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Raising Higher: OneGW's Path to Preeminence

GW’s strategic framework is a bold roadmap for our third century—aligning our community as OneGW to generate impactful scholarship, strengthen student success, and sustain a culture of excellence across the university.

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Shu Hong and Rongqian Chen with their Best Poster Award

Eyes on Trust: Gaze Prediction Powers Safer Extended Reality

December 9, 2025

At MobiHoc 2025, members of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering won a Best Poster Award for their work on a "human digital twin," enhancing safety in extended reality systems.

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.

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How Waymo's Autonomous Taxis May Reshape Rideshare Employment

December 2, 2025

Leah Kaplan, a Ph.D. student in systems engineering, explains in the Nashville Scene how autonomous robotaxis may not replace all rideshare drivers anytime soon.

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THE STATE OF

ENGINEERING for women

WiE

GW Engineering beats the national average for women pursuing engineering degrees. 

 

24.5%

National Average,
undergraduate women
in engineering
( source: ASEE 2020
Engineering By
The Numbers )

47%

Women in the GW Engineering
Undergraduate class 
of 2026
(source: GW Engineering)

28%

National Average, graduate women in engineering,
( source: ASEE 2020 Engineering By The Numbers)

34%

Women enrolled as GW Engineering On-Campus graduate students (source: GW Engineering Data)