Columbian College welcomed 12 new full-time faculty members this year, bringing the total number of full-time scholars to 496—and strengthening disciplines across the sciences, social sciences and humanities. Read more.
Think "Mission Accomplished" or "Evil Empire." Our political discourse often sounds like a movie script. Elisabeth Anker discusses how melodrama jumped from Hollywood potboilers to a powerful political force. Read more.
As they prepare to join the growing field of speech pathology, graduate students gain invaluable training at the GW Speech and Hearing Center. From treating clients with communicative impairments to managing insurance payments, the experience is "intense, demanding—and endlessly rewarding." Read more.
Nearly 370 Corcoran students have joined the GW community now that the historic agreement between the university, the Corcoran and the National Gallery is finalized. The new partnership builds upon GW's arts education, preserves the Corcoran's legacy and adds to a creative and talented student body. Read more.
From Shanghai business seminars to art therapy for at-risk youth in South Africa, Columbian College Summer Abroad Programs let students expand their lessons beyond their classrooms—and their borders. Read more.
SMPA welcomed two distinguished fellows: Tony Fratto, former deputy White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, and Barbara Bradley Hagerty, a past NPR correspondent. Read more.
As an author and D.C. historian, alumna Jane Freundel Levey is embarking on a career full-circle: from an American civilization major at Columbian College to a chronicler of Washington’s artistic legacy to her new role as a curator for the Washingtoniana Collection at the GW Museum and The Textile Museum. Read more.
Three SMPA alumnae added to their list of accomplishments with honors from Washington Women in Public Relations. Alex Dickinson and Sara Neumann won Emerging Leaders Awards from the organization that recognizes young women in communications. Marcia Newbert was also a finalist for the award. Read more.
The National Science Foundation recently awarded $271,602 to Lynne Bernstein for research on the brain's general principles of perceptual learning, and $576,553 to Timothy Heleniak for a study of Polar populations.
