News and Stories
Planet Forward Galapagos Trip Highlights Sustainability Around the World
August 22, 2024
Stories focused on topics such as climate, energy, food, and, policy allowed Planet Forward Storyfest winners to take a once in a lifetime trip to the Galapagos
GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future Welcomes Two New Mascots
August 14, 2024
Modeled after real plants in the Alliance’s office, this dynamic duo is designed to highlight local and global sustainability issues to students and faculty
Sustainability Research Institute's Seed Grant Program
August 8, 2024
GW’s Sustainability Research Institute instituted a new seed grant program to inspire additional interdisciplinary research in the field of sustainability
Warehousing Industry Increases Health-Harming Pollutants (GW Today)
August 6, 2024
A unique study by GW researchers shows an average 20% spike of nitrogen dioxide polluting the air near huge warehouses, hitting people of color hardest.
GW Student Shares Her Journey in Planet Forward Frontline Communication Fellowship
August 2, 2024
Planet Forward’s Frontline Climate Fellowship Program offers students a platform to produce work that illuminates environmental stories
Exploring Marsh Migration and Herbivory in the Chesapeake Bay
July 17, 2024
GW Professor and PHD graduate explore the relationship between Sika Deer, and Phragmites Australis and the marshes they call home
Planet Forward Launches New Fellowship Program Aimed at Minority Students
July 11, 2024
Program Director Jesse Holland Jr speaks about Planet Forward's new Frontline Climate Fellows Program
GW Students to Build Sustainable Learning Center in Northern Uganda
July 5, 2024
GW Student Organizations Engineers Without Borders and Association of Energy Engineers unite to help design, fund, and build in Yumbe
Restoring the Anacostia: A Battle Against Resident Canadian Geese
June 26, 2024
Effects of Canada Goose Herbivory on the Tidal Freshwater Wetlands in Anacostia Park
GW and José Andrés Name Stacy Dean as Inaugural Carbonell Family Executive Director of the Global Food Institute (GW Today)
June 18, 2024
Dean, a food and nutrition security expert, served as the Deputy Under Secretary for the USDA Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services.
The Frontline of Climate Communication
June 10, 2024
GW Climate and Health Institute meets with WUSA9 Meteorologist Kaitlyn McGrath
Turning Up the Heat: Heat Recovery and Selective Laser Melting
June 3, 2024
GW Researcher Explores Additive Manufacturing to Create Low-Cost Semiconductors: Can they fly a plane?