Ghetto: Chronicling a Word’s Tortured History
What is a ghetto? A racially segregated city block? An enclave of immigrants? A walled urban prison? The ideologically charged term defies easy definition. While the word comes from the Italian “...
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Writing Beyond Bars: Student Storytellers Free Incarcerated Voices
In her digital storytelling class, English’s Emma Wu connects GW students and D.C. inmates through a pen pal project for reclaiming memory and humanity.
Inhumane or Unavoidable? Framing Animal Research Ethics
When is the use of animals in biomedical research justified—and when does it go too far? What is the trade-off between scientific experiments that may harm animal subjects—and the possibility of...
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SMPA Documentary Selected for Sundance!
SMPA Professors Jason Osder (left) and William Youmans will screen their documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? at the 2026 film festival.
Carnegie Honors Community Scholarship
The GW SMART DC tutoring program featuring CCAS students helped GW earn the 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement.
Black Women Seeing Themselves—on TV
Media and Public Affairs’ Imani M. Cheers explores the evolution of Black women friendships in television and film in a new book.
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