Government, academia, nonprofit and industry sustainability leaders will come together next week at the George Washington University to discuss the challenges facing the planet around climate...
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By Jamie L. Freedman
The GW community is gathering this week at two university-wide Showcases of Ideas to weigh in on the latest top-ranked proposals under consideration by the Innovation...
GW’s Research Ranking Climbs into Top 100
GW has risen into the nation’s top 100 colleges and universities in terms of funding spent on research and development projects, according to new data from the National Science Foundation.
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There may still be a few people on Jim Lehrer’s interview wish list, but in his 50 years in the business, he can’t name a story he wishes he had covered.
“The fact is, I am blessed,” he...
By Laura Donnelly-Smith
It’s chilly and dimly lit in a basement storage room of the Textile Museum, where an air-circulation system hums without fail in the background, keeping the room’s...
GW Hosts Gates Millennium Scholars Luncheon
George Washington President Steven Knapp lunched on Tuesday with a group of GW’s Gates Millennium Scholars, a program that provides outstanding minority students with good-through-graduation...
Celebrating Women’s Achievements in Athletics
In 1972, Title IX—the first comprehensive federal law to prohibit sex discrimination in schools— was signed into law.
One of the greatest impacts of the landmark legislation was its...
Female Ambassadors Discuss Women in Diplomacy
By Jaclyn Schiff
Diplomats can often be heard speaking on the GW campus, but an event bringing eight ambassadors together is a special treat even for Colonials.
The speakers shared...
GW Hosts Clinton Global Initiative University
An incredible group of the world’s up-and-coming social entrepreneurs descended on the George Washington University campus this weekend, convened to build on their ambitions to change something...
Research Days Highlight Student Innovation
By Anna Miller and Laura Donnelly-Smith
GW senior Callie Freitag developed a mathematical model that investigated how cholera spread during the 2010 Haitian cholera epidemic, including the...