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‘6.13.89’ Explores Canceled Mapplethorpe Exhibition 30 Years Later

By Ruth Steinhardt

Thirty years after the Corcoran Gallery of Art canceled a controversial show by the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the...

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What Can Policymakers Learn from California’s Childhood Vaccine Law?

By Kristen Mitchell

A new analysis published by researchers at the Milken Institute School of Public Health found that a 2016 California vaccine...

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Arthur S. Flemming Award Recognizes Public Servants

A dozen federal government employees and enlisted personnel have been recognized for outstanding public service with an Arthur S. Flemming Award, including a swine flu researcher, clean water...

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Global Kidney Summit at GW Engages Patients and Practitioners

By Ashley Rizzardo

As Paul T. Conway received treatment as a kidney transplant patient at the George Washington University, he and physician Dominic Raj, professor of medicine and chief of...

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Two Colonials Selected in MLB Draft

Two members of the George Washington University baseball team were selected in the Major League Baseball draft this week, with shortstop Nate Fassnacht chosen by the Philadelphia...

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Report Details How Islamic State Supporters Use Telegram

By Kristen Mitchell

Supporters of the Islamic State (IS) want to use social media to share propaganda and their extremist narrative, but they also want to coordinate operations without...

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Chesapeake Bay Ghost Forests Highlight Wetland Transformation

As sea levels continue to rise along the Chesapeake Bay, more and more rural land neighboring the bay will be reclaimed as wetlands. Keryn...

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State of the Capital Region: Housing Growth and Affordability

By Tatyana Hopkins

Housing prices across the national capital region are increasing faster than household incomes, and this is due in part to population growth almost doubling housing unit...

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GW Celebrates 75th Anniversary of GI Bill

By Briahnna Brown

Just 23 hours after former President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the 1944 GI Bill of Rights into law, Don A. Balfour, a...

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CCAS Dean Names New Trachtenberg School Director

The George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Interim Dean Paul Wahlbeck announced Monday that Mary Tschirhart will serve as the director of the Trachtenberg School of...