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Geography Students Chart Next Generation of Mappers

Through the YouthMappers’ activities, GW will play a key role in efforts to address the underrepresentation of women in the geospatial community.

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In Mental Health, Is ‘Normal’ an Illusion?

During an undergraduate anthropology class, Roy Richard Grinker, professor of anthropology and international affairs, quoted statistics to help his students grasp the worldwide prevalence of mental...

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GW Recognizes Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Nominees

Recognizing Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Nominees

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Mission to Mars: Alumna Follows Perseverance into Space

When the NASA rover Perseverance touched down on Mars, Columbian College alumna Pamela Conrad could say she’d been there before.

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Magic Trick: Harry Potter Casts Spell on Poli Sci Seminar

Like millions of other people around the world, senior political science major Lauren Wagner has read ever Harry Potter book from cover-to-cover—several times. Her mother...

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COVID-19 Memorial Finds Digital Home

Digitized version of COVID-19 memorial

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Press Pass: Alumnus Journalist is Eyewitness to Congress

In a hallway on the third floor of the Capitol Building, Jake Sherman, BA ’08, heard shattering glass and loud voices. It was January 6 and Sherman, a veteran Congressional...

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At the Border, A Washington’s Birthday Bash

As a child growing up in Laredo, Texas, Elaine Peña, associate professor of American...

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Uncovering COVID'S Hidden Tolls

Antwan Jones, associate professor of sociology and epidemiology, is charting COVID-19’s deadly sweep across...

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For Alumnus Author, A Journey into the American Identity

Former journalist, noted author and distinguished educator of journalism Loren...