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No matter what subjects we pursue, we’ve all come here to
change the course of history.
Cassandra White, a senior majoring in biology and public health, is researching what kind of impact genetic and environmental factors have on primates’ personality—a key question in the debate on how behavior is influenced by nature and nurture.
Ms. White is looking at the DNA of chimpanzees and comparing that with validated personality data available to the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology. In her preliminary work, she honed in on the DRD2 gene, the methylation of which was found to be associated with the personality dimensions of openness and extraversion.
GW’s Strategic Plan: Path to Preeminence
The university is undertaking a strategic planning process to develop a plan that will provide the detailed direction for GW’s transformation over the next five years, focusing on quality within four pillars that drive excellence in higher education:
• World-Class Faculty
• High-Quality Undergraduate Education
• Distinguished and Distinctive Graduate Education
• High-Impact Research
All members of the university community are encouraged to participate in the process and share their ideas for moving GW forward.
The continued progress of the university’s five strategic initiatives provides the strong foundation from which GW is building its new strategic plan.
GW has been awarded the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation. As one of 119 U.S. colleges and universities to receive it this year, the classification demonstrates the commitment our campus community has to public service and community engagement.
Students in the history class “George Washington and His World,” make trips to Mount Vernon, the Virginia estate about 20 miles south of Washington, D.C., that President Washington called home. With the help of experts and historians from Gelman Library, the Society of the Cincinnati, the Library of Congress and the Washington Library at Mount Vernon, students uncover a complex and intimate portrait of the man behind the mythical Founding Father.
The first public forum on the recently published strategic plan interim reports gave members of the GW community the opportunity to provide feedback on the committees’ recommendations for the university’s direction over the next five years. The committees will use the feedback to improve the reports and will continue to share updates with the Faculty Senate, Strategic Planning Task Force and Board of Trustees.
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