For Environmental Chemists, It’s Easy Being Green
From filling consumer orders for shampoos and cosmetics to making life-saving drugs to meeting industrial demands for glues and solvents, chemists are skilled at designing molecules to meet...
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Speed Thesis: 3MT Comes to Columbian College
Present a 100-page dissertation in three minutes?
That was the seemingly impossible challenge for a group of Columbian College PhD students participating in the college’s...
Alumni Unicorns Spell Business Magic
Several years ago, Tom Cortese and a small band of tech workers wanted to make working out at home more accessible and maybe even fun.
Forecasting the Economy’s Ups and Downs
Employment is up, but wages are stagnant. Growth is steady, but Wall Street is on a roller coaster ride. GDP growth is robust, but the deficit is staggering. Are we living in an age of unrivaled...
Action! Alumnus Calls Shots From Director’s Chair
No matter how many times veteran TV director and producer Michael Lange, BA ’71, shows up on a set, one thing always surprises him. Whether he’s cuing actors from The...
It is with sadness that we share the news of the passing of Joe Dymond, a geography professor in GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS).
“Joe was a legendary...
Forensic sciences alumni are clearing a massive backlog in untested sexual assault kits.
Supernovae Shine Light on Gamma-ray Bursts
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful explosions in the cosmos. They last several seconds and emit the same amount of light as nearly all the stars in the universe.
Such extreme...
Human Brain Allocates Attention Based on Known Size of Objects
A stop sign at an intersection appears to be larger than a parked car across the street. Is our brain playing tricks on us?
In a recently published study in the journal Nature...