The World


Building Business Ties with China

GW hosts D.C. mayor, district business leaders for discussion about becoming “export ready.”


GW Students Use Spring Break to Serve

More than 200 students serve in eight communities across the country, including the District.


Global Forum Explores Economic Growth, Democratization

General Colin Powell, Alec Ross and Chris Anderson address hundreds in South Korea.


GW Establishes New Partnership in China

Agreement with Suzhou Industrial Park will result in educational opportunities for Chinese students.


South African Youth Perform at GW

Latest collaboration between Professor of Theatre Leslie Jacobson and the Bokamoso Youth Centre premieres Friday.


GW Earns Top Spot on 2012 Peace Corps Colleges List

University ranks No. 1 for fourth consecutive year among medium-sized schools.


A Call to Service

GW students traveled to Guatemala, Honduras, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Puerto Rico as part of the fourth annual Alternative Winter Break program.


Colin Powell to Headline GW Global Forum-Seoul

The retired Army general and former U.S. secretary of state will deliver a keynote address during the university’s 2012 Global Forum next March.


GW Alumni, Graduate Student Win Fulbrights

Fifteen alumni and one doctoral student will conduct research around the globe with 2011-12 Fulbrights.


Center for Innovative Media Hosts Korean Journalists

More than 20 professionals from South Korea participate in first Global Digital Media Workshop on campus.


An Interconnected World

USAID administrator inspires next generation of global health leaders at 11th annual Global Health Mini-University.


Sustainable Aid

GW public health study abroad program sends students to India to examine the impact of social entrepreneurship.


A Course Worth Flying For

GW launches health care study abroad program in Israel.


A Syrian Reformer

Radwan Ziadeh, a visiting scholar at GW’s Institute for Middle East Studies, is a champion for human rights in Syria.


Major League Study Abroad

School of Business students travel to the Dominican Republic to investigate one of baseball’s biggest talent hotbeds.


Communications in Cairo

GW professors Bill Adams and Sean Aday traveled to Egypt to train journalists, activists and students.


Healthy Design

A group of volunteers based out of GW’s Interior Design program created a model for a new medical clinic in rural Haiti.


Empowering the Press

Conference at GW draws attendees from across the globe to examine the role and status of women in the news media.


Students in Japan Safe

GW cancels undergraduate study abroad in Japan for spring 2011.


GW Students for Japan

Student groups are raising funds to help nation’s disaster victims.


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GW Students Safe in Japan

Eight GW students studying in Japan safe after natural disaster; university supporting Japanese students on campus.


Ordeal in Egypt

Online master’s candidate Nathalie Atalla guarded her Cairo apartment with a rifle and temporarily fled Egypt during the uprising.


Kanika Metre

Global Colonial

A year in Asia thanks to a Luce Scholarship is the latest in a series of international experiences for student Kanika Metre.


A Window on America

GSPM Professor Dennis Johnson is teaching and lecturing on American politics on a yearlong Fulbright in China.


Helping Our Students in Egypt

GW working to ensure safety of students studying in Egypt.


Egyptian Uprising

Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, examines protests in Cairo and their implications for change in the Arab world.


Peace Corps Provider

GW ranks first for Peace Corps volunteers among nation’s mid-sized schools.


Soldier Scholar

Air Force first lieutenant Raymond Gobberg is earning a GW degree while deployed in Afghanistan.


Global Colonials

Six undergraduate students received scholarships to study around the world this semester.


A Break for the Better

Largest ever group of students participates in third annual Alternative Winter Break program in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico and New Orleans.