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"I'm On My Way" by Prof. Matt Jacobson

“I could sing things that I couldn’t say,” Odetta once noted of a folk repertoire that carried a palpable air of protest and rage from both before and after emancipation.  “We were bigger than Jim Crow,” Sammy Davis, Jr.

Information Session: Media & Strategic Communication (MA)

Join the GW School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) for a 30-minute webinar to learn more about our Master of Arts in Media and Strategic Communication.

University Seminar Series presents a discussion with Graphika CIO Camille François

Please join Professors Steven Livingston, Neil Johnson, and David Broniatowski for a discussion with Graphika CIO Camille François.

"The State Of American Studies" with Professor Matt Jacobson

The Department of American Studies invites you to join us for a discussion on the History and State of American Studies with Professor Jacobson. The event will follow his lecture, "I'm On My Way: The Cultural History of the Civil Rights Era."

The event will be taking place on November 20th, 2019 from 3-4 pm in the Elliott School Room B16. 

What Makes Local Infrastructure So Expensive?

What makes local infrastructure so expensive? Are there ways to trim cost but maintain quality? To solicit community input and still proceed expeditiously?

Join our panel of local experts and moderator Robert McCartney (Senior Regional Correspondent, The Washington Post) to explore policies that could help moderate high and increasing infrastructure costs.

Panelists are:

What Makes Local Infrastructure So Expensive?

What makes local infrastructure so expensive? Are there ways to trim cost but maintain quality? To solicit community input and still proceed expeditiously?

Join our panel of local experts and moderator Robert McCartney (Senior Regional Correspondent, The Washington Post) to explore policies that could help moderate high and increasing infrastructure costs.

Panelists are:

Software Carpentry: shell/git/Python

Learn about automating tasks with the Unix shell, version control with Git, and data analysis and visualization with Python during two days of hands-on instruction.

The Social Organization of the Unspoken: “Informal Organizations in Tajik/Afghan Badakhshan”

The Sigur Center for Asian Studies would like to invite you to attend this book launch event in celebration of Informal Organizations in Tajik/Afghan Badakhshan by Suzanne Levi-Sanchez, Ph.D. This book explores the relationship of informal organizations to the state, civil society, and kinship networks.

"Interrogating GW": An American Studies Student Conference

"Interrogating GW: An American Studies Student Conference" will consist of American Studies majors presenting their original research on some aspects of George Washington University. The panels on November 21, the first section of the conference, will explore:

Software Carpentry: shell/git/Python

Learn about automating tasks with the Unix shell, version control with Git, and data analysis and visualization with Python during two days of hands-on instruction.

We Need to Do Something About Mental Illness...But it Won't Stop Mass Shootings

The Psychology Graduate Association is a graduate student organization that seeks to enrich the psychology community by hosting social, educational and informative events that bridge the psychology disciplines. We are hosting our inaugural visiting speaker next month and would like to invite interested students across disciplines.

Blackboard: Assignments and Tests

This 60-minute workshop will primarily cover how to create assignments and develop tests that make the best of both your time and your students efforts.

Driving Innovation through Design of New, Safer Chemicals: Challenges and Opportunities

Facilitating interdisciplinary dialogue among academia, policy makers, regulators, the private sector and the public on high-priority issues of sustainable chemical manufacturing.

Biology Seminar with Dr. Adam Smith

Join the Biological Sciences Department for our weekly seminars. The Biological Sciences Department hosts weekly seminars every Friday during the Fall and Spring semesters. This week, hosted by Dr. John Lill, Dr. Adam Smith will be speaking.

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies' Alumni Speaker Series

The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Program's Alumni Speaker Series showcases and celebrates the many accomplishments and diverse paths our alumni have taken, through a dialogue on challenges and opportunities in working toward change on issues related to women, gender, and sexuality, here in the United States, and around the world. 

Testing in Blackboard: Best Practices

This workshop will cover the basics of administering a test in Blackboard such as test creation and best practices.

Information Session: Exhibition Design (MA)

We invite you to join us on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 from 8:30-9:30am EST for an online information session about our Master of Arts in Exhibition Design with Andrea Dietz, Assistant Professor of Exhibition Design. Learn how our curriculum cultivates sophisticated designers, giving you the visual representation and physical realization skills you need to compose compelling exhibition environments.

Information Session: Trachtenberg School of Public Policy (MPA, MPP, MA)

Join us online, for a chance to learn more about the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. This information session provides you the opportunity to learn about our Master of Public Administration, Master of Public Policy or Master of Arts in Environmental Resource Policy. Discussions on career opportunities, funding, course offerings, program structure will be included.

You've Got This: Succeeding After That Test Score

Join us as we review a variety of exam study skills, time management, and how to maintain motivation after a low test score.

"Interrogating GW": An American Studies Student Conference

"Interrogating GW: An American Studies Student Conference" will consist of American Studies majors presenting their original research on some aspects of George Washington University. The panels on December 5, the second and final section of the conference, will explore:

Open House: Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences

Prospective Graduate and Post-baccalaureate Open House for The George Washington University's Speech and Hearing Department. Meet with Admissions Committee, listen-in on a Guest Lecturer from Speech and Hearing Faculty; learn the basics within Speech Language Pathology for Post Bacc Students or tour of clinic for 1st year students; participate in round Table Discussions with Academic and Clinical Faculty as well as round table

The Crisis that Has Defied Five Presidents: Covering the North Korean Nuclear Program for Three Decades

The GW Institute for Korean Studies & the East Asia National Resource Center Present: Korea Policy Forum, "The Crisis that Has Defied Five Presidents: Covering the North Korean Nuclear Program for Three Decades"

- Speaker: David E. Sanger, National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times - Moderator: Yonho Kim, Associate Director, the GW Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS)  

Biology Seminar with Dr. Robin Tinghitella from University of Denver

Join the Biological Sciences Department for our weekly seminars. The Biological Sciences Department hosts weekly seminars on Fridays during the Fall and Spring semesters. This week, hosted by Dr. Patricia Hernandez, Dr. Robin Tinghitella from University of Denver will be the guest-speaker.

Information Session: Trachtenberg School of Public Policy (MPA, MPP, MA)

Join us on GW's Foggy Bottom Campus, for a chance to learn more about the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. This information session provides you the opportunity to learn about our Master of Public Administration, Master of Public Policy or Master of Arts in Environmental Resource Policy. Discussions on career opportunities, funding, course offerings, program structure will be included.

Getting Started with Blackboard in 45 Minutes

This workshop covers the best that Blackboard has to offer. From uploading course materials to engaging a discussion board to grading student assignments, participants will watch step-by-step demonstrations and explore diverse ways faculty use Blackboard at GW.