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A Lesson in Etiquette

Before a Nov. 17 dinner and presentation at Morton’s, GW senior Jamie Ramacciotti says she had no idea that it’s “perfectly acceptable” to eat asparagus with one’s fingers. Fellow senior Lauren...

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A Diversity of Dance

By Menachem Wecker

Sitting in the audience at the dress rehearsal of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s show Dance Works,...

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GW Nursing Professor Pioneers Education in Aging, End-of-Life Care

By Julia Parmley

As an assistant professor in GW’s nursing education department, director of the National Collaborative on Aging, developer of emergency preparedness training for health...

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Days of Rage

By Menachem Wecker

In a 1960s poster protesting the draft, Uncle Sam’s ominous hand reaches toward a pile of numbered eggs – the handled ones broken, revealing draftees rather than chicks...

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Minority History

By Menachem Wecker

Many of today’s political conflicts, however contemporary they may seem, can be traced back to the Middle Ages. So argues Anouar Majid in his book We Are All Moors:...

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New One-Stop Shop for Departmental Needs

Obtaining the supplies your department needs has never been easier than through GW iBuy. iBuy brings together the catalogs of more than 40 of the University's most commonly used suppliers in an...

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The Cost of the Free Press

By Menachem Wecker

Though many readers expect online news to be free, media mogul Rupert Murdoch says they will pay if confronted with no other options.

“We are going to stop...

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University Writing Class Remembers Holocaust Victims

Scattered diaries in homes. Scribbles in the margins of books. Writings on loose-leaf paper. While most of the 163,000 Jewish people in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland perished during the Nazi era,...

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How an Outstanding Teacher Works

By Julia Parmley

When Jason Zara joined GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science in 2002, seven students were...

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VolunteerMatch Tracks Service Hours

It’s only been two months since First Lady Michelle Obama announced her service challenge to the GW community—in exchange for 100,000 hours of service, she will speak at GW’s 2010 Commencement —...