In his new book, journalist, author and educator Loren Ghiglione, PhD ’76, documents his 14,000 mile-trip across 28 states in search of America’s identity, as well as his own.
Through $150,000 in funding support from Google, SMPA’s Ethan Porter will study reactions to misinformation in 10 countries with the goal of reducing false beliefs around vaccination.
Through a National Science Foundation-funded collaboration, Biology’s Carly Jordan is bringing into the classroom digitized natural history collections of exotic specimens from white cabbage butterflies to red swamp crayfish.
GW will launch its Bicentennial celebrations with a virtual opening ceremony on February 9, coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the congressional act that established Columbian College, GW's first school.
CCAS faculty members, including Physics’ Bethany Cobb Kung, are developing video lectures for a College Board effort to help high school AP students during the pandemic.
A new study by a research team that included Biology’s Guillermo Orti charts how snapper fish transition and evolve their body shapes based on shifting environmental conditions.
Rebekah Tromble, director of Columbian College’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics, said that while social media helped unite far-right groups for the recent attack on the U.S. Capitol, institutional support made the insurrection possible.
Psychology’s Michelle Stock received a GW COVID-19 Research Fund award to explore how the mental and physical health of Black young adults in Washington, D.C., is impacted by coronavirus-related stressors.
In Memoriam
It is with deep sadness that we note the recent passing of the following members of the CCAS community:
Professor of Forensic Science Moses S. Schanfield, a noted expert in DNA testing and the genetics of the immune response and disease susceptibility
Double alumnus Bob Coleman, BA '81, MFA '85, a former instructor in graphic design, illustration and computer graphics
Triple alumnus James C. King, BA '49, MA '50, PhD '54, professor emeritus of German and former chair of the Germanic Languages and Literature Department
and double alumnus Thaddeus Lindner, AA ’50, BA ’51, trustee emeritus, philanthropist and volunteer leader.
