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The 24th annual Science Olympiad National Tournament empowers young minds to engage in scientific exploration and seeks to improve the quality of K-12 science education. One hundred twenty teams comprising nearly 2,000 middle and high school students from 46 states will compete in a series of events focused in the subjects of biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, and technology. The tournament, May 30-31, 2008, will be held at The George Washington University and is sponsored by GW and DuPont.

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"The Hot Mommas Project," highlights everyday-female professionals who are achieving success in business and life. The award-winning research is being used to develop curricula and toolkits to train women leaders.

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Sixteen outstanding undergraduate women mathematics majors from across the United States have been selected by The George Washington University to participate in a unique five-week immersion program. The university's 14th annual Summer Program for Women in Mathematics provides broad exposure to mathematical culture, tools necessary for success, applications of mathematics in business and industry, and career opportunities.

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Amb. David Shinn and Joshua Eisenman have released their research on China-Africa relations, identifying areas where China and the United States have important differences in their approach to Africa and recommendations of key issues where Beijing and Washington can cooperate in a manner that will benefit Africans.

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GW professors examiner who reads the more than 112 million blogs worldwide, the politics of these readers, and how much they participate in American politics in their paper "Self-Segregation or Deliberation? Blog Readership, Participation, and Polarization in American Politics."

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Improving patient care by "personalizing" the practice of medicine often results from studying specific drugs and their impact on genetic biomarkers.

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The following faculty members from The George Washington University are available to comment on earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters.

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Amsterdam, Johannesburg, Singapore, Dublin, and Washington, D.C., are the new gateway cities for global migration patterns. GW Associate Professors of Geography Lisa Benton-Short and Marie Price present contemporary trends and issues in their book Migrants to the Metropolis: the Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities.

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With no system for managing multi-state foodborne illness outbreaks, many capable people work hard and do the best they can, but they work within a set of institutional arrangements and with tools that are not up to the task.

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GW experts are available to discuss climate, environment, and sustainability issues. Faculty come from academic fields including business and economics; geography; law and ethics; politics and policy; science; and engineering.