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Join Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ President Gregory Washington as he invites experts, change-makers, innovators, and thought leaders to engage in meaningful conversations about the greatest challenges of our time.
Listen and learn from audacious people from George Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ and beyond who represent the diversity of insight, the agility of collaboration, and the tenacity required in the struggle for a better future that is at the essence of the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Nation. Ìý

hosts each episode of the Access to Excellence podcast, recorded on the campus of Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ.

On this episode of Access to Excellence, President Gregory Washington is joined by Andre Marshall, vice president for research, innovation, and economic impact, to discuss the recently launched Grand Challenge Initiative (GCI). The initiative is a comprehensive research framework that aligns university resources, faculty expertise, and educational programs around six interconnected solution areas, securing a peaceful, healthy, and prosperous future.

is vice president for research, innovation, and economic impact at Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ and president of the . As the university’s senior research officer, Dr. Marshall provides overall leadership for the portfolio of , innovation, and economic development activities.Ìý
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- July 17, 2020Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ professor Laurie Robinson, who during the Obama administration was co-chair of the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing, explains a complicated legacy.
- June 16, 2020Jeannette Chapman, director of Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's Stephen S.
- June 3, 2020How does Monday and Friday as work-at-home days sound? Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ professors Matt Cronin and Kevin Rockmann talk with John Hollis about how the pandemic could change how we view the office.
- June 3, 2020How does rhetoric play into debates about vaccination? Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ professor Heidi Lawrence tells John Hollis about her research into the role that professional communication from physicians, health officials, and researchers plays in shaping public debate and parental beliefs about vaccines.
- April 21, 2020University Professor Thomas Lovejoy, known worldwide as the "godfather of biodiversity," tells John Hollis why the great rainforest is so imperiled, and how he fell in love with the region he has visited since 1965 and calls "a biologist
- March 10, 2020Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ sport management professor Craig Esherick, a former head coach at Georgetown, tells John Hollis why the tournament might be the best it's ever been, has a new story about Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ's 2006 Final Four run, and discusses different paths t
- March 2, 2020Host John Hollis speaks with Shobita Satyapal and Ryan Pfeifle about their discovery of three galaxies with black holes at their centers that, when they collide, could shake apart matter and light up gravitational wave detectors on earth.
- February 7, 2020Host John Hollis speaks toÌýÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµâ€™sÌýWendi Manuel-Scott and George OberlieÌýaboutÌýthe lives and culture of the slaves at Gunston Hall, and the Enslaved People of George Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ memorial being constructed on Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµâ€™s Fairfax Campus.Ìý
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