From his earliest labs, Akos Vertes has lit up the chemistry world with his lasers, microscopes and scientific curiosity. After 20 years of pushing the envelope of innovation at GW, he’s embarking on perhaps the greatest challenge of his career. Read more.

At a Fort Belvoir hospital, Art Therapy alumna Jackie Biggs, MA ’13, uses the artists' tools of paint brush and clay to help ease the emotional pain of veterans returning home from harrowing tours of duty. Read more.

An encyclopedia of social media; a blueprint for international détente; a criminal justice guide to hot-button DNA controversies; the life stories of abstract artists. These are among the prolific topics addressed this year in books by Columbian College faculty. Read more.

From the Forbidden City to the Great Wall, a GW Confucius Institute-sponsored tour took seven Columbian College students to China’s most awe-inspiring landmarks—all while immersing them in the nation’s history, language and culture. Read more.

We note with regret the passing of Professor Emeritus of Chinese Chung-wen Shih, whose leadership launched the Korean Language and Culture Program. She also was an early advocate of the GW Confucius Institute, to which she designated $1 million in support. Read more.

GW’s inaugural academic exchange with Brazil brought nearly 400 high school and college students to D.C. From campus classrooms to the halls of Congress, they met with political, educational and civic leaders, and learned lessons in governance and civic engagement. Read more.

Freshmen have an array of dynamic topics to choose from among this fall’s Dean’s Seminars, including discussions on fairy tales, the evolution of the human brain, black culture in D.C. and man vs. machine. Read more.

Through jarring images of gang members and Klansmen, photographer Larry Cook, MFA ’12, delivers powerful messages about race—while challenging audiences to look deeper and think harder. Read more.

Elisabeth Anker authored the book Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Politics of Freedom (Duke University Press).

Jenna Weissman Joselit received the Simon Rockower Award from the American Jewish Press Association for "Excellence in Arts and Criticism, News and Features."

PhD student Christopher Mitchell was awarded the Samuel Beer Prize for best dissertation on British politics by the American Political Science Association.

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• Alumnae Named Finalists for Emerging Leaders Award
• From Numbers to Watercolors, an Alumna’s Story
• Was World War I Avoidable? A Professor’s Thoughts
• Planet Forward: A Big Buy with a Big Impact
• Alumnus Travels with U.S. Soccer Team to World Cup
• What Worked for Colin Powell: A Frank Sesno Interview

• Alumni Weekend Registration Now Open!
• Pre-Alumni Weekend Virtual Networking Hour
• Baseball Fever: Alumni Game Roster
• Reception at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.)
• Covering the Midterm Elections: Panel and Reception (Washington, D.C.)

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• Information Sessions: Columbian College Graduate Programs
• Colonial Inauguration: Fall CI
• Welcome Week 2014
• Digital Campaigning: 2012 and Beyond
• An Evening with Will Allen at Lisner Auditorium

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