The annual GW Arts & Sciences print magazine, which arrived in mailboxes this month, is now online. The magazine spotlights the scholarship of Columbian College’s faculty and students, and the service and philanthropy of alumni and friends. Read more.

Raging wildfires burn thousands of acres of land, ravage homes, and claim lives. The staggering toll of destruction underscores the importance of predicting when and how the next wildfire might occur—a feat Geography’s Michael Mann is helping to tackle. Read more.

Stroll through the “Dancing the Dream” exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery and you’ll notice among the performance legends featured is Dana Tai Soon Burgess. And, as the gallery’s first artists-in-residence, his dance company plays a prominent role in the exhibit’s innovative public performances of Homage. Read more.

What can the world’s first democracy teach us about tackling today’s political polarization? In an essay written for Diane Cline’s History of Ancient Greece class, undergraduate Magdalena Stuehrmann discusses the importance of moderation, compromise, and consensus. Read more.

It’s a gap between teeth that will need much more than braces to fix: A new study of ancient teeth by Anthropology’s Aida Gómez-Robles finds that none of the species suspected of being the ancestral link between modern humans and Neanderthals quite fits the bill. Read more.

A sustainable home by Team Capitol DC—which includes faculty and students from the Interior Architecture and Design Program—ranked among the top 10 structures in the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition. Read more.

Ninety students from Columbian College’s Geographical Information Systems courses recently helped the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development map the city of Kathmandu to identify schools and hospitals that could assist earthquake recovery efforts. Read more.

Columbian College student and aspiring actress Alexandria Taliaferro is still in awe of that moment in May when she met her idol, award-winning actress Kerry Washington, BA ’98. “I can undoubtedly say it was a life changing experience.” Read more.

• Daniel Schwartz received the Salo Baron Prize for the best first book in Jewish studies for The First Modern Jew: Spinoza and the History of an Image.

• Nina Seavey's documentary, "The War At Home," won 11 awards and will featured be at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park.

Read More “In the Spotlight”

• Global Women’s Institute Partners with World Bank
• Symposium Celebrates Washingtonia Collection
• Kathryn Bigelow Joins SMPA Conversation Series
• Five Questions: Fighting Anti-LGBT Laws in Russia
• Summit Addresses STEM Education
• ‘Presidencies Derailed’ Examines Startling Trend in Higher Ed

• GW Speech & Hearing Open House in Chicago
• Reception with President Knapp in London
• GW LinkedIn Virtual Networking Hour
• GW Culture Buffs: Art Basel in Miami Beach
• GW Culture Buffs at The Nutcracker

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• Graduate Programs Open House
• America's Changing Role in the World and How the Press Covers It
• Black Politics in Civil War Washington: What Spielberg’s Lincoln Didn’t Tell You
• Trachtenberg School: Navigating the Academic Job Search

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