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On a D.C. Rooftop, a Scientist and His Students Look to Solve Bee Mystery

Students at GW are studying beess to see whether neo­nicotinoids (pronounced NEE-o-NIC-o-teen-oyds), a type of chemical used to kill insects, are contributing to colony-collapse disorder.

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The University of Virginia Announces Plan to be Greener

Over the next five years, the university will try to eliminate the use of coal as an energy source, increase the use of renewable energy and install building retrofits that reduce the use of...

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Why Financial Literacy Will Not Save America's Finances

The problem with Americans’ household budgets isn’t that people are too dumb to save, but that the system asks too much of them.

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Kansas Student Selected for National Poetry Out Loud Competition

Sarah Katsiyiannis of Tipton, will match her skills at reciting classic and contemporary poetry for the competition at George Washington University.

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Scholarship Recipients Celebrate Newfound Family

By Ruth Steinhardt

Jasmine Vicencio only met incoming George Washington University freshman Nathan Hanshew recently. But she already has taken him under her...

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D.C. College Signing Day Celebrates University-Bound

 

By Ruth Steinhardt

As they crossed the stage, the seniors hoisted college banners, posters and scarves...

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Children’s Health Problems Stem from ‘A Soup of Exposures’

According to Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, many global health issues can only be understood as...

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Lara Brown Named Interim Director of GSPM

The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) named Associate Professor and Political Management Program Director Lara Brown as the school's interim director...

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At Small Colleges, Harsh Lessons About Cash Flow

After years of financial crisis, Franklin Pierce, like dozens of other small colleges nationwide, is struggling to survive.