Alumni Blog Archive

Browse past blog articles in our archives.


RamenNow! desktop ramen cooker on one side; the other side is a picture of Travis Thul at a speaking engagement

Alumni in Focus: Travis Thul, SEAS ‘18

Alumni Travis Thul, SEAS, ‘18, discusses the process behind his invention of the world’s first desktop ramen noodle cooker.
Fulbright

Six GW Students and Alumni Receive Fulbright Grants for 2025–26, with Two More Named as Alternates

Selection by the prestigious academic exchange program strengthens GW’s international impact.
In “Something Big,” Patrick Wohl, B.A. ’16, tells the stories of the lives changed by the 1993 Brown’s Chicken restaurant murders near Chicago.

True Crime Buster: Alumnus Revisits a Tragedy, Rewrites a Genre

In his new book, attorney and author Patrick Wohl, B.A. ’16, delves into a brutal murder from his hometown to tell the victims’ stories.
Clockwise from top left, Ted Segal, Stacie Lissette, Kevin Brown and Jonathan Perlin are joining the GW Board of Trustees. Pictured below, outgoing trustee Avram "Ave" Tucker.

Board of Trustees Elects Four New Members

Kevin Brown, Stacie Lissette, Jonathan Perlin and Ted Segal were elected to the board in May.
Annaliza Perez Torres

GW Alumna Receives National Emerging Leadership Award

The award honors Annaliza Perez Torres’s early-career excellence in materials and process engineering.
Reggie Jaramillo

Revolutionary Tales: A GW Veteran’s March from Commission to Commencement

After seven years in the Army and deployments to Africa and Iraq, Class of 2025 graduate Reggie Jaramillo found his purpose at GW—and a mission to empower student veterans.
Commencement speaker Jonquel Jones told the graduates: “Your gut doesn’t lie. Trust that feeling. Because your instincts, your spirit, your gut—that is where your power lives." (Florence Shen/GW Today)

‘Your Gut Doesn’t Lie’: WNBA’s Jones Inspires Graduates to Trust Their Instincts

The GW basketball Hall of Famer and rights advocate headlined a joyous Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2025 on the National Mall.
José Andrés discusses his path through the culinary and humanitarian worlds with journalist Guy Raz. (William Atkins/GW Today)

At Lisner, José Andrés Tells an Epic Story—His Own

The renowned chef, author, humanitarian and founder of GW’s Global Food Institute discussed his new book, “Change the Recipe.”
GW Gate

Corcoran Alumna Selected for New York Times Fellowship

Tierney Cross will be part of the 2025-2026 cohort of New York Times fellows.
David Shinn at Grand Tour of Switzerland - there are snowcapped mountains behind him and he is standing with a woman

The Road to Addis Ababa

As a grade-school student in Yakima, Washington, Ambassador David H. Shinn little knew that his avid interest in National Geographic Magazine and in stamps from around the world would launch a journey that culminated in ambassadorships to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso.