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GW Award Recipients Named

Four George Washington community members will be singled out Sunday with a distinct honor on the National Mall during Commencement.

Graduating students Alyssa Abraham, B.A. ’12, and...

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GW Katzen Cancer Research Center Funds Innovative Cancer Research

By Jennifer Eder

Aiming to make significant improvements in cancer prevention, early diagnosis and treatment, the Dr. Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Cancer Research Center awarded nearly $350,000...

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GW Prepares for Commencement

Donning caps and gowns, approximately 5,000 George Washington University students will gather on the National Mall this weekend to celebrate GW’s 2012 Commencement.

Brian Williams, anchor...

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A Voice for Medical Students

By Anna Miller

Match Day was different this year for Elizabeth Wiley, a fourth-year medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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An Experimentalist Turned Educator

By Ari Massefski, Class of 2015

When Gerald Feldman was 8 years old, he decided that he wanted to study nuclear physics. He had just read the book “Atoms in the Family” by Laura Fermi,...

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GW Trains D.C. Students in CPR, AED

By Kristin Hubing

Two dozen ninth and 10th graders, dressed smartly in their school uniforms, gathered on the cafeteria floor. Each student kneeled in front of a Mini-Anne – an inflatable...

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Columbian College Dean Peg Barratt to Step Down

Peg Barratt, dean of the George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, has announced her intention to step down as dean and assume her faculty position in the Department of...

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Strategic Plan Town Hall Draws Crowd

At a Tuesday town hall forum that attracted more than 250 people to Marvin Center’s Continental Ballroom, GW Provost Steven Lerman and representatives from four working groups briefed university...

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‘Heroes of Hope’ Honored at GW

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and award-winning artist Cyndi Lauper were among the mental health advocates, medical...

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Student Project Focuses on Improving Nutrition

By Anna Miller

Alex Fortenko, M.P.H. ’11, a first-year medical student in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, says it’s a minor miracle when he catches...