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Diplomats in Training

By Menachem Wecker

When Secretary of Defense Ben Murphy ordered 24 naval vessels to the Gulf of Aden, he did not realize he was relocating a quarter of the entire U.S. Navy. “Needless...

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Rewarding Academic Excellence

By Jennifer Price

Maritza Sanabria will be the first person in her family to go to college, and thanks to The George Washington University, she won’t have to foot the bill.

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Fueling Innovation

With higher fuel-efficiency standards looming just down the road, GW’s National Crash Analysis Center has been awarded a grant to help test the safety of...

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Promoting Public Service

On April 26, Amy B. Cohen will join George Washington as executive director of the Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service. The center, announced last October by President Steven Knapp,...

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An Evening with the Roberts

By Jennifer Price

Professor Steven Roberts and his wife, Cokie, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, have been married for 43 years.

Their secret to a successful marriage?

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A President’s Official Voice

By Julia Parmley

In August 2007, Dana Perino was preparing to replace Tony Snow as White House press secretary for President George W. Bush. When Ms. Perino admitted to Mr. Snow her...

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Better Breathing

By Jennifer Price

Asthma is the single most common chronic condition among children, with one in every seven children diagnosed with the disease that causes attacks of wheezing,...

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Closing in on Service Challenge

With less than 50 days to go until the first lady’s service challenge deadline, George Washington University students, faculty and staff have logged 86,209 community service hours of the 100,000...

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Engaging India

According to a recent article in the Times of India, India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development has introduced four new education bills, all related to “...

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A Human Connection

By Danny Freedman

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History recently took the wraps off its David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins, a...