Preparing 21st Century Physicists
Preparing 21st Century Physicists
Columbian College

November 2018

Kavita Daiya speaking to students
Kavita Daiya, director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, discusses the future of the #MeToo movement—its setbacks, next steps and the momentum driving its success.
Permafrost explorers in the arctic
A collaborative research project led by Geography’s Nikolay Shiklomanov that tracks Arctic permafrost was awarded $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation, continuing one of the longest-running observations of a climate change-vulnerable region.
Gillian Horn
SMPA senior Gillian Horn used GW connections and her networking skills to turn her passion for entertainment and journalism into an internship with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Blake Richardson
Economics major Blake Richardson was one of five GW students named by a D.C.-area innovation news website as a top young innovator. He created the video game CryptoPets, which lets users monetize their gameplay with an integrated marketplace for in-game rewards.
Alexander Van Der Horst lecturing to students
Alexander van der Horst’s redesigned capstone course equips physics students with the oral, written and ethical expertise needed to succeed in 21st-century careers.
Students looking at Washington documents
History students separate the man from the myth in Denver Brunsman’s class on George Washington and his World. With multiple research trips to Mount Vernon, undergraduates peel back the complexities of the founding father’s life and leadership.
Jacob Sherman, Steven Skancke, Interim Dean Paul Wahlbeck, Ashley Trick
Alumni Jake Sherman and Steven Skancke (right and left of Dean Paul Wahlbeck) were recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award, and Ashley Trick received the Jane Lingo Service Award.
Jennifer Maher
Alumna Jennifer Maher, BA ’04, is an on-the-go entrepreneur. The psychology major is the CEO of her own consultancy firm, a volunteer and judge for the GW New Venture Competition and an Ironman athlete who run marathons while pushing her childrens' stroller.

Kudos!

Andrew Allard, a senior majoring in Chinese and French language and literature, was a Gold Award Winner at the 2018 Jiangsu Cup Chinese Speech Contest.

Candice Cain, BA ’98, created New Dogs, Old Tricks, a college-based comedy show on Amazon Prime.

Ioannis Eleftherianos co-authored "Dicer-2 Regulates Resistance and Maintains Homeostasis against Zika Virus Infection in Drosophila" in The Journal of Immunology.

Arnaud Martin
was awarded a $238,887 grant from the National Science Foundation for his collaborative research on the developmental architecture of structure and color on butterfly wings. 

Gregory Wallace published the study “Autism spectrum disorder and food neophobia: clinical and subclinical links” in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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