Robert Chernak Retires After 24 Years
The proof is in the numbers.
When Robert A. Chernak, Ed.D. ’97, senior vice provost and senior vice president for student and academic support services, came to George Washington in 1988,...
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A Passion for Scientific Discovery
Nobel laureates Aaron Ciechanover and Ferid Murad had a number of lessons to offer George Washington University students.
And they both agreed on one thing: Good science requires...
Students Snag Coveted Campus Rooms
A handful of George Washington students will have the room of their dreams next year after bidding on them or winning them in a raffle Wednesday night as part of the Residence Hall Association’s...
By Julia Parmley
It isn’t often historical fiction writers meet their subjects.
But in 1968, on the Hempstead Turnpike in Long Island, a 16-year-old Thomas Mallon shook hands with...
By Jamie L. Freedman
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan anchored the bench Feb. 2 for the finals of GW’s 62nd annual Jacob Burns Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court...
Furry Friend Gets Kids Excited About Learning
There’s something about snail mail that intrigues kids, and George Washington alumna Katie Biechman, M.Ed. ’09, knows it. This past fall, she helped develop a curriculum for the U.S. Postal Museum...
A New Way to Confront Depression
Depression is the number one cause of disability worldwide, affecting one out of every eight people.
Because they are most comfortable with their primary care providers, about 70 percent...
Ceremony Marks Official Opening of Ames Hall
Provost Steven Lerman, Associate Provost for the Mount Vernon Campus Shelly Heller and GW trustee Cynthia Steele Vance, MVC ’79, officially opened the doors of the newly expanded and renovated...
GW Junior Named America’s Miss District of Columbia 2012
Sarah Hillware believes her life has a theme: If it’s meant to be, it finds her.
The newly crowned America’s Miss District of Columbia 2012 wasn’t even interested in pageants when she was...
By Laura Donnelly-Smith
Jason Linde, M.A. ’95, stood in a Cairo classroom in front of a group of Egyptian political party members, preparing to talk to them about managing a campaign. The...