Summer 2023 Archive
FEATURE
Championing Kindness
In 2012, Cynthia Germanotta, M.A. ’78, and her daughter Stefani–better known to the world as Lady Gaga–launched Born This Way Foundation. Their mission: to support the mental health of young people and to work with them to build a kinder, braver world.
FEATURE
Agents of Change
For the past decade, the Global Women’s Institute has helped build the evidence base on violence against women and girls and what works to prevent gender-based violence. Where does it go from here?
ALUMNI PROFILES
From Alaska to Qatar to here in the nation's capital, our alumni are changing the world.
Here are some of their stories.
'Do it Anyway'
Kathy Baird, B.A. '96, Chief Communications Officer for "The Washington Post" and member of the Rosebud Sioux Lakota Nation, has never let adversity hold her back.
A Sustainable Solution to Hunger
Alumna Dawn Moncrief, M.A. '98, M.A. '01, is helping feed the planet with plant-based foods through a well-fed world.
The Learning Trail
Lifelong educator Juli Westrich, M.A.T. '98, gets an opportunity she'd only ever dreamed of with the famed Iditarod race.
Protecting from the Sidelines
Special agent Rachel Wolf-Hubbard, M.A. '17, protected the family, friends of the U.S. men's soccer team during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
MORE FROM THE SUMMER ISSUE
Mission Accomplished: Wrighton ‘Grateful’ for GW Tenure
As his tenure draws to a close, President Mark S. Wrighton reflected on accomplishments and only-at-GW moments.
GW Welcomes New President
Ellen Granberg is an innovative, dynamic leader with decades of experience at research universities and as a sociology scholar.
GW Joins Prestigious Association of American Universities
The university’s membership in the AAU recognizes its leading research, education and innovation.
It's Revolutionaries!
The new moniker was consistently the top-ranked option in every round of a yearlong process driven by feedback from GW students, faculty, staff and alumni.
