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A virtual gathering this semester produced many smiles. Below, grad students enjoyed a "Spooky Monument Walk."

Presidential Fellows Win Grant to Unite Graduate Research at GW

December 3, 2025

While gaining countless professional skills, this year's fellows received a Luther Rice Foundation grant to strengthen community and facilitate interdisciplinary research at GW.

President Granberg poses with Clark Scholars, GW faculty and representatives from the Clark Foundation.

Honoring Service Leadership in GW's Clark Scholars Program

December 2, 2025

Scholars from across all of GW Engineering's academic departments joined President Ellen Granberg for a dinner honoring the recent $11 million investment in GW's Clark Scholars Program.

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Uncovering Game-Changing, 'Hidden Order' in Atoms

December 1, 2025

CEE Prof. Tianshu Li co-led research finding that atoms in an alloy are not positioned randomly, but instead arrange themselves in “atomic neighborhoods.”