Andrei Afanasev (Physics) received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the study of 3D nucleon structure.
Yair Ben-Dor, BA ’25, (Biology) won best student poster and a $500 prize at the Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists’ Society for his research on host-associated differentiation in the oak dagger moth.
Alyssa Burleson, MPA ’20, (TSPPPA) was named deputy chief of staff for U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R-Montana).
Jacqueline Hackett, BA ’08, MPP ’10, (Political Science, Public Policy) and Radha Varadan, BS ’24, (Biology) were among seven GW students and alumni selected to receive Fulbright grants for 2025–26.
Sydney Hamilton, MPA ’21, (TSPPPA) was named deputy director for Congressional affairs at Strategic Systems Programs.
Lien-Yung Nyima Kao (Mathematics) received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to support his research in ergodic geometry, a field that explores planetary motion, weather patterns and other systems that evolve over time.
Oleg Kargaltsev (Physics) received a $79,927 award from NASA for research on classification of Gamma-ray sources with Chandra Source Catalog and multiwavelength surveys.
Yahia Lababidi, BA '96, (English) authored the poetry volume Palestine Wail (Daraga Press).
Carson Murray (Anthropology) was awarded a $18,890 grant from the Leakey Foundation for research on impacts of early exposure to violence in wild chimpanzees.
Roger Nober (TSPPPA) received a $1,178,000 award from the John Templeton Foundation for research on increasing transparency and raising awareness of regulatory impacts to improve regulatory outcomes.
Sarah Shomstein (Psychology) received The Psychonomic Society Mid-Career Award.
Gregory D. Squires (Sociology) was honored with the American Sociological Association’s 2025 Public Understanding of Sociology Award.