Student Research Scales Green Building
By John DiConsiglio
Sydney Goldstein’s passion for urban planning and its impact on the environment led her to an incredible research opportunity—one that is enabling her...
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Loeb Gift Creates Institute for Religious Freedom at GW
President George Washington’s legacy as a champion of religious freedom and the acceptance of all faiths will be sustained at GW through a new institute in Columbian College. The John L. Loeb Jr....
Color Me Cautious: Don’t Mistake Adult Coloring Books for Art Therapy
By John DiConsiglio
As a second-year graduate student in the GW Art Therapy Program, Lida Sunderland learned how to use materials like clay and colored pencils to help...
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...
Chemistry’s Stuart Licht is pulling carbon dioxide from the air and turning it into earth-friendly industrial materials. It’s the latest step in his ongoing efforts to reverse the tide of global...
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...
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...