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Glenn W. Harrison
Glenn W. Harrison, born 1955, is an Australian-American experimental economist at Georgia State University who coauthored the influential 2004 survey "Field Experiments" with John List.
Glenn W. Stagg
Glenn W. Stagg (1923–2009) was an American electrical engineer at American Electric Power who led the first successful large-scale load flow computer program, completed in 1957.
Glenn Wade Salisbury
Glenn Wade Salisbury (1910–1994) was an American animal reproductive biologist at Cornell and the University of Illinois whose egg yolk-citrate diluent made cattle artificial insemination a worldwide industry.
Glenn Whelan
Glenn Whelan (Glenn David Whelan, born 1984, Dublin) is an Irish football coach and former defensive midfielder; 91 Ireland caps, nine years at Stoke City, 2011 FA Cup finalist, Livingston head coach since May 2026.
Glenn Williamson
Glenn Williamson is an Australian trader who co-founded Tibra Capital in 2006 with other former Optiver employees, later becoming its third-largest shareholder and a BRW Young Rich List member.
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin, 74th Governor of Virginia (2022-2026), Republican, former Carlyle Group co-CEO; won the 2021 election against Terry McAuliffe, pursued an education-focused agenda, and joined Red Cell Partners after leaving office.
Glenne Headly
Glenne Headly (1955–2017), American actress and Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member, star of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dick Tracy, and Mr. Holland's Opus; two Emmy nominations for Lonesome Dove and Bastard Out of Carolina; died of pulmonary embolism complications.
Glennis Grace
Glennis Grace (Glenda Batta, born 1978, Amsterdam) is a Dutch singer who won the 1994 Soundmixshow with Whitney Houston's "One Moment in Time", reached the 2018 America's Got Talent final, and leads Whitney Houston tribute concerts.
Glennon Doyle
Glennon Doyle, American author of Untamed, Love Warrior, and Carry On, Warrior; host of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast with Abby Wambach; founder of Together Rising and Treat Media.
Glennys Farrar
Glennys Farrar is an American theoretical physicist at New York University, known for 1973 scaling laws showing quarks are physically present in matter and for dark matter models.
Gleno Dam
The Gleno Dam was a multiple-arch dam in Lombardy, Italy, built between 1916 and 1923, whose collapse in December 1923 killed at least 356 people.
Glenoid labrum
Glenoid labrum: fibrocartilaginous rim around the shoulder's glenoid socket, deepening it up to 50% and anchoring biceps tendon and stabilizing ligaments; tears include SLAP, Bankart, and posterior labral lesions.
Glenoid reconstruction
Glenoid reconstruction is a family of shoulder operations that restores the anteroinferior glenoid rim with a coracoid transfer or bone graft, such as the Latarjet procedure, to stabilize recurrent anterior instability.
Glenrothan
Glenrothan is a 2025 British comedy-drama and Brian Cox's feature directorial debut, starring Cox as Sandy and Alan Cumming as Donal, estranged brothers reunited at a Scottish Highland whisky distillery; released by Lionsgate in UK cinemas 17 April 2026 after a Toronto premiere.
Glens Falls, New York
Glens Falls is a small Hudson River city in Warren County, New York, near the southern Adirondacks, population about 14,400. Known as Gateway to the Adirondacks, incorporated 1908, anchored by health care and a $10 million state downtown revitalization.
Glentoran F.C.
Glentoran F.C. (the Glens), Belfast football club founded 1882, playing at the BetMcLean Oval in the NIFL Premiership; 23 league titles, Vienna Cup 1914, Big Two rivalry with Linfield.
Glenview Capital Management
Glenview Capital Management is a privately held New York hedge fund founded by Larry Robbins in 2000, known for healthcare-weighted long/short equity and its engagement style, "suggestivism."
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Glenwood Springs, Colorado: Garfield County seat at the Colorado-Roaring Fork river confluence, elevation about 5,800 feet, population 10,395 (2025 est.), famed for its hot springs pool, Hotel Colorado, and Doc Holliday.
Glepaglutide
Glepaglutide (ZP1848, brand Zeydovio) is Zealand Pharma's long-acting GLP-2 analogue for short bowel syndrome, given 10 mg subcutaneously once or twice weekly; EASE-1 cut parenteral support 5.13 L/week, with a CHMP positive opinion in 2026.
Gleyber Torres
Gleyber Torres (Gleyber David Torres Castro), Venezuelan MLB second baseman for the Detroit Tigers, three-time All-Star; signed by the Cubs in 2013, traded to the Yankees in 2016 for Aroldis Chapman, debuted 2018, 38 HR in 2019, joined Detroit in 2025.
Gleying
Gleying is the soil-forming process in which prolonged water saturation removes oxygen, reducing iron compounds and giving the soil gray, bluish, or greenish colors, often with mottles.
Gleysols
Gleysols are a Reference Soil Group (GL) of the World Reference Base for soils affected by shallow groundwater, with wetness limiting them largely to swamp vegetation and grazing.
Gleyzia d'Augreilh
Gleyzia d'Augreilh (villa du Gleyzia) is a late Roman villa in Saint-Sever, Landes, France, built in the 4th century, with two peristyles, a bath complex, and 800 m2 of polychrome mosaics, later a Christian necropolis.
GLG Partners
GLG Partners was a London-based hedge fund manager founded in 1995 by three former Goldman Sachs bankers, listed in New York in 2007, and acquired by Man Group in 2010.
GLI1
GLI1 (GLI family zinc finger 1, glioma-associated oncogene homolog 1) is a human 12q13.3 gene encoding a zinc finger transcription factor, the terminal activator of Hedgehog signaling, identified in 1987 in glioblastoma and overexpressed in basal cell carcinoma and other cancers.
GLI2
GLI2 (GLI family zinc finger 2, Gene ID 2736, 2q14.2) is a human C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor, the main activator effector of Sonic hedgehog signaling, linked to holoprosencephaly 9, Pallister-Hall syndrome, polydactyly, and cancer.
GLI3
GLI3 (GLI family zinc finger 3) is a zinc-finger transcription factor gene on 7p14.1 mediating Sonic hedgehog signaling as both activator and repressor; mutations cause Greig cephalopolysyndactyly and Pallister-Hall syndromes.
Glia
Glia (neuroglia) are the non-neuronal cells of the nervous system: astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, ependymal cells, and Schwann cells. Named by Virchow (1856), they myelinate axons, form the blood-brain barrier, and outnumber neurons only about 1:1.
Glia maturation factor
Glia maturation factor (GMF; GMFB, GMFG) is a ~17 kDa ADF-H family protein, conserved from yeast to mammals, that binds the Arp2/3 complex rather than actin, stimulating actin filament debranching and inhibiting nucleation, with roles in neuroinflammation and hematopoiesis.
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor
GDNF (glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor) is a 134-amino-acid TGF-beta superfamily member, discovered in 1993, that signals via GFRalpha1 and RET, supports dopaminergic neurons and kidney development, and failed placebo-controlled Parkinson disease trials.