Research & Learning

A display from "Source Material" at the museum

Sustainable Fashion Is No Myth at the GW Museum

From pants made of seafood shells to expanding outfits that grow with a child, “Source Material: Lessons in Responsible Fashion” has future generations in mind.

Roxana Collins

FinEcon Academy Connects High School Students to Finance and Real Estate

GW Business teaches D.C. public school students concepts such as corporate return on equity, capital allocations, stock buybacks and price-to-book ratio.

Amna Maqsood

Turning the Urban Landscape into Greenspace

A GW student’s sustainability project seeks to improve the balance of nature one puddle at a time.

In Photos: Integrating New Microchips at GW

Students in Gina Adam’s “Micro and Nanofabrication Techniques” class used cutting-edge instruments to design and build their own versions of the technology at the heart of modern life.

John Lach

Meet GW Interim Provost John Lach

Most recently the GW Engineering dean, Lach brings his people-first leadership style to the university’s top academic role.

Carenna Thompson

Student Dispatches from Abroad: France

The Elliott School’s Carenna Thompson pens a love letter to Paris.

GSHEDS DCPS FELLOWS

GW Education Leadership Fellows Use Data to Drive Success in D.C. Schools

The Educational Leadership and Administration program empowers educators to identify access gaps, implement action research projects and lead measurable change.

Good Food for All Summit 2025

Forging a Link between Food and Health

At the Good Food for All Summit, national leaders, innovators explored solutions linking nutrition access to health, dignity and community transformation.

Compass team

GW Student Consultants Travel to Thailand to Explore the Future of AI and Renewable Energy

A long-shot invitation turned into a transformative research trip, offering five GW Compass students a front-row seat to Southeast Asia’s energy innovation.

Kaia Arditha (center) met the Chilean band Tortuganónima.

Student Dispatches from Abroad: Chile

CCAS’s Kaia Arditha spent spring 2025 in Chile through the GW Study Abroad Program.

Provost Bracey joins new SPH endowed professors along with Dean Goldman.

Milken Institute SPH Installs Two Endowed Chairs

Professors Alison Barkoff and Timothy Holtz’s work as scholars and researchers noted during the installation.

Juneteenth Historical photo

From Emancipation to Juneteenth: The Long Road to Freedom after the Civil War

GW History Department Chair Denver Brunsman discusses the evolution of Juneteenth.

Stacy Dean

Combating Global Hunger in Today’s Lower-Budget Landscape

The Global Food Institute at the George Washington University co-hosted a summit on the path forward for international food aid.

Pregnant patient at a physician's office.

2025 U.S. Counties with the Highest Maternal Mental Health Risk and Lowest Resources

The report by The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health and GW reveals 150 counties are identified as maternal mental health “Dark Zones.”

GW Gate

GW Joins Multidisciplinary Scientific Society as Founding Institutional Member

New partnership with the American Association for the Advancement of Science provides free memberships and benefits to the university community.

 

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