Newsmakers
Notable GW students and faculty achievements draw national and international media. The University also attracts politicians, business luminaries, foreign dignitaries and celebrities. Meet some of GW’s newsmakers.
Highlights
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GW Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
GW faculty will appear in NOVA's three-part special on human evolution, "Becoming Human."
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Faculty in the News
Press coverage of GW faculty members.
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David Michaels
David Michaels, GW research professor of environmental occupational health, previously worked in the Clinton administration, focusing on the health of workers and neighbors of nuclear weapons facilities.
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Sara Rosenbaum
Sara Rosenbaum is the Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy and Chair in the Department of Health Policy.
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.