To call Alison Brooks “busy” is an understatement. The professor of anthropology at GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences is involved in the debut of the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History; fielding calls and messages from people who saw her on the highly acclaimed PBS series The Human Spark; and working with graduate students on several research projects, one of which is exploring how the use of stone tools shaped the evolution of the human hand. Brooks’ high profile in the anthropology arena stems in part from her energy and relentless curiosity—and not a tiny bit from her daring. 
CNN host and GW honorary degree recipient Larry King will be participating in a “Conversation Series” interview with School of Media and Public Affairs Director Frank Sesno on March 4th. King is a generous benefactor to the University, endowing a scholarship fund to provide financial aid to budding journalists. Since 2000, the fund has assisted 38 students, including journalism and communications senior Elizabeth Richardson.
Dance salsa in Peru? Explore religion in the Mediterranean? Look for Neanderthals in France? Sign me up!
Columbian College’s location in Washington, D.C.—an area steeped in cultural venues—provides an unparalleled opportunity for students studying the arts. From music and museum studies, to interior design, theatre, art history, and fine arts, students come to GW to take advantage of all that the University and the city have to offer. And, their success stories are impressive.
When Jim Clark (left) was a boy, he hunted fossils with a friend in California’s Mojave Desert. The biologist still hunts fossils, but for the last two decades he has done it in more exotic places, like China, and his discoveries have contributed to one of the planet’s biggest collaborative science initiatives: The Tree of Life, a scientific effort to map the evolutionary relationships among all species on earth—all 1.7 million of them.The New York Times ran an op-ed on autism by Professor of Anthropology Roy Richard Grinker. He was also featured on NPR's Morning Edition.
Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory, edited by Benjamin Banneker Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton, has been published.
Professor of Geography and International Affairs David Rain put together the Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division.
The Psychology of Judicial Decision Making includes a contribution by Political Science Professor Brandon Bartels.
Dorothy Gilliam, director of the Prime Movers Media program in the School of Media and Public Affairs, was presented The Lifetime Achievement Award by the Washington Press Club Foundation
Doctoral students Kelsey Glennon, biological sciences, and Matt Kohlstedt, American studies, have received summer research grants from the Cosmos Club Foundation.
Edited by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires, professors of Sociology (2009). The book is a compilation of writings from sociologists, housing experts, public policy leaders and others who take a broad look at integration policies over the decades, chronicling the successes, failures and the future of integration initiatives. 
Chad Heap, professor of American Studies (2009). Chad Heap's latest history book looks at "slumming:" the practice of whites traveling to nightspots frequented by minorities, and how it eventually transformed racial and sexual norms and attitudes throughout the United States. 
James Miller, chair of the Department of American Studies (2009). James Miller looks at the cultural repercussions from the infamous 1931 trial in Scottsboro, Ala., when nine black youths were convicted of raping two white women. The evidence was suspect and contradictory, but eight of the youths were sentenced to death. The case influenced authors, filmmakers and politicians, and still resonates years later. 
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