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Prof. Miller's Science Course – Time Change/Registration Closure

October 29, 2013Courses, Featured

Prof. Miller’s “Capital Climate Initiative” Scientific Reasoning and Discovery course for Spring 2014 (HONR 1034:MV3) will be CLOSED for registration to any student who is not currently enrolled in his S&S course. The spring semester is a direct continuation of the fall semester, and it would be too difficult to “catch up” for students to join in the Spring.
Additionally, the course has new times:

For Spring 2014

HONR 1034 MV3 crn: 93972 TR 8:30am-9:45am (Lecture)

HONR 1033 M33 crn: 97157 T 10:00am – noon (Lab)

You can find all courses and descriptions for next semester at our website.

Capital Climate Initiative Open House [Event]

May 2, 2013Events, Featured, General News

The George Washington University Honors Program would like to cordially invite you to the open house of the Capital Climate Initiative. On May 3rd, from 10:30 am to noon, the students will be presenting their special topic final presentations on different aspects of Climate Change at the Honors Club Room. The purpose of our endeavor is to raise awareness and educate the local community on climate change and an individual’s impact on the global community. Topics will range from Climate Science to Sustainable Technology and Behavior, and you will have the opportunity to view, first-hand, what we have accomplished this year: our website (http://wiki.chem.gwu.edu/CapitalClimateInitiative/), and two versions of our CO2 sensors. (A standalone sensor that communicates with our website and a second, held within a miniature Washington Monument, that also indicates to local users the concentration visually.)

We welcome questions regarding the technology used, the measurements themselves, and the climate science context of the results.

Prof. Miller and Rio Hart Present UHP Course at Conference

November 9, 2012General News

Most students spend their time taking classes, having fun and participating in extracurriculars. It takes a certain type of young adult to spend their free time researching algae as a source of biofuel. But that’s just what junior Rio Hart did during his freshman year–and beyond.
When the University Honors Program freshmen entered Professor Houston Miller’s science classroom on the first day, they were in for a surprise. Rather than the usual introduction or high school review, students were thrown into a business scenario. They pitched their idea to an investor (in this case, Professor Miller) and then began troubleshooting their plans. Continue reading “Prof. Miller and Rio Hart Present UHP Course at Conference”