Novelist Jung Yun Finds ‘Shelter’ in Writing
In the 1990s, Jung Yun, now assistant professor of English and a bestselling novelist, gave up on writing. When, at 19, she was denied a spot in a creative writing workshop, the...
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No Teeth? No Problem. Toothless Dinosaur Lost Baby Teeth as They Grew
A study co-authored by Ronald Weintraub Professor of Biology James Clark, discovered a new species of dinosaur, Limusaurus inextricabilis, that lost its teeth in...
No Teeth? No Problem. Dinosaur Species Had Teeth as Babies, Lost Them as They Grew
A study co-authored by James Clark, the Ronald Weintraub Professor of Biology, has discovered that a species of dinosaur, Limusaurus inextricabilis, lost its teeth in adolescence and did not grow...
In Islamic Studies, a World of Students Share Insights
By John DiConsiglio
When Halim Khoiri announced that he was leaving his native Indonesia to pursue a master’s degree in Islamic Studies at GW, his friends and family tried...
Holiday Depression is More Than the Blues
By John DiConsiglio
Amid the family gatherings, parties and gift-giving, the holiday season overflows with joy and good cheer—or does it? Many people feel out of step with ruddy-cheeked...
Immigrant Saga Spans Centuries of Dreams
By John DiConsiglio
In the last 15 years, whenever Professor of History Tyler Anbinder mentioned to friends and colleagues that he was working on a book about immigrants,...
Learning From Today’s Newsmakers
Imagine you are a GW student aspiring to be a broadcast journalist or break into political communications. You walk into your classroom and see the guest speaker, a former White House press...
Mind Games: Can We Really Shape Our Brains?
By John DiConsiglio
Put a group of strangers in a social setting—a restaurant, for example, or an office—and the results are likely to be, well, unremarkable. Dinners will be ordered,...
Alumnus Dan Weiss Honored for 'Towering' Achievements
Among the six alumni recently honored by the university for their accomplishments at the 80th annual Alumni Achievement Awards ceremony was Columbian College graduate Daniel H. Weiss...
Alumni Bring African American History to Life
By John DiConsiglio
Among the 38,000 items on display at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, the one that never fails to make Museum Specialist Kevin...