Solar power has long held the potential to solve our fossil fuel dilemma. Is the technology ready to shine? In a video conversation with Dean Ben Vinson, GW Solar Institute Director Amit Ronen discusses the past, present, and future of solar power as a clean energy alternative. View video.

The proposed collaboration between three venerable institutions would raise the stature of arts education in D.C. and generate new arts and interdisciplinary programing. “This exciting opportunity…will instantly elevate our endeavors in the field,” said Dean Ben Vinson. Read more.

Are HIV prevention-efforts failing minority communities? Lisa Bowleg and Maria Cecilia Zea argue it’s time to look at a bigger AIDS intervention picture—one that requires a broader societal lens. Read more.

Wrong turns. Botched experiments. Dead ends. It’s all part of life in the chem lab. But senior Emmeline Ha’s persistence has paid off—with a diabetes breakthrough and a Luther Rice Fellow award. Read more.

Inspired by a visit from the legendary author Ralph Ellison, James Miller's Dean's Seminar uncovers the classic novel’s “Invisible” insights, and guides students through its themes of race and American culture. Read more.

From large art galleries to community venues, museum professionals are clamoring for leadership training. A joint seminar between the Museum Studies Program and Smithsonian Affiliates is coming to the rescue. Read more.

A gift from the parent of a Columbian College alumnus paves the way for GW to host students from the University of Macau in a newly-established scholars program. Read more.

Demonstrating the school motto of “Doing Good and Doing it Well,” an enthusiastic Trachtenberg gathering celebrated alumni accomplishments and teaching excellence. Read more.

Jamie Cohen-Cole authored the book “The Open Mind: Cold War Politics and the Sciences of Human Nature”.

Alexa Huang received the 2014-2015 American Council for Learned Society Frederick Burhkardt Residential Fellowship.

Bonnie Morris’s book, “Women’s History for Beginners,” was selected for C-SPAN’s Book Club reading for February.

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• In Memoriam: William B. Griffith and Bill Chambliss
• Introducing the 2014 Alumni Service Award Recipients
• Two Alumni Honored at Black Engineer of the Year Awards STEM Conference
• Progress Continues on New Museum Space
• Journalists Reveal Unknown Side of Pakistan
• GW Explores Civil War Through Booth Brothers’ Bitter Rivalry

• Alumni Only Career Fair (Los Angeles)
• Reception and Conversation with GW Faculty Edward Berkowitz and Steven Roberts (Chicago)
• Annual Reception with President Knapp (DC)
• 53rd Annual Alumni Outstanding Service Awards (DC)
• Economics Spring 2014 Reception & Lecture (DC)
• How to Leverage your International Work Experience (Online)
• GW Culture Buffs at The Cradle Will Rock (DC)

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• Information sessions for Columbian College graduate programs
• Jewish Literature Live Presents: An Evening with Claudia Roth Pierpont
• Heidegger on Authenticity as an Extra-Moral Ideal – First Annual Griffith Lecture
• The Last Books: Recovering the East European Jewish Past – Judaic Studies' Annual Fleischman Lecture

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