, the nation’s first journalism mentorship program to focus on urban schools, is exceeding expectations thanks to power partnerships with top multi-media organizations.
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Alumnus Embraces His Dreams through Writing
Riding the waves off Melbourne Beach, Fla., alumnus Thad Ziolkowski, BA ’83, dreamed of becoming a professional surfer. Then his family moved to landlocked Kansas. Ziolkowski...
Grad Student Exposes Vulnerabilities of Social Media
As social media expands in popularity, so, too, has the volume of personal information living on the Internet. Forensic sciences master candidate Regina Elwell researched the...
First-Year Students Dig Deep in Dean’s Seminars
For incoming first-year students, pop culture may be embodied by celebrities such as Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber, rather than relationships. But “Hollywood and Politics,” a seminar taught by...
Washington Sex Scandals: Examining Culture, Controversy, and Citizenship
From Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s alleged extramarital affairs to Congressman Anthony Weiner’s suggestive tweets, sex scandals are a hot commodity in the 24/7 news cycle, often...
Pioneer of DNA Testing to Chair Forensic Sciences
Victor Weedn, who oversaw the development of the first portable DNA testing device, which became the basis for the U.S. Postal Service’s anthrax detection equipment, will join Columbian College...
Chemistry Alumna and New GW Trustee Madeleine Jacobs on Service, Philanthropy, and Career
Madeleine Jacobs, BS ’68, HON ’03, executive director and CEO of the American Chemical Society, was on campus recently as a member of Columbian College’s National Council of Arts...
Students Collaborate with EPA on Urban Sustainability Solutions
As part of their capstone project, graduate students in Professor Henry Teng’s Environmental Resource Policy Program took on a new role: consultants to the Environmental...
Changing Course: Unknown Opportunities Abound for Senior Tim Quinn
First-year students often enter GW imagining the four years ahead of them will take a certain shape and follow a particular path. But sometimes a surreptitious encounter with a professor, friend,...
A Senior Moment: Graduates Reflect on Their Time at GW
With the Columbian College Celebration and GW Commencement around the corner, emotions are running high this time of year as seniors say goodbye to friends and faculty and look ahead with...
Chiswick on the Economy and Rise in Student Economics Majors
The seminal research on labor markets and immigration by Barry Chiswick, chair of the Department of Economics, seems particularly relevant today as the nation struggles to rebound...
Wheelchair Diaries: A Student's Quest for Accessibility
To fund his documentary, Davenport applied for and received from Columbian College a $5,000 research stipend through the Luther Rice Undergraduate Research Fellowship program
Number of Full-time Faculty on the Rise
Columbian College will have increased the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty from 317 in 2009 to 358 by fall 2012—figures that are pushing the total number of regular full-time regular...
"Action" Projects Featured at the Clinton Global Initiative University
Columbian College students joined the ranks of Bill Clinton, Usher, Madeleine Albright, Jon Stewart, and some of the world’s foremost social entrepreneurs to present their...
Sleuthing with Science: CSI Summer Institute
Police, science teachers, photographers, forensic science enthusiasts, and CSI “wannabes” take note: registration is now open for a summer institute that places participants on a path to becoming...
Solar Symposium to Feature Student Analysis of China's Solar Policy
Clean, renewable, and infinite are just a few words that describe the topic bringing great minds to campus this week: solar energy. The GW Solar Institute, which is part of the Columbian College,...
Serenity Sentinel in Southeast DC
In Washington, D.C., the phrase “East of the River” is a common reference to Anacostia, a historic neighborhood that has been associated with low-income housing, poverty, and the highest homicide...
Columbian College: Home of the Hot Big Bang Theory
by William C. Parke, GW Professor of Physics
Most defenses of physics dissertations attract less than a dozen in the audience. That was not the case 64 years ago this month when...
Alumni Award-Winner Credits GW for Career Success
The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration has awarded Frank P. DiGiammarino, III, MPA ’95, the Distinguished Alumni Award for achievements in the areas of...
Polling Dr. Sides: State of the 2012 Presidential Election
As the public wades through the Republican presidential primaries and non-stop news coverage of the nomination contest continues, we asked Associate Professor of Political Science John...
Undergraduate Research Fellow Informs Theory Behind Stuttering
More than 68 million people worldwide are affected by stuttering—a communication disorder in which speech is interrupted by abnormal pauses in syllables, broken repetitions, and prolongations of...
Understanding Criminal Minds: New Graduate Program in Forensic Psychology
Agencies involved in homeland security, law enforcement and the criminal justice system are increasingly relying on professionals skilled in forensic psychology to help solve crimes and prevent...
Summer Abroad: A Global Learning Experience
Ready to open your mind to new cultures and learning environments? Here’s your chance to immerse yourself in the indigenous communities of the Amazon region; explore the ethnic frontiers of...
Have you ever hosted a backyard cookout and wondered why all the bees in the neighborhood suddenly found your fruit salad? Ever pondered how a hive produces that delicious honey you add to your...
The Museum Studies Graduate Program kicked off 2012 with a move into the heart of Washington, D.C.’s museum district. Now located at 13th and G Streets, NW, the new space provides much...
GW Collaborates with Smithsonian to Launch Five Joint Research Initiatives
Which poultry farms are sending harmful bacteria into the Chesapeake Bay? How are cell phones changing linguistics? George Washington University and Smithsonian researchers hope to answer these...
Creativity, Passion, Healing: Meet Art Therapy Director Heidi Bardot
Heidi Bardot’s passion for art and its healing ability has taken her around the world as director of Columbian College’s Art Therapy Graduate Program. Having been born and lived...
Examining Impact of Maternal Stress in Wild Chimps
A long history of research has established the critical importance of a healthy mother-offspring relationship in humans and other mammals in determining offspring survival and...