When Edward “Skip” Gnehm Jr., ESIA BA ’66, MA ’68, arrived at GW in the fall of 1962, he already had his goal in sight. He spent the next six years studying international affairs. A distinguished career as a diplomat, including three ambassadorships, followed. He is currently Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs […]
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GW Professor and Former Student Talk Technology in Popular Podcast
How can technology transform the way we do business? What kind of forces are at play now that technology is intimately involved in everything we do? For over two decades, Dr. David Alan Grier, associate professor in the Center for International Science & Technology Policy in the Elliott School and Dr. Tamara Carleton, CCAS BA […]
SEAS Alum: ‘Predictive Analytics is the Future’
Anasse Bari, SEAS MS ’10, CERT ’12, PhD ’12, a visiting professor in GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), is making a name for himself in the field of predictive analytics (PA); he recently co-authored the book Predictive Analytics for Dummies. Bari’s research focuses on predictive analytics with applications on social networks analytics, […]
Alumnus, now GW Faculty, Publishes Predictive Analytics Book
Anasse Bari, SEAS MS ’10, CERT ’12, PhD ’12, a faculty member in GW’s computer science department, recently celebrated the publication of his book Predictive Analytics For Dummies. Bari co-authored the book with fellow alumnus, Mohamed Chaouchi, SEAS MS ’05, and software engineer Tommy Jung. Predictive analytics is a branch of data mining that helps […]
American Studies Dept. Honors Emeritus Professors
On Wednesday, Feb. 19, GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of American Studies hosted a reception and lecture for alumni and faculty to honor two emeritus professors, James O. Horton and John Vlach. Melani McAlister, chair of the department, kicked off the evening by announcing the launch of the Horton-Vlach Fund for American […]
From Student to Faculty: Meet Dr. Elanah Uretsky
GSEHD alumna Karen Norris recently profiled Dr. Elanah Uretsky, a ’97 grad who now happens to call GW home for a different reason: she’s a member of the faculty. Read on to learn about Uretsky’s areas of expertise in public health and anthropology: Dr. Elanah Uretsky, ESIA MA ’97, earned a master’s in East Asian […]
SEAS Professor Named One of Nation’s ‘Most Innovative’ Educators
Our friends at GW Today recently reported that a professor from GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), Ergun Simsek, will represent GW at the 2013 Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium: When it comes to teaching electromagnetics, Professor Ergun Simsek likes to show before he tells. Theoretical concepts — those complicated equations on the […]
Brian Kamoie, LAW JD ’96, SPHHS MPH ’97,
Brian Kamoie, LAW JD ’96, SPHHS MPH ’97, was appointed by President Barack Obama to the position of Assistant Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Grant Programs within the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to this appointment Kamoie had been serving on the White House National Security Staff and before that he worked […]
SEAS Alumna Serves Navy and GW
When U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Alex Greene, SEAS BS ’01, finished a military assignment in Afghanistan, she jumped at the option presented for her next duty station: Return to GW as an assistant professor of Naval Science for the Navy ROTC department. Since 2011, Alex has been teaching at GW, where she also serves as […]
Help a GW professor win top honor
An exciting honor has been bestowed upon a professor from GW’s School of Public Health and Health Services! Dr. Patricia Pittman’s article, “Physician Wages in States with Expanded APRN Scope of Practice”, has been selected as a finalist in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “Most Influential Research Articles of 2012“. This campaign has been conducted […]