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Honoring a GW Landmark

On the evening of May 3, supporters of the Charles E. Smith Center gathered on its newly refurbished basketball court to celebrate the center’s multimillion-dollar transformation and the...

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Fukushima Factors

By Laura Donnelly-Smith

Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant weathered the March 11 earthquake remarkably well given its age, but it was the catastrophic tsunami that followed...

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The Aftermath of Osama

A former top homeland security adviser to the Bush administration, Frank Cilluffo had long dreamed of the day that Osama bin Laden would no longer be a threat to the United States.

When...

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Educator Extraordinaire

In Matthew Tosiello’s third-grade classroom at Randolph Elementary School in South Arlington, Va., only four out of his 19 students are native English speakers.

Most of the other students...

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Economics from an Expert

Real estate billionaire and editor-in-chief of U.S. News and World Report Mortimer Zuckerman shared his insights on the economy at GW’s third annual Real Estate and Wall Street Symposium in New...

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Looking for Autism in DNA

By Danny Freedman

A new study by GW researchers may bring a cheek-swab test for autism closer to...

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Testing Telecommuting

When Brenda Jones commutes to work, she simply walks from one floor of her home to the other.

Ms. Jones, a member of the Colonial Community team, is a part of the pilot for a new GW...

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Going Paperless

GW students already use the Internet for coursework, personal banking, communication and entertainment. Soon, they can add “paying tuition” to that list.

A new system called Student...

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Combating Hate

Leaders of the U.S. State Department 2011 Hours Against Hate campaign—a call to stop bigotry and promote respect across cultures...

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Midnight Rally

By Menachem Wecker

“By the looks of the people celebrating outside of the White House, I am willing to say three quarters are George Washington University students,”...