August 2025

Hot off the Press: GW Arts & Sciences Magazine!

The new GW Arts & Sciences Magazine features CCAS students, faculty and alumni who are making an impact in the classroom and around the world. For a print copy, contact ccasnews@gwu.edu

Poetry in Motion: Sebree Writes Outside the Lines

In her poetry and her classroom, English Professor Chet’la Sebree challenges the stories we tell ourselves about art, artificial intelligence and how to make sense of an uncertain world.

Chronicling Conservation at the Turner Reserves

Through a partnership with Ted Turner Reserves, students and recent graduates honed their environmental storytelling skills in the New Mexico landscape.

Compounding Success: Senior Paddles to Medal Fame

Economics major Marcella Altman (left) is an elite kayaker and canoer who balances academics and Olympic ambition on the international sports stage.

Donor Opens Up New Worlds to Students

Supported by an alumna’s gift, students in Short-Term Study Abroad programs journeyed to historical and cultural locales at the center of their studies—from Paris to Portugal and Mexico to Oman.

Alumni Authors Write History’s Second Draft

From the impact of Hungarian immigrants on American photography to defining the presidential legacy of John Adams, authors Alex Nyerges, BA ’79, MA ’82, and Lindsay Chervinsky, BA ’10, bring history to life.

We note with regret the passings of Larry Rothblat, emeritus research professor of cognitive neuroscience and former director of the Cognitive Neuropsychology Doctoral Program; and Karen Ahlquist, emeritus professor of music and former chair of the CCAS Department of Music.

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.

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.

Roger Nober (TSPPPA) was awarded a $1,178,000 grant from the John Templeton Foundation for research on increasing transparency and raising awareness of regulatory impacts to improve regulatory outcomes.

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