"Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater continues to host Arena Civil Dialogues, sponsored by Exelon, to engage the D.C.-area community. Scholar and Professor Amitai Etzioni curates and moderates discussions featuring experts focusing on topics and questions in today’s headlines." For more information about the event, please click here. To learn more about Professor Amitai Etzioni's onging work, please click here. ...continue reading "Upcoming event: Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies"
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Dr. Jameta Nicole Barlow in the NY Times and Mashable
Dr. Jameta Nicole Barlow, Community Health Psychologist, Assistant Professor of Writing, and Affiliate Faculty Member of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, was recently quoted in the NY Times and Mashable. To learn more about Dr. Barlow's recent and ongoing work, please click here. ...continue reading "Dr. Jameta Nicole Barlow in the NY Times and Mashable"
Community Engaged Faculty, Professor Howard Straker
Professor Howard Straker, Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies, “teaches a course called Health, Justice and Society which includes a service-learning component where currently the PA students work with community PAs to produce patient education materials that are specific to their population and meet health literacy principles.” To learn more about Professor Straker's work and our Nashman Affiliate Faculty, please click here. Professor Straker is also the President of Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA); to read his interview with PAEA, please click here. ...continue reading "Community Engaged Faculty, Professor Howard Straker"
Virtual Spring Symposium 2020 in Review
The Nashman Center Spring 2020 Symposium was a success! The first ever "virtual" Symposium featured 26 presentations. Thank you to the 59 students who prepared video presentations about their community engaged scholarship projects this semester. Work from across the institution was represented, including the Biology, Geography and Sociology Departments, as well as the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The School of Nursing, the School of Public Health.
Congratulations to the award winners, announced below.
Click here to view all submitted presentations. If you are seeking a particular presentation or course, note the search box on the right side of the screen.
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A conversation between Nneka Onyekwuluje and Maureen Albero, the 2020-2021 and 2019-2020 Newman Civic Fellows
“Fellows are creating change, starting a movement, and putting their passion into something bigger for other people to be a part of.” ...continue reading "A conversation between Nneka Onyekwuluje and Maureen Albero, the 2020-2021 and 2019-2020 Newman Civic Fellows"
Community Engaged Faculty, Amanda Northcross
Dr. Amanda Northcross, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, uses her “background in environmental chemistry and engineering” to study and specialize in “the chemical constituents of airborne pollutants and monitory human exposures to air pollution.” Areas of Dr. Northcross’ expertise include but are not limited to Environmental and Occupational Health and Global Environmental Health. ...continue reading "Community Engaged Faculty, Amanda Northcross"
Summer Course in Community Based Participatory Research
Students who are registering for online summer courses and are interested in Community Based Participatory Research should click here to learn more about Dr. Taggart’s course. ...continue reading "Summer Course in Community Based Participatory Research"
Yesenia Grajeda Yepez, 2019-2020 Knapp Fellow, Discusses Familia United
Yesenia’s project focuses on developing and implementing an app, Familia United, which assists Central American immigrant families in Yuma County, Arizona with family tracing and reunification. Recently, Yesenia discussed her Knapp Fellowship with a Community Engaged Scholar. For more information about Yesenia’s Fellowship, please click here to read her previous interview. ...continue reading "Yesenia Grajeda Yepez, 2019-2020 Knapp Fellow, Discusses Familia United"
Join us for the Spring 2020 Virtual Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship!
Join us for GW's Spring 2020 Virtual Symposium! 
The Symposium invites students to share their experiences with community engaged scholarship, disseminate findings, and learn about other campus/community initiatives.
The Virtual Community Engaged Scholarship Symposium will take place Tuesday, April 28th to Thursday, April 30th.
GW Today highlights Dr. Maranda Ward’s civic engagement
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Promising Futures engages D.C. middle and high school students as ambassadors and peer educators with a focus on everything from health to leadership skills.” To read the full article in GW Today, please click here.
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Community Engaged Faculty, Dr. Uri Colón-Ramos
Dr. Uri Colón-Ramos, Associate Professor of Nutrition & Global Health Department of Global Health (primary) and Department of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences, recently won the Nashman Faculty Development Grant. From her background in public affairs, nutrition, and sociological perspectives, Dr. Ramos “employs mixed methods to identify and understand the dietary determinants of underserved, at-risk populations, and to better inform nutrition policies and programs.” ...continue reading "Community Engaged Faculty, Dr. Uri Colón-Ramos"
Community Engaged Faculty, Dr. Sara Wilensky
Dr. Sara Wilensky, Special Services Faculty member for Undergraduate Education and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education, “leads projects on safety net issues, focusing on the financing and access-to-care barriers faced by vulnerable and underserved populations.” Professor Wilensky has a PhD in Public Policy from GW, but also happens to have a JD from the University of Pennsylvania. From her Public Policy and Law background, Dr. Wilensky incites and advances deeper understandings about the complicated areas within Public Health. ...continue reading "Community Engaged Faculty, Dr. Sara Wilensky"
Gabi Bello Discusses “The Climb is Our Story,” Zaniya Lewis’ 2019-2020 Knapp Fellowship, and her Civic Engagement
““The Climb Is Our Story” will provide college and career readiness skills to School Without Walls high school students who participate in the Multicultural Student Services Center student internship program. GW students will facilitate college and career readiness workshops with the assistance of the MSSC from September 2019 - May 2020.” For more information about The Climb is Our Story, please click here. ...continue reading "Gabi Bello Discusses “The Climb is Our Story,” Zaniya Lewis’ 2019-2020 Knapp Fellowship, and her Civic Engagement"
Global Health & Innovation Conference
The upcoming 17th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale on April 4-5, 2020. This is the world’s largest and leading global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference. The conference will take place at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Register during August for a highly reduced registration rate (50% lower than the regular rate).
Confirmed speakers to date: Learn from more than 200 speakers who are committed to effective, responsible programs in health, development, entrepreneurship, and education. See the confirmed 2020 conference speakers to date.
Call for Abstracts: Abstracts are currently being accepted for research presentations, program presentations, and for the social impact pitch presentations, including submissions for the $10,000 and $5,000 GHIC Innovation Prize. The first abstract deadline is August 31. For those submitting a research or program abstract, October 15th is the final deadline.
Register for the Global Health & Innovation Conference
by August 31 for 50% off the registration rate.
Here is the Conference Schedule.
Here is the Application to present.
Here is more information about the Innovation Prize.
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Leah Brooks
Dr. Leah Brooks, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, centers her research on the formation of urban spaces, the continuation of urban development, the health of urban communities, and how governmental change affects urban areas. Areas of Dr. Brooks' expertise include, but are not limited to public and urban economics and political economy. A community engaged scholar recently interviewed Dr. Brooks to learn more about her work. ...continue reading "Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Leah Brooks"
