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Description:: This paper looks at the displacement of the historical Black community in Foggy Bottom, a prominent neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Through the analysis of archival material, mainly from The George Washington University’s Special Collections Research Center and University Archive, it is...
Author:: Russo, Julia
Keyword:: Black community, real estate, alleys, racial demographics, eminent domain, The George Washington University, federal government, The Watergate Complex, District of Columbia, gentrification, and Foggy Bottom
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: article

Description:: Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, the luxury fashion industry thrived in brick-and-mortar stores, primarily in-store experiences. As a result of the pandemic, the industry is rapidly reshuffling and readjusting by adapting to new consumer priorities and using digital platforms to generate...
Author:: Hostelet, Athina
Keyword:: omnichannel, consumer experience, branding, sensory branding, storytelling, sensory goods, WebSphere, digital, e-business, internet, e-commerce, Emotional branding, growth, luxury, premium, fashion, and internationalization
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: article

Description:: This report, through a case study of Cameroon, reviews the efficacy of traditional solutions to current threats in light of the most recent challenges facing cultural heritage preservation work. Reflecting on original interviews of select archaeologists, market stakeholders, and local...
Author:: Blackwell, Parker
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: article

Description:: The Tennessee Promise is the first state-wide, low barrier entry scholarship that covers full tuition costs for any in-state public 2-year institution. This novel program has increased attendance to in-state institutions dramatically, but researchers have still not answered whether these students...
Author:: Siopsis, Toly
Keyword:: free college, bayesian analysis, state-wide scholarship, Tennessee Promise, retention rate, dynamic multilevel latent factor model, difference in difference model, associate’s degree, Drive to 55, and synthetic control method
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: article

Description:: During the 1980s, there were massive protests against George Washington University’s financial involvement in South Africa–under Apartheid. The coalition of students, faculty, and staff members from the GW community who led these protests came to be known as GW Voices for a Free South Africa. A...
Author:: Lomasney, Ashley
Keyword:: student protest, finance, George Washington University, divestment, Apartheid, university administration, South Africa, GW Voices for a Free South Africa, and Commonfund
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: article

Description:: Nowhere is the politicization of the American judiciary more glaring than confirmation hearings for nominees to the Supreme Court. While both politicians and scholars agree that the politicization of the Supreme Court is corrosive to the legitimacy of the judiciary, few scholarly proposals have...
Author:: Mora, Juan Carlos
Keyword:: decentralization., legitimacy, Supreme Court, judicial selection, transparency, and blockchain
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: article

Description:: This paper discusses how the Dominican government has maintained a stronghold over the economy in a way that has limited the economic prosperity of impoverished communities. The Dominican Republic has been a rich country inhabited by a majority of poor people for years (Black 236). This is...
Author:: Cespedes, Emely
Keyword:: Social Services, Dominican Government, Corruption, Economy, and Development
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: article

Description:: Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is the driving cause behind the global decline of Apis mellifera (honey bee) populations that have become indispensable for modern, plantation-like agricultural operations. However, the very same type of large-scale farming heavily relies on multiple applications of...
Author:: Lischin, Amy, Yazigi, Patrick, Mayer, Liat, Carmine, Lexi, and Kweit, Justin
Keyword:: Apis mellifera, Iprodione, Honey bee, agrochemical, insecticide, Colony Collapse Disorder, Methoxyfenozide, Pyrethrin, and Permethrin
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: article

Description:: Following the widespread weed resistance to glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers have begun to more heavily depend on alternative herbicides, such as dicamba, as substitutes for weed control. Despite extensive studies detailing the effects of pesticide exposure on the neurological functions of...
Author:: Leoni, Camille
Keyword:: herbicide, Apis mellifera L., honeybees, colony collapse disorder, dicamba, and cognition
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: article

Description:: Alasdair MacIntyre concludes After Virtue by arguing that the only possibility for a return to a society of shared virtues is through the manufacturing of universalism through entering like-minded communities, but the seeking out of echo chambers only compounds contemporary issues of the...
Author:: Truslow, Grace
Keyword:: virtue ethics, post-truth, telos, eudaimonia, moral binaries, postmodernism, relativism, and empirical knowledge
GW Unit:: Student Organization
Resource Type:: article

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