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Openness Online

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged countries around the world to support the U.S. in promoting open access to the Internet during a speech Tuesday at the George Washington University...

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Lacrosse Gains Ground

By Jesse Hooker

The sport of lacrosse is one of the fastest growing in college athletics. Since the early 1980s, the number of NCAA-sponsored women’s lacrosse programs has more than...

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Hillary Clinton to Speak at GW

Hillary Clinton will deliver what’s being billed by the State Department as “major remarks” tomorrow at the Jack Morton Auditorium.

The speech, titled “Internet Rights and Wrongs: Choices...

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Kicking the Habit

Tobacco kills about 443,000 people a year, making it the leading cause of premature and preventable death in the U.S.

Over the past 40 years, tobacco use has reduced dramatically, but in...

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Compassionate Care

George Washington medical students are handing out hundreds of gold wristbands today to emphasize the importance of compassion and empathy in medicine.

The wristbands, which have the...

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Veteran Boot Camp

By Menachem Wecker

Politicians offered veterans a wide range of advice on getting elected to public office at the two-day campaigning boot camp hosted at GW Feb. 11 and 12.

While...

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Board Approves Tuition for Next Year

The George Washington Board of Trustees today approved a continuation of the university’s program of fixed tuition and guaranteed financial aid.

The program locks in an incoming student’s...

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Allocating ITF Funds

By Jamie L. Freedman

Nearly $5 million will be allocated to top academic priorities this fiscal year thanks to the Innovation Task Force.

The university-wide initiative, now in its...

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Facing the Media

Four former White House press secretaries shared some of their biggest challenges – as well as some of their most embarrassing moments – with GW’s School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA)...

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Examining Medicine’s Spiritual Side

During medical school, the majority of students’ curriculum is centered around the biomedical sciences and how to relieve a patient’s physical pain.

But little attention is paid in the...