Celebrating Student Research and Scholarship
By Kristen Mitchell
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How Should Refugees Be Treated?
By Greg Varner
With today’s news media spotlighting the millions of people fleeing Ukraine, the question again arises: How should governments respond to refugees?
To...
New Study Sheds Light on Early Human Hair Evolution
Hair is an important feature of primate diversity and evolution—including among humans. It serves functions that are tied to thermoregulation, protection, camouflage and signaling.
But the...
Political Journalists Dana Bash, Chuck Todd to Receive Honorary Degrees
The George Washington University will award honorary degrees to two titans of broadcast news at this year’s Commencement celebration on the National Mall.
CNN anchor and chief political...
Jurassic Bark: Do Dogs Hold Hints to Early Language?
By John DiConsiglio
Long before we asked them to fetch tennis balls and shake for treats, dogs lived alongside early humans and watched us evolve for as many as 30,000 years. As they...
Weaving a Millennium of Textile History
New GW Museum and Textile Museum exhibition showcases 1,000 years of Indian fabric design.

GW Law’s Daniel Solove quoted in Vox
Solove weighs in on what happens after a company faces a data breach.

David Michaels Co-Authors New York Times Guest Essay
Michaels, a professor of environmental and occupational health and of epidemiology and biostatistics, makes the case for widespread adoption of technology to stop the spread of COVID-19.