Veteran Politico reporter Jake Sherman, BA ’08, has covered Capitol Hill scoops from budget battles to the recent riot. Now he is breaking news with the start-up Punchbowl News.
In a pair of research initiatives, Sociology’sAntwan Jones is shining a spotlight on the pandemic’s overlooked impact on people’s lives, from psychological health to housing inequalities.
A panel of CCAS professors hosted by the GW Humanities Center analyzed how the Capitol insurrection was seeded by factors such as white supremacy, truth distortion, anti-Semitism and antagonism to immigrants and people of color.
Consulting firm founder Pat Sheridan, BFA ’99, donated $10,000 to the GW Cares Fundto help ease the financial burden Corcoran students face during the pandemic.
American Studies’ Elaine Peña returned to her Texas home to investigate why two towns along the U.S.-Mexico border have held a Washington's birthday party for more than 100 years.
CCAS researchers joined NASA experts and an international scientific collaboration to identify a high-energy blast in a neighboring galaxy as a magnetar, a supermagnetized stellar remnant.
How did record-breaking water polo star Dr. Glauco Souza, BS ’94, MS ’97, PhD ’04, top his GW Athletic Hall of Fame career? By leading groundbreaking chemistry discoveries and founding a pioneering nanotechnology firm.
The annual MLK Jr. Day of Service used its virtual platform to present educators like author Clint Smith (above) who instructed students on Dr. King’s principles for creating a just society.
In Memoriam
It is with deep sadness that we note the recent passing of the following members of the CCAS community:
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs Burton Malcolm Sapin, a noted political scientist and scholar in the field of international relations
Professor Emeritus of Geography Dorn C. McGrath, Jr., founder of the Center for Urban and Environmental Research at GW
Professor Emeritus of Religion Dewey D. Wallace, Jr., a scholar of Christianity who taught at GW for over 50 years
Research Professor Jerry Ellig, an evidence-based policy expert at the GW Regulatory Studies Center
Broadcast veteran Larry King, a generous benefactor of Columbian College’s School of Media and Public Affairs
Double alumnus Bob Coleman, BA ’81, MFA ’85, a former instructor in graphic design, illustration and computer graphics
Alex Donahue (Interior Architecture) received a 2020 Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press for his PRIDE Watch.
