Engaging Students Online? Make it Fun, Make it Easy
It’s easy to get ignored online, and the folks who work to engage and advise students at George Washington’s University Honors Program know that.
That’s why a blog post promoting a student-...
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GW Researchers Gain Northern Exposure
With support from the National Science Foundation, George Washington University researchers are working to better understand the changing nature of the Arctic, a region that is being reshaped by...
Solutions for Sustainable Development
It’s appropriate that Hurricane Sandy prevented Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York City, from traveling to Washington, D.C., in October to give a...
Researcher Awarded $2 Million Grant from Gates Foundation
George Washington University researcher Robin Bernstein, an assistant professor of anthropology in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, has received a grant of $2 million from the Bill...
Siemens Competition Showcases Young Researchers
For the student competitors in the 2012 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology, research isn’t something they aspire to do when they reach graduate school, or even college. The 19...
GW Students Host First Mini-Hackathon
In only eight hours on Saturday, a real-time student collaboration tool was created by aspiring George Washington University entrepreneurs, thanks to a mini-hackathon co-sponsored by two startups...
HSPI Hosts Commander of U.S. Africa Command
The No. 1 priority for the commander of the United States Africa Command, which works to advance the national security interests of the U.S., is the “continuing challenge” of violent extremist...
University Community ‘Likes’ New Facebook Page
A new social project rippling through colleges around the world has found its way onto the George Washington campus with the Facebook page “...
Alumni Serving in D.C. Government Celebrated at Reception
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., lauded George Washington alumni on Thursday for what she called their “good sense” to go to the university—and to choose a career in public service in the...
At George Washington’s first Teaching and Research Support Open House on Thursday, representatives from University Libraries, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Office of the Vice...