Columbian College welcomed 12 new full-time faculty members this year, bringing the total number of full-time scholars to 494. Each of these academics adds skills and expertise that enhance the...
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Elizabeth Chacko: The Thrill of Discovery
Geography Professor and Department Chair Elizabeth Chacko has always seen her professional career as an academic adventure—a chance to ask a new question, uncover a new insight...
GW Names Inaugural Director of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design
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A Sampling of New Books by Columbian College Faculty
What do digital media, a pioneering African American TV show and the ecological history of stone have in common? They are among the topics addressed in books by Columbian College faculty this year...
New Analysis Suggests Body Size Increase Did Not Play A Role in the Origins of Homo Genus
A new analysis of early hominin body size evolution led by Mark Grabowski, Assistant Research Professor in the GW Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, suggests that the earliest...
Detecting the Undetectable: Vertes Chip Identifies Invisible Chemicals Threats
How do you analyze chemical contaminants that are billions of times smaller than a speck of dust? Scientists have long been thwarted in attempts to even detect—much less combat—minute particles...
Daniel E. Martínez Named Director of the GW Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute
Daniel E. Martínez, an assistant professor of sociology at the George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, has been named director of the new GW Cisneros...
By John DiConsiglio
For the faculty and students of the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology (CASHP), coordinating research activities within the program—much less across...
New Grants Pave Way for Columbian College Research and Discoveries
From scientific examinations of turtle ant colonies and orb-weaving spiders to research investigations delving deep into the cells of developing embryos and the brains of people with schizophrenia...