Intern Diary: Hanna Cunningham with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
by Hanna Cunningham, JMC '17
February 6, 2026
$3.2 Million Bequest Will Fund Professorship of Accountability in Journalism
Char Beales, B.A. ’73, and GWSB Professor Howard Beales pledge largest-ever gift to School of Media and Public Affairs.
February 6, 2026
University Announces 2017 Honorary Degree Recipients
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Lt. Gen. Nadja West and Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron will be honored at university-wide Commencement ceremony in May.
February 6, 2026
SMPA Senior’s Dispatches from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Teniola Ayoola shared her takeaways after attending the dinner as this year’s GW-WHCA scholar.
February 6, 2026
Alumna Hadas Gold to Join CNN
The SMPA alumna and National Council member will cover European politics and business at CNN after spending five years at Politico
February 6, 2026
Thank You, Jeff Sliauzis
SMPA TV maintenance technician retires after 15 years at the School of Media and Public Affairs
February 6, 2026
Taking the Pulse of American Communities
SMPA’s American Communities Project expands to include the culture of health with support provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
February 6, 2026
A $699,600 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will support new research by the American Communities Project to explore the relationship between...
Trump's First Year: The Exurbs
Taking the "Polls" of the Nation
February 6, 2026
At the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the American Communities Project is using 2017 data from Gallup to analyze how different kinds of...
Lieutenant Governor Says Alaska Is ‘Ground Zero’ for Climate Change
Byron Mallott said the state already has started to move communities because of climate change.
February 6, 2026
Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Discusses Greatest Threats
Gen. Selva Discussed North Korea, ISIS and the National Defense Strategy with Reporters on the Morning of the State of the Union
February 6, 2026
It is not every day that a group of journalists can participate in an hour-long conversation with the nation’s second highest-ranking military officer.