Facebook and other social media companies have faced increasing scrutiny on Capitol Hill after a former Facebook employee described how the company helps facilitate the spread of harmful content....
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Zoning Policies That Boost Affordable Housing: Good for the Heart?
Inclusionary zoning policies that increase the supply of affordable housing may be good for the heart. So says a first-of-a-kind study published today by sociology researchers at the George...
New International Study Shows Fact Checks Significantly Reduce Belief in Misinformation
Fact-checking reduces belief in misinformation and leaves a more enduring mental imprint than false claims, according to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy...
The George Washington University, along with Student Defense and Columbia University, launched the Postsecondary Equity & Economics Research (PEER) Project. PEER will unite university...
Iowa School Districts with Strong Teachers Unions More Likely to Adopt Mask Mandates
Professor of Political Science Adam Dean led a study that found that school districts in Iowa were more likely to adopt COVID-19 mask mandates if they had a strong teachers union. Published in the...
GW Politics Poll Finds Varying Confidence in State and Local Elections
The George Washington University Politics Poll found that Democratic voters continue to have more faith in state and local elections than Republicans. The poll, which is a joint venture of GW’s...
GW Politics Poll Finds Varying Confidence in State and Local Elections
Democratic voters continue to have more faith in state and local elections than Republicans, according to new data from the George Washington University Politics Poll. However, confidence in...
Researchers Shed Light on the Evolution of Extremist Groups
Neil Johnson, professor of physics, alongside a team of GW researchers compared the growth of the Boogaloos, a U.S.-based extremist group, to online support for ISIS, a militant, terrorist...
New Director of the Project for Media and National Security Announced
Columbian College’s School of Media and Public Affairs announced that Thom Shanker, a longtime Pentagon correspondent and editor for The New York Times, has been selected as the next...
The Cerebellum’s Role in Brain Evolution
Elaine Guevara, a former postdoctoral scientist in Columbian College’s Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, led a study on how the cerebellum underwent evolutionary changes that...