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Global Food Entrepreneurship Event

Local Food Entrepreneurs Dish Out Advice at GW

Andy’s Pizza founder Andy Brown and Falafel Inc's creator Ahmad Ashkar reflect on building brands from the ground up for aspiring GW innovators.

New Venture Competition 2025

2026 New Venture Competition Finalists Announced

Award ceremony set for April 23 in Jack Morton Auditorium.

(Left to right) Moderator Lauren Onkey discusses expressing sustainability through the arts with panelists Renata Philippe, John D’Arcy and Andrea Limauro during the GW St. Patrick's Day Sustainability Celebration. (GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future)

Alliance for a Sustainable Future Hosts Truly Green St. Patrick’s Day at GW

The daylong celebration, cohosted with 3 other universities from the U.S. and Ireland, included panel discussions, interactive workshops and sustainability tours.

Fahrenkopf-Manatt 2026

Promoting Bipartisanship in a Period of Polarization

At GSPM’s annual Fahrenkopf-Manatt Lecture, Republicans and Democrats find themselves agreeing on a number of issues.

Deanna Kemp, director of the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) at Australia’s University of Queensland, delivered a keynote at the conference. (GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future)

Interdisciplinary Sloan Foundation Conference Digs Deep on Critical Minerals

The two-day gathering, co-hosted by GW’s Sustainability Research Institute and geography department, brought researchers together with experts outside academia.

Zoe Szajnfarber addressed the audience at TRAILSCon. (GW Today)

Researchers at the Heart of AI Look to the Future

At TRAILSCon 2026, an interdisciplinary cadre of AI experts came together to assess challenges and opportunities in the field.

Yoon Shik and Haewon Park

New Named Professorship Honors Legacy of GW International Finance Expert Yoon Shik Park and Spouse

Heawon Kang Park’s generous philanthropy ensures that her husband’s lifelong commitment to teaching and their shared values—education, service and humility—will endure at GW for generations.

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GW Board of Trustees Elects New Officers

Mark Chichester has been elected chair; Todd Klein has been named vice chair; and Jeffrey Flaks will continue to serve as secretary.

 Maria Frawley

GW English Professor Publishes Book on the Language of Jane Austen

Maria Frawley explores the meanings behind key words in Austen’s fiction.

Kara Braciale

Corcoran Lecturer Featured by National Gallery of Art

Kara Braciale highlights the power of observational drawing to reframe everyday objects as subjects of study.