In a video conversation with Dean Ben Vinson, Professor of Religion Robert Eisen explores religion’s contrasting faces. How can faith instill caring and compassion towards others but also foment hatred and violence? Read more.
So you want to be an archeologist? At the Koobi Fora Field School in Kenya, Columbian College students get their hands dirty. They battle soaring heat and snapping scorpions as they dig through a fossil field of dreams. Read more.
Around the country, math major numbers are plummeting. But GW is bucking the national trend. With an almost 10-fold explosion in math majors over the last decade and a new NSF-funded initiative, Columbian College's Math Department is plugging the leaky STEM pipeline. Read more.
Time dubbed Faye Moskowitz a "teaching star" and her Jewish Literature Live course as among "the hottest seats in class." With a cast of visiting writers that includes E.L. Doctorow, Erica Jong, and Pulitzer winners Tony Kushner and Michael Chabon, it’s easy to understand why. Read more.
Geographic information systems have transformed the way we look at data and solve complex problems. Now, a new geography graduate certificate prepares students for the growing GIS job market. Read more.
How did once-warm weather plants find a home in chilly climates? In a new study published in Nature, Amy Zanne and her colleagues root out the answer and unveil the largest evolutionary "timetree" of land plants. Read more.
Alex Pyron’s controversial discovery scales back long-held beliefs that reptiles only laid eggs. His findings push our understanding of live birth evolution by 175 million years. Read more.
The Africana Studies Program won a major new award to launch a collaborative initiative documenting the District’s rich legacy of black culture, history, and politics. Read more.
