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New York Metro Area Lacks Walkable Urban Places Outside of Urban Core

Walkable communities are centers of economic vitality and social inclusion, according to new report from the George Washington University.

Despite some of the most iconic ...

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Local Foods Are Here to Stay

By B.L. Wilson

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black told the audience at a food summit at the George Washington University that people in his state knew early on local foods were...

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Twitter Was Key in 2016 Elections

By Willona M. Sloan

The 2016 presidential election in the United States proved that campaigns have to include Twitter in their communications strategies, panelists at a George Washington...

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Student Association Presidential Election to Be Held Fall 2017

The George Washington Student Association presidential election has been postponed until fall 2017, a decision made as a result of consultation by the Division of Student Affairs and the student-...

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GW Researchers Help Build Advanced Astronomical Instrument

By Kristen Mitchell

George Washington University researchers are building an instrument that will allow scientists to see farther into deep space than ever before. Using one of the world’s...

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President Knapp Moderates Literary Panel at Library of Congress

By Ruth Steinhardt

It is rare to participate in a high-level literature seminar that includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, a National Book Award finalist and a university president—rarer...

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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 full-time...

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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 Class of...

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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 so intense...

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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...