Comprehensive Fundraising Campaign Spotlights Columbian College Aspirations
As the university kicks off the most ambitious philanthropic campaign in its 200-year history, Columbian College is leading the charge toward the initiative’s core goals: enhancing academics,...
Leading Near East Epigrapher Spearheads Ancient Near East Studies
In a western Galilee excavation site, archaeologists unearth a massive stone covered in mysterious Aramaic engravings. Along the Mediterranean coast, scholars are puzzled by Phoenician markings on...
Alum's Photos Confront Race, Identity
Through jarring images of gang members and Klansmen, photographer Larry Cook, MFA ’12, delivers powerful messages about race—while challenging audiences to look deeper and...
Gilbert Cisneros’ Good Fortune Changes Student Lives
Alumnus Gilbert Cisneros donated $1 million of lottery winnings to aid GW students. Now he’s seeing how giving back helps young Latinos get ahead.
The Corcoran Comes to GW: Columbian College’s Key Role
Columbian College is poised as a pivotal player in the historic partnership between GW, the National Gallery of Art, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Corcoran College of Art + Design. With...
The landscape of East Asian studies at Columbian College has been transformed under the leadership of Professor Young-Key Kim-Renaud, who steps down this month as chair of the...
Written by Philip Jacks, Associate Professor of Art History, and William Caferro, Gli Spinelli Di Firenze is a beautiful book depicting Italian artwork. The images consist of landscapes,...
When Zombies Attack: The Undead Teach Students About Capitalism
American studies course uses the zombie apocalypse as a lens on political economy.
By Julyssa Lopez
The last segment of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead ends in...
Senior Reflections: Class of 2014 Looks Back—and Ahead
As graduating seniors say goodbye to friends and faculty, a few of them recently shared their favorite Columbian College moments. . . .
“My favorite part of...
Mentoring Program Eases Way for First-Generation Students
When Samantha Yakas first met with an advisor during her freshman year at GW, the counselor gave her what, in many cases, would be good advice: Take time to explore your passions...
