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How I Got the Job: GW Alumnus Returned for New Opportunities

By Ruth Steinhardt

Floyd Jones graduated from the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs in 2015 in a position many seniors would envy. He had a...

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Class of 2021 Celebrates Admission

By Kristen Mitchell

Future George Washington University students are taking to social media to celebrate receiving acceptance letters, officially welcoming them as part of the...

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Trachtenberg School’s Angela Sako Is 2017 Commencement Student Speaker

By Ruth Steinhardt

Angela Sako was just 14, a recently arrived immigrant from Albania by way of Italy who spoke little English, when her father died unexpectedly. The grief was...

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Colonials Gymnastics Team Sets Postseason Record

It was a historic day on Saturday for the No. 20 George Washington gymnastics team at the NCAA Regional at the West Virginia University Coliseum in Morgantown, W. Va. For the second consecutive...

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Former White House and Pentagon Adviser Talks to Women's Leadership Conference

By B. L. Wilson

When Julie Smith walks into a room related to her work as a senior fellow at the Center for New American Security, a think tank focusing on national security and...

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Social Justice Activist Deepa Iyer Urges GW to Tackle Racism

By B.L. Wilson

George Washington University convened its second annual Diversity Summit at a time when the country is undergoing heightened tensions around race and immigration...

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GW Joins Amicus Brief Opposing Executive Order Travel Ban

The George Washington University joined 30 other universities in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump administration’s revised executive order on travel and immigration.

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Norman Rockwell’s ‘Four Freedoms’ Will Come to GW as Part of International Tour

In the early 1940s, famed painter Norman Rockwell turned his brushes toward a project that would capture the hearts of Americans across the country. He began working on a set of oil paintings...

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In Her Own Words: The First African-American Woman to Become a Cabinet Secretary

“In Their Own Words” is a GW Today audio feature showcasing voices of historical figures with ties to George Washington University. Every month, GW Today will bring those characters’ words to...