New Books
Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction, by Eric Cline, chair of the department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Oxford University Press)
Awards and Recognition
Donna Betts, assistant professor of art therapy, has been elected by the American Art Therapy Association to serve as President-Elect for a two-year term.
Dana Tai Soon Burgess, chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, recently spoke at the White House about his journey as an Asian American dancer and choreographer; that same day, a dance solo he choreographed was performed for President Obama and guests.
An undergraduate thesis on fossil Hominin footprints by Heather Dingwall, BS ’12, was recently cited in Nature. Her research was supported by a Gamow Fellowship and a Provost/OVPR Undergraduate Fellowship.
D. Gilson, an English graduate student, received the Larry Neal Writers' Award in poetry from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Llewelyn Hughes, assistant professor of Political Science and International Affairs, published "The Politics of Energy" with Phillip Lipscy in the Annual Review of Political Science.
Heather Jameson, doctoral candidate in pharmacology and physiology, won a two-year award from the American Heart Association in support of her dissertation project, "Role of Oxytocin Neurons in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Mediated Cardiovascular Disease."
Eric Lawrence, Robert Stoker, and Hal Wolman, all faculty in the Department of Political Science, published "The Effects of Beneficiary Targeting on Public Support for Social Policies" in the May issue of Policy Studies Journal.
Sally Nuamah, BA '11, gave a TEDx talk on girls and education in Ghana, based on research she began as a Luther Rice Fellow at GW.
Undergraduate biology student Mariana Abarca Zama received a prestigious George M. Wright Climate Change Fellowship from the National Park Service.