Unimaginable Journeys: From Friendship to Surrogacy
By Heidi Bardot, MA ’99, Director, GW Art Therapy Program
I didn’t know it at the time but my experience as an Art Therapy graduate student nearly 15 years ago proved life-...
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Aristotle defined friendship as a “single soul residing in one body.” Jane Austen described it as the “finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.” And Oscar Wilde adroitly noted “true friends...
Young Love: What Causes Dysfunctional Romance?
The way young adults respond to the intense emotions that come with romance may say something about how they were brought up. Recent graduate Michelle Kuhn, BA ’13, looked at...
Katherine Bradshaw’s Love of the Bard
Forget contemporary authors and playwrights—for Katherine Bradshaw, it’s all about William Shakespeare! The rising sophomore’s...
Unlocking a Cure for Tuberculosis
Chemistry’s Cynthia Dowd Leads Effort to Identify New Ways to Fight the Disease
In a study led by Assistant Professor of Chemistry Cynthia Dowd, researchers identified a...
Little leaguers and professional baseball players alike have our extinct ancestors to thank for their success on the mound, according to a study by Neil Roach, a postdoctoral...
What a Catch: Biology PhD Candidate Sequences Fish Genome
Growing up in Argentina, Daniela Campanella, a doctoral candidate in biological sciences, fished the fresh lagoons of the Pampas Region with her father and grandfather, catching...
Unmanned Flying Vehicles: The Next Criminal Element?
There is much in the news these days on privacy concerns relating to the proliferation of drones in the U.S. but not much discussion about the potential criminal factor. Just imagine a robot...
Conflicted City: Analyzing East Jerusalem through a Geographic Lens
Aurora Echavarria analyzed how past conflicts between the two peoples have affected Jerusalem’s physical environment and exacerbated tension.
Celebrating National Council’s 20 Years
Columbian College’s National Council for Arts and Sciences celebrated its 20th anniversary last month at a dinner held at the United States Institute of Peace. Comprised of alumni,...