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A Green Holiday Season

A homemade gift, a donation to a charity or a unique item from a local business. These are some of the ways you can choose sustainable gifts for your loved ones this holiday season.

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Sabrina Ellis Named Vice President for Human Resources

The George Washington University announced that Sabrina Ellis will serve as vice president for human resources. Ms. Ellis brings to the position extensive experience in all aspects of human...

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Healthy Holidays

With the holidays come Christmas cookies, eggnog, stuffing and mashed potatoes topped with gravy.

But just how many calories are in each of your Christmas favorites?

The answer: a...

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J. Edgar Hoover's GW Years

J. Edgar Hoover is best known as the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who led the agency from 1935 until his death in 1972, and who authorized the FBI to track and spy...

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A Voice for Teachers

By Ari Massefski

As a kindergarten teacher, Wendy Uptain, M.P.A. ’11, could see changes each day in her young students.

What she couldn’t see were broader policy changes in the...

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An Examination of Honeybees

By Magdalena Stuehrmann, Class of 2015

On the first day of his Introduction to Biology class each semester, GW professor Hartmut Doebel takes apart a hive full of honeybees.

Dr....

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University Challenges Student Orgs to Collect Phones

The student organization that collects the most phones for GW+Phones=Hope between Jan. 17 and Feb. 17 will receive $3,000 from the university....

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Vanessa Northington Gamble Named Diversity Council Chair

Vanessa Northington Gamble, university professor of medical humanities and professor of health policy and of American studies, has been appointed chair of the President’s...

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Research Abounds at GW

From fighting the stigma of mental illness to developing a new material to make car engines more efficient to investigating the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to childhood...

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GW Named Research Partner in Toyota Automotive Safety Project

The GW National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC), housed at GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn, Va., has been named as one of...