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An International Brew

By Menachem Wecker

When midterms and finals roll around, GW students who drink coffee have a new option for their caffeine fixes that comes all the way from Rwanda.

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Driving Academic Innovation

By Jamie L. Freedman

Academic innovation and enhancement is the clarion call of the Innovation Task Force’s Learning/Teaching Committee, chaired by Associate Vice President for...

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GW Launches Power and Promise Fund

To the George Washington University Community:

For nearly two centuries, The George Washington University has been realizing its namesake’s vision by educating citizen-leaders in the nation’...

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Celebrating the Holidays

The Marvin Center will be decked out with musicians, carolers, mistletoe and an abundance of seasonal food for GW’s 20th annual holiday party to be held Dec. 18, from 2 to 4:30 p.m

“For 20...

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Behind the Scenes in the White House

Stacy Parker Aab’s White House career began in the Marvin Center.

The year was 1992, and Bill Clinton had just been elected president. The Presidential Inaugural Committee had set up shop in...

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Marketing Cars

By Menachem Wecker

Although she had not aspired to be a spokeswoman for an international automotive company growing up, Sona Iliffe-Moon had all the important parts in place....

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The Economics of Holiday Shopping

By Menachem Wecker

The latest headlines about the U.S. economy can sometimes seem like a ping pong match. One second there is a recession, and the next moment the recession has...

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Is There a World War II–Scale Effort on Climate Change?

What would it take to mobilize Americans around the issue of climate change on a scale comparable to World War II?

Al Gore points to the need for a wartime effort in An Inconvenient Truth....

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Men’s Basketball Off to Strong Start

By Jamie L. Freedman

The GW Colonials launched their 2009-10 season with four straight victories, capped by a 65-50 win last night over Princeton. Freshman guard Lasan Kromah made national...

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Don’t Feed the Plant that Bites You

The tale of a bloodthirsty plant—and the nerdy flower shop employee who discovers and stakes his claim to happiness on it—is center stage in a joint production by GW’s Department of Theatre and...