Ghetto: Chronicling a Word’s Tortured History
What is a ghetto? A racially segregated city block? An enclave of immigrants? A walled urban prison? The ideologically charged term defies easy definition. While the word comes from the Italian “...
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Inhumane or Unavoidable? Framing Animal Research Ethics
When is the use of animals in biomedical research justified—and when does it go too far? What is the trade-off between scientific experiments that may harm animal subjects—and the possibility of...
Over the past academic year, Columbian College faculty received a significant number of grant awards to support innovative research across the disciplines. From combating climate change in the...
For decades, human paleobiologists have largely agreed on a simple anatomy lesson: Our primate relatives have large torsos—wider pelvises, broader thoraxes, expanded ribcages—to accommodate a...
Study Highlights Vulnerability of Rural Coast to Sea-Level Rise
Type “sea-level rise” in an internet search engine and most of the resulting images will show flooded cities. You would also find ample guidance on civic options for protecting urban...
CCAS Dean Names New Trachtenberg School Director
The George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Interim Dean Paul Wahlbeck announced that Mary Tschirhart will serve as the director of...
Oldest Evidence of Stone Tool Production Discovered in Ethiopia
A new archaeological site discovered in Ethiopia by an international team of researchers led by Associate Professor of Anthropology...
When Professor of Sociology Xolela Mangcu remembers his childhood in apartheid-era South Africa, the first image that comes to mind is darkness.
Sky’s the Limit: Eco-Telescope Lands at GW
On the south side of Science and Engineering Hall, students hurrying along H Street are accustomed to dodging traffic and food trucks on their way to class. But on recent sunny days, some have...
Medieval Astrologists as Weather Forecasters?
Pity the Medieval Period. The era stretching from roughly 1000 to 1500 is often dismissed as a wasteland of intellectual and artistic darkness. Overshadowed by Enlightenment stars from Da Vinci to...