By Menachem Wecker
When Rembrandt sought models for his biblical subjects, he used his Jewish neighbors in 17th-century Amsterdam as models and dressed them from his large collection of...
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By Danny Freedman
Drowsy drivers cause tens of thousands of crashes each year. Now a GW professor is helping to take the fight into the driver’s seat.
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Keeping New York and New Jersey Safe
By Menachem Wecker
“You could probably drop me into GW now, and I would still be able to walk backwards across the campus,” says New Jersey State Senator...
Gene Cohen, professor of health care sciences, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, died on Nov. 7.
A geriatric psychiatrist, Dr. Cohen founded the Center on Aging at the National...
Taking Business Savvy to New Arenas
By Mary Dempsey
Mehir Desai always expected to be on the side of the underdog, helping entrepreneurs in developing countries fight red tape and other government obstacles. Today Mr. Desai...
By Menachem Wecker
In the course of a 30-minute talk and an hour question-and-answer period, the self-declared new face of the Republican Party discussed health care, Afghanistan, gay...
Early Morning Tweets and Treats
By Menachem Wecker
In GW’s end-of-the-semester tradition Midnight Breakfast, faculty and staff help alleviate student stress by serving breakfast one night during finals from 10:30 p.m....
By Menachem Wecker
If conferences won awards for best titled session the Graduate School of Political Management’s ...
GW Professor Looks Back on Foreign Service Career
GW adjunct professor of international affairs David H. Shinn has had his car attacked by elephants in Tanzania, traveled to nearly every square mile of Ethiopia, and had the grim task of sorting...
By Menachem Wecker
Anita Davidson’s team is one of the last standing in an international competition created to inspire a new generation of super fuel-efficient vehicles. Called the...