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May 2012 |
Top Stories
An estimated 25,000 graduates, families and friends will celebrate the collegiate rite of passage on May 20.
An Experimentalist Turned Educator
GW Professor Gerald Feldman works to improve physics education here and across the country.
A Voice for Medical Students
GW medical student elected as national president of the American Medical Student Association.
GW Trains D.C. Students in CPR, AED
Paramedics from GW teach hundreds of high schoolers in Anacostia life-saving techniques.
News Briefs
Laparoscopic Surgery in Colon Cancer
A research study by SPHHS health policy professor Avi Dor found that market forces such as managed care or hospital competition increased the likelihood of laparoscopic surgery to treat colon cancer – the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. – over open resection, which involves a long incision and lengthy hospital stay and recovery.
Antimicrobial Resistance for Common UTI Drug
Investigators at GW and Providence Hospital have found that E. coli antimicrobial resistance to ciprofloxacin, the most commonly prescribed antimicrobial for urinary tract infections in the U.S., increased over five-fold from 2000 to 2010.
Researching the Ballgame
GW Associate Professor of Anthropology Jeffrey Blomster's research paper, "Early evidence of the ballgame in Oaxaca, Mexico," was published in the journal Proceedings in the National Academies of Science. Dr. Blomster explored the importance of the ballgame to ancient Mesoamerican societies.
GW Hosts Neuroscience Symposium
Sponsored by GW's Institute for Neuroscience, the symposium brought together more 60 researchers, psychologists, students and advocates to learn about the latest advancements in vision, cognition and autism-related neuroscience research.
SON Student Wins Prestigious Scholarship
Uchechi Amajuoyi, a Doctor of Nursing Practice SON student has been named a Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar. This nationwide program aims to increase the number of nursing faculty members by providing students with a $10,000 scholarship, leadership development and mentoring support.
GW Athletics Partners with Nike
GW's Department of Athletics and Recreation recently announced that Nike will become the exclusive official outfitter of Colonials Athletics effective for the 2012-13 academic year.The Nike agreement marks the first comprehensive apparel and footwear deal for GW Athletics and gives Nike the right to provide uniforms, apparel and footwear to each of GW's 23 varsity sports and over 400 student-athletes.
