Silencing Schizophrenia’s Voices

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Many of the world’s 55 million schizophrenia sufferers are plagued by auditory hallucinations. They are often subject to relentless phantom voices and tormenting sounds—and science isn’t sure why. Psychology’s Guangying Wu is using lasers, ultrasound and mice to finally bring them peace of mind. Read more.

Students’ Business Plan Changes Lives

Maz Obuz and Evan Young transformed a classroom assignment into a business blueprint for solving the world’s sanitation crisis. After winning the GW Upstart D-Prize and a GW New Venture Competition award, they travelled to India with a plan to restore health and dignity to the squalid slums of Dharavi. Read more.

Travis: Reviving the Art of Sketching

Today's architects and designers spend more time at their computer screens than their sketchbooks. But don’t tell Stephanie Travis that drawing is dead. With a new sketching instruction book, she’s on a mission to revive pen and paper in the digital age. Read more.

Corcoran Welcomes New Director Sethi

In a video interview, Sanjit Sethi, the recently named inaugural director of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, discusses his past, his passions and his plan to “transform the culture of GW and help create the next generation of global citizens.” View video.

Sherwood Leads National Chimpanzee Brain Resource

Already the winner of a prestigious INSPIRE grant from the National Science Foundation, Chet C. Sherwood was selected to lead the first ever NIH-funded national collection of chimpanzee brain resources, including tissue samples, MRI scans and an online scientific database. Read more.

Unravelling the Ancient Mysteries of Machu Picchu

The iconic Incan citadel of Machu Picchu has guarded its ancestral secrets for centuries. Now Anthropology's Brenda Bradley will be among the first to analyze the 400-year-old skeletons buried in the Andes fortress for clues to the origins of the lost empire. Read more.

Endowed Max Ticktin Professorship Bolsters Israel Studies

As part of a Morningstar Foundation grant to create an Israel Studies component of the Judaic Studies Program, the Max Ticktin Professorship of Israel Studies will be established in recognition of the revered former faculty member’s contributions to GW, his scholarship on Israel and his commitment to teaching. Read more.

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Look for Columbian College’s annual GW Arts & Sciences print magazine in your mailboxes this week! The magazine spotlights the remarkable stories behind the people, discoveries and events that make the college a home to history. We look forward to receving your comments and feedback at ccasnews@gwu.edu. Read more.

In the Spotlight

Christopher Edward Brick received a $225,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers project.

Daniele Podini was chosen as one of the "10 Professors Changing Forensic Biology" on Forensics Colleges blog.

Jozef H. Przytycki was featured in the Polish Mathematical Society's Wiadomosci Matematyczne on being named professor of mathematical sciences by Poland's president.

SMPA was named the number 15 school for journalism in the country by USA Today and College Factual.

Dmitry Streletskiy was awarded a $178,297 grant from the National Science Foundation to study Arctic climate change and its impact on the environment, infrastructures and resource availability.