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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Changing Course: Unknown Opportunities Abound for Senior Tim Quinn
First-year students often enter GW imagining the four years ahead of them will take a certain shape and follow a particular path. But sometimes a surreptitious encounter with a professor, friend,...
A Senior Moment: Graduates Reflect on Their Time at GW
With the Columbian College Celebration and GW Commencement around the corner, emotions are running high this time of year as seniors say goodbye to friends and faculty and look ahead with...