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Prime Movers Media Gains Traction

Prime Movers Media, the nation’s first journalism mentorship program to focus on urban schools, is exceeding expectations thanks to power partnerships with top multi-media organizations.

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Alumnus Embraces His Dreams through Writing

Riding the waves off Melbourne Beach, Fla., alumnus Thad Ziolkowski, BA ’83, dreamed of becoming a professional surfer. Then his family moved to landlocked Kansas. Ziolkowski...

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Grad Student Exposes Vulnerabilities of Social Media

As social media expands in popularity, so, too, has the volume of personal information living on the Internet. Forensic sciences master candidate Regina Elwell researched the...

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First-Year Students Dig Deep in Dean’s Seminars

For incoming first-year students, pop culture may be embodied by celebrities such as Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber, rather than relationships. But “Hollywood and Politics,” a seminar taught by...

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Washington Sex Scandals: Examining Culture, Controversy, and Citizenship

From Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s alleged extramarital affairs to Congressman Anthony Weiner’s suggestive tweets, sex scandals are a hot commodity in the 24/7 news cycle, often...

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Pioneer of DNA Testing to Chair Forensic Sciences

Victor Weedn, who oversaw the development of the first portable DNA testing device, which became the basis for the U.S. Postal Service’s anthrax detection equipment, will join Columbian College...

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Chemistry Alumna and New GW Trustee Madeleine Jacobs on Service, Philanthropy, and Career

Madeleine Jacobs, BS ’68, HON ’03, executive director and CEO of the American Chemical Society, was on campus recently as a member of Columbian College’s National Council of Arts...

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Students Collaborate with EPA on Urban Sustainability Solutions

As part of their capstone project, graduate students in Professor Henry Teng’s Environmental Resource Policy Program took on a new role: consultants to the Environmental...

Chiswick on the Economy and Rise in Student Economics Majors

The seminal research on labor markets and immigration by Barry Chiswick, chair of the Department of Economics, seems particularly relevant today as the nation struggles to rebound...

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Wheelchair Diaries: A Student's Quest for Accessibility

For Reid Davenport—who has cerebral palsy and often relies on a wheelchair to get around campus to avoid fatigue—the dream of studying in Italy during his junior year was “...