Learn from the Best Practitioners and Researchers
Our brand of academic engagement combines academics with experience. At GW, students are taught by professors who do what they teach.
- Lisa Delpy-Neirotti, associate professor of tourism and sport management, is an Olympic expert who has attended 14 consecutive Olympics and takes students to each Olympic game to learn about sports-marketing techniques
- Henry Nau, professor of political science and international affairs, formerly served as a senior staff member, responsible for international economic affairs, in the National Security Council in the White House.
- Michael Plesniak, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is the former director of the Fluid Dynamics and Hydraulics Program at the National Science Foundation.
The GW Experience
Students
All in the Family
Greg and Heather Hachenburg talk about their undergraduate experience at GW, one of many sibling pairs to share in the Colonials legacy.
Creating Next Generation Leaders
GW program helps female students connect with leading women across a variety of fields and develop their roles as future women in leadership.
Where the City is a Classroom
Freshman volunteers experience life beyond Foggy Bottom...
Faculty
Fighting Neglected Diseases
GW professor works to eradicate diseases that affect the health, education and economic development of the world's poorest people.
Building the Super Computer
Pioneering lab puts GW at the forefront of high-speed computing and offers GW students unprecedented access to science and skills of the future.
Blast From the Past
Students map an ancient—and dramatic—eruption as part of a geological research program in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains.
Alumni
Giving Back to the District of Columbia
D.C. public health director calls GW education the foundation of his career.
GW Opens Doors
A chance encounter with a GW alumna helped give one GW undergraduate, an aspiring broadcast journalist from Texas, his big break.
The Legend Lives On
The $2 million bequest commitment caps a lifetime of philanthropy and service to GW, establishing the Elyse B. and Donald R. Lehman Endowed Professorship in Theoretical Physics.