Psychology and our Daily Lives
By John DiConsiglio
Like anyone who has boarded a plane, the students in Associate Professor of Psychology Stephen Mitroff’s freshman seminar Science in the District were...
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New Graduate Degrees Match Marketplace Demand
To keep pace with the evolving challenges of the 21st-century global marketplace, new graduate programs have been launched to better prepare students for in-demand expertise in green chemistry and...
No one will ever fault Professor of Chemistry Stuart Licht for a lack of investigative ambition. Having already developed revolutionary methods for making fertilizer and cement...
GW Culture Buffs Hit Miami Beach for Art Basel
Artists, A-list celebrities, art collectors—and GW alumni—flocked to Miami Beach, Florida, this past weekend for Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the biggest art fairs in the United States.
Satellite Images Reach New Heights
By John DiConsiglio
From 300 miles above the ground, Accra, Ghana, looks like most major cities. A satellite image shows a network of lines and rectangles, representing roads and buildings...
By John DiConsiglio
Growing up in a small Texas town, MFA dance student Felicia Avalos knew little about her father’s past as a undocumented immigrant from Mexico. She had...
Nature and Nurture: Human Brain Evolved to Respond to Environment
What is it about the human brain that makes us so different from chimpanzees, our closest living relatives? Lead by postdoctoral scientist Aida Gómez-Robles from the Center for...
Peace is a state we all want to attain—for ourselves, for our loved ones, for the world. But peace means different things to different people and cultures.
Are Female Candidates Still Running Against Gender Bias?
By John DiConsiglio
Hillary Clinton’s hairstyle. Sarah Palin’s wardrobe. When female candidates run for office, the electoral focus invariably seems to fall on their appearance rather than...