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,...
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Clean Energy Leader Amit Ronen to Direct Solar Institute
Amit Ronen, the deputy chief of staff for U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), has been named the new director of the GW Solar Institute, the University announced at its 5th...
New MA in Islam Bridges Gaps in Knowledge, Understanding
Something rather special, even symbolic, happened at GW this year when Religion Department faculty members Robert Eisen, who is Jewish, and Mohammad Faghfoory, a...
Turtle Ants: Shielded from Danger
Scott Powell has spent a lot of time sitting in trees in eastern Brazil. Among the branches and tropical wildlife, the assistant professor of biology has passed many summer hours...
Shaping Mathematics . . . Literally and Figuratively
From the time he was seven years old and his father brought home a thick library book about origami, Lowell Abrams has been fascinated by the way shapes can be folded and fit...
Ben Vinson III To Be Next Dean of Columbian College
Ben Vinson III, a renowned scholar and vice dean for Centers, Interdisciplinary Programs, and Graduate Education at Johns Hopkins University, has been named the new dean of...
Crime Detection: Accelerating Sperm Analysis
Forensic laboratories are often plagued with a backlog of evidence related to sexual assault cases. Currently, the only way to test the presence of semen is the microscopic observation of...
First-of-its-Kind Graduate Certificate in LGBT Health Launched
Columbian College has launched a new graduate certificate program in LGBT health to train current and future healthcare leaders and policy advocates on issues relating to the health and well-being...
GW Celebrates 50 Years of Public Service Education
More than 250 alumni, students and faculty gathered on campus last month to celebrate the 50th anniversary of public service education at GW and the achievements of those who graduated with a...
A Strategy for Hope: Preventing Perinatal Depression among Low-Income Latinas
The negative impact of perinatal depression—which may be experienced by some women during pregnancy or after their baby is born—is well known. Feeling sad, anxious, overwhelmed, or confused...