Team Runs to Support Cancer Institute
Three years ago Thom Kohout’s uncle, Kenneth Whyte of Davenport, Iowa, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
An assistant director of publications at GW, Mr. Kohout wanted to do something...
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Steven Knapp Elected to Council on Foreign Relations
Aug. 1, 2011
GW President Steven Knapp recently joined academic, business and government leaders as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Council of Foreign Relations...
GW Hosts Kickoff of New White House Initiative
GW is a major player in the newest service initiative from the White House. On Aug. 3, the university will host the national kickoff of the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus...
Study Compares Aging of Human, Chimp Brains
By Menachem Wecker
With the imminent release of the film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the question of how well human brains compare to those of other primates looms large. A study led...
Congress Reaches Debt Ceiling Deal
Republicans and Democrats worked all weekend to reach a deal on the nation’s debt ceiling. Late Sunday, a compromise was reached that will raise the debt limit in two stages – the first by $900...
With a speech in which he cited education and health care as the “two most powerful tools” that Latin American countries have to reduce conflict and increase democracy, former Peruvian President...
The Textile Museum Joins the George Washington University
The collection will be part of a new museum expected to open in 2014.
The Washington, D.C.-based Textile Museum, with its collection of 18,...
By Laura Donnelly-Smith
High school science teacher Jennifer Doiron sat in the F-35 Lightening II cockpit, her right hand gripping the control column and her eyes focused on the display...
GW’s Innovation Task Force moves forward on implementing phase two initiatives, enters phase three.
By Jamie L. Freedman
The Innovation Task Force entered phase three...
By Jennifer Eder
When Christy Teal first learned her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997, she knew her life would never be the same.
Dr. Teal, chief of breast...