Fall 2021 Archive

 

 

 

 

LAND OF ICE AND FIRE

More than 4 million people live in the Arctic, where climate change is progressing faster than on the rest of the planet. Researchers across GW are working to help sustain their cities, infrastructures and cultures.

 

 

Collage of gift ideas including socks, wine bottles, flowers, and jewelry

 

FEATURE

Gift It Your All

Whether reinventing a room with a bright, textural art quilt or nudging a friend toward a personal style upgrade with a raw emerald ring, this year’s gift guide goes bold.

Scholarship collage images including students in cap and gown high fiving, students around a table in a classroom, and Trustees Gate in Kogan Plaza

 

FEATURE

Opening Doors, Changing Lives

Too often, students must weigh their academic dreams against their financial challenges. A new University-wide scholarship initiative seeks to lighten the burden on their educational journey.

 

 

 

MORE FROM THE FALL ISSUE

 

Bicentennial bash showing Kogan Plaza and Tempietto lit up with lights with students and other people walking through the plaza

 


GW NEWS

A Bicentennial Bash

A celebratory close and a long-awaited Commencement ceremony highlighted a weekend honoring the university’s past, present and future.

Lonnie Bunch

 


HEADLINERS

George Welcomes

Daily Show host Trevor Noah, Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie Bunch and award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo, BA ’10, were among the headliners at university events this year.