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August 2019

Ghetto: A Word’s Tortured History

In his new book, Daniel Schwartz, director of the CCAS Judaic Studies Program, examines the centuries-old history of the word “ghetto”—and how it has come to symbolize both pain and pride.

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Research Institute to Fight Digital Disinformation

A $5 million investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will support the new Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics to fight the rise of distorted and misleading information online. Spearheaded by the School of Media and Public Affairs, the institute will bring together faculty specializing in media, data analysis and technology.

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Human Diet Forecasted Evolution

David Patterson, PhD ’16, and researchers from Columbian College’s Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology mapped a dietary shift from 1.65 million years ago that may pinpoint when our genus diverged from earlier ancestors.

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Seeing is Believing

What you think is what you see, reveals a new study by Psychology’s Dwight Kravitz. Perception and working memory are so deeply entangled that they color how we react to the world around us.

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Welcome, New CCAS Faculty!

Twenty-four new full-time faculty are joining the Columbian College family this year, strengthening disciplines across the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

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Professors Converge on Paris for Global Forum on Race

Columbian College professors were among an Interdisciplinary team of GW scholars presenting findings on the impact of race and racism in the marketplace at an international conference in France. They joined global experts to share information on the effects of discrimination in health care, housing, finance, arts and sports.

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Noelle Purcell digging an archaeological site

Unearthing Ancient Soil Secrets

Luther Rice Fellow Noelle Purcell, a senior majoring in biological anthropology and archaeology, is digging into Earth’s environmental past by uncovering ancient soil in Kenya. The dated dirt contains clues to global atmospheric shifts.

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Alumna Uncovers Art Fraud

In a world of fakes and forgeries, Colette Loll, MA ’09, is the real deal. The Corcoran alumna is an art fraud expert, helping museums and collectors spot counterfeit canvases.

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Noteworthy

Lisa Bowleg (Psychology) was awarded a $449,439 grant from the National Institutes of Health to address multi-level intersectional stigma and improve HIV-prevention among young black gay bisexual men.

Christopher Brick (History) received a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers project.

David Brunori (Public Policy), BA ’84, (History), MA ’95, (Political Science) authored the book Local Tax Policy: a Primer (Rowman Littlefield, 2019).

Arnaud Martin (Biology) was awarded a $672,764 grant from the National Science Foundation to perform precise genome editing procedures on lepidopteran insects, an order that includes butterflies and moths.

Gabriela Rosenblau (Psychology) received a $495,000 grant from the Simons Foundation to examine computational neuroscience-derived predictions of learning abilities.

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