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University Community Provides Feedback in Presidential Search Town Halls

Hundreds of GW community members brought their wish lists for the next university president to 11 town halls this week...

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GW Researcher Identifies Oldest Textile Dyed Indigo

If it weren’t for textile dyeing advancements made 6,200 years ago, people today might not be wearing blue jeans as a wardrobe staple.

A George Washington University researcher has...

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Potentially Harmful Chemicals Common in Household Dust

A study led by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health found that...

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SMPA Panel Examines Role of the Media in 2016 Election

By Kristen Mitchell

Less than 60 days before the 2016 presidential election, media experts and pollsters gathered in Jack Morton Auditorium to debate...

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USDA Secretary Touts Bio-Based Goods, Conservation

By Brenda Wilson

“The federal government buys a lot of stuff,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told a capacity crowd last Thursday, as the keynote speaker at George Washington...

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Faculty Senate Focuses on Benefits, School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Changes to employee health benefits and advances in medical research and education took center stage at Friday’s Faculty Senate meeting.

The meeting, led by President Steven Knapp, began...

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Introducing the GW Class of 2020

By Kristen Mitchell

George Washington University’s class of 2020 is a diverse and talented group of more than 2,500 students from 49 states and the...

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Faculty Elect Committee to Provide Input on Presidential Search

The Faculty Assembly on Friday elected nine members to the Faculty Consultative Committee, which will provide input to the Board of Trustees as it selects the university’s 17th president.

“...

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GW Students Beat the Heat for Day of Service

By Kristen Mitchell

First-year student Johnny Morgart took a moment to rest in front of the Lincoln Memorial, having pushed a wheelbarrow full of mulch through crowds of tourists on a busy,...

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New Association Aims to Bring Postdocs Together

By Kristen Mitchell

Concentrated in his own world of research, postdoctoral fellow George Younes said he went months without meeting new colleagues in the Department of Physics, let alone...