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Columbian College Celebrates!
Commencement weekend ushered the 2010 GW graduates into the world with flare, joy, and inspiring words. The festivities included a Celebration for Columbian College students on May 15. View the video, photo gallery, and more!
The Gaffney Family: A GW Legacy
For Dean Barratt, one of the many moments that made Commencement weekend so special was her time with alumnus John Gaffney, BA '82, and his family.
Students Examine Environmental Hazards, Formulate Policy in Navajo Nation
A passion for environmental justice led students to the Navajo Nation this spring to analyze and address hazards left behind by the federal government's extensive uranium mining and milling operations during World War II.
Graduate Maps His Future
Recent graduate Peter Gray Smith, BA '10, has an explorer's spirit and the tools to map out his adventures.
Happening Now at Columbian 
- Huffington Post features video on BP oil spill by students Ryder Haske and Elizabeth Chernef http://ccas.gwu.edu/3c
- Dean Barratt visits with Boston alumni and celebrates the Gaffney family's GW legacy http://ccas.gwu.edu/2l
- Study co-authored by GW's Susan Dudley found that the cost of homeland security will continue to rise http://ccas.gwu.edu/3b
- Check out Professor Eric Cline's new book "Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean" http://ccas.gwu.edu/3a
- Fulbright information session for graduate students 5/21 http://ccas.gwu.edu/39
Engaging Washington and the World
"Welcome to the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, where our mission is
to educate and engage our students in Washington and the world. With more
than 40 departments and programs encompassing the languages, literature,
social and lab sciences, the performing arts, and more, Columbian College is
uniquely positioned to provide the broad-based liberal arts education needed
for personal fulfillment and professional success. Our internationally
recognized faculty and active partnerships with prestigious research
institutions place Columbian College at the forefront in advancing policy,
enhancing culture, and transforming lives through research and discovery.
I invite you to take a closer look at our people and programs, and our efforts to make a difference in the world around us. Also, I enjoy hearing from you so please visit my blog and submit a comment!"
In The Spotlight
Ken Zweibel, director of GW's Solar Institute, spoke about the long-term practical and economic benefits of the development of solar energy before the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. He touted solar as having the greatest potential payoff because it is the best available source of energy.
Kathryn Newcomer, an expert on program evaluation, has been named director of the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. Newcomer helped brief President Obama's transition team about general management across the federal government. The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration is GW's focal point for public affairs education, as well as research and public service. Read more.
Dancer and choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess, MFA '94, is now head of the Theatre and Dance Department. Burgess is the founding director of Washington, D.C.'s premier Asian American dance company, Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company, which is known for its Asian-inspired works and visual clarity. 
James Clark, a Ronald B. Weintraub Professor of Biology in The George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, discovered a unique beaked, plant-eating dinosaur in China. This finding demonstrates that theropod, or bird-footed, dinosaurs were more ecologically diverse in the Jurassic period than previously thought and offers important new evidence about how the three-fingered hand of birds evolved from the hand of dinosaurs.
English professor, poet and author Jane Shore uses personal experience to write about life's basics from childhood, the family and the onset of middle age. Her newest collection of poems is called A Yes-or-No Answer.
Chemistry Professor Christopher Cahill helped land two grants through the Energy Frontier Research Center, including an award totaling nearly $1.3 million for research focusing on radioactive elements to help develop nuclear energy systems. Cahill is a winner of the department's Bender award for outstanding teaching and just returned from a sabbatical as a Fulbright Scholar in Cardiff, Wales, and as a visiting fellow at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.
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