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Orttung said professors in four GW schools are managing various aspects of the project based on their areas of expertise.
News By Zuha Hameed May 10, 2021 12:23 AM
A research professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs is developing new technology that can bring cleaner and more affordable power to low-income communities in the District by next calendar year.
Robert Orttung, the director of research for Sustainable GW, is working on a pilot project with members of four schools at GW to develop microgrids – smaller self-functioning versions of a typical electrical system – that can provide electricity to households even when the main electrical grid goes down during a storm. He said he hopes to implement the technology in the District next year and eliminate the high cost of energy for low-income and minority groups in Wards 7 and 8.
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SA Sen. Thomas Falcigno, CPS-G, said The Student Election Modernization Act ensures that “no discrepancy” exists between election guidelines in the SA constitution, the SA s charter and Joint Elections Commission bylaws.
The Student Association Senate unanimously approved a bill to amend election bylaws, outlining conditions for a secondary SA election following a tie between two candidates, during its final meeting of the year.
The bill limits the SA’s campaign period to 10 class days, allows students to write in candidates for all uncontested seats and renames a runoff election as a secondary election. SA Sen. Thomas Falcigno, CPS-G and the sponsor of the legislation, said the bill ensures that “no discrepancy” exists between election guidelines in the SA constitution, the SA’s charter and Joint Elections Commission bylaws.
Op-eds By Grace Bautista Apr 19, 2021 1:22 AM
Grace Bautista is a senior and the historian for the GW Asian American Student Association.
Over the past few weeks, Asian American and Pacific Islander student leaders at GW were faced with the horrific news of the March 16 shooting in Atlanta, where a violent hate crime took the lives of eight people, six of whom were Asian women.
During our grief and processing, many of us also learned we had finally won our yearslong fight for an Asian American studies minor. It was a bittersweet moment. For members of the Asian American Student Association who had been advocating for the minor for years, it seemed as if this moment would never arrive. But the minor’s implementation is a reminder of all we have faced this year and how far GW still needs to go to provide AAPI students with the resources and support we deserve.
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Students voted to add an urban studies minor in CCAS through a referendum during the Student Association elections earlier this month.
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences officials started to assess the proposal to implement an urban studies minor last week.
CCAS Dean Paul Wahlbeck said officials will meet with department faculty to talk through “curricular materials and other resources” that might be needed to create the minor, and the CCAS dean’s office and CCAS undergraduate studies committee will review the proposal. Students voted to add an urban studies minor in CCAS through a referendum during the Student Association elections earlier this month.