In Engaged Liberal Arts Classes, Students Combine Scholarship With Professional Development
When sophomore Carley Christerson enrolled in Columbian College’s Public History class last fall, she was looking forward to a curriculum that included discussions on urban...
Exploring the Frontier of the Periodic Table
Professor of Chemistry and International Affairs Christopher Cahill has spent most of his academic and research career at the bottom of the Periodic Table. There—far below such...
Dean Vinson Departing CCAS to Become Provost of Case Western Reserve University
Ben Vinson will be leaving his role as dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences to serve as the next provost and executive vice president of Case Western Reserve...
Plato and Policing: Alumnus’ Unique Class for Cops
At a Baltimore City police precinct, Detective Edward Gillespie, BA ’92, leads a classroom of officers through a lesson on procedural justice. But the text he uses isn’t a police...
From Taiwan, Dance Students Look to the Future
For eight days last summer, senior dance and international affairs majors Marlee Grant and Hana Springer lived out a cultural and artistic dream. The pair...
MIA: Chronicling the Long Journey Home
Anthropology Professor and Guggenheim Fellow Sarah Wagner’s research on the recovery and identification of MIA service members has taken her from Vietnam battlefields to forensic science labs to the...
Economics' Joann Weiner shares her thoughts on tax policy, global markets, the ride-share economy and inspiring her students to think like economists in an insightful conversation with Columbian...
Few trouble spots around the world are as perilous as North Korea. With the Communist nation emerging as a de facto nuclear power, world leaders are searching for clues to its global intentions...
Hands-on Clinical Training Turns Students into Professional Psychologists
For an hour prior to seeing her first client at the GW Professional Psychology Program’s Center Clinic, second-year graduate student Jesse Greenblatt was more anxious than her new patient. She...
