By Julia Parmley
In her first call to action as U.S. surgeon general, Regina M. Benjamin advocated for increased support of breastfeeding at GW’s Jack Morton Auditorium Jan. 20.
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By Rachel Muir
In the southern Afghan province of Zabul, there is rarely electricity, no plumbing and one paved road. The ultra-conservative region, which shares a border with Pakistan, is...
Mega Millions Winners Give Back to GW
By Rachel Muir
It’s rare that a call at 2 a.m. is good news but last May 4 Gilbert Cisneros beat the odds—of about 175 million to 1.
That night his wife, Jacki, was working an...
GW’s newest institutional partner is located on the other side of the world.
On Jan. 18, GW President Steven Knapp and Ian Chubb, president and vice chancellor of Australian National...
By Menachem Wecker
An exhibit of folk art and handmade dolls sounds innocuous enough, but Works by Magda Watts and...
Although the Colonials lost to St. Bonaventure Saturday night, the GW crowd had something to cheer about: the university’s first Special Olympics Night.
About 100 Special Olympians and...
More than 500 members of the GW community teamed up on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to spruce up five public schools in Southeast D.C.
Sporting t-shirts bearing the message “A Day On, Not a...
By Jennifer Eder
Investing in the middle class. Reforming the nation’s education system. And getting Americans reenergized and reengaged.
These were just some of the...
By Jamie L. Freedman
The Hon. Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) anchored a high-powered lineup of guest...
By Menachem Wecker
Minnesota’s popular former governor and potential 2012 presidential contender outlined his vision for the nation, signed books and talked about his time living on the...