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Marketing Online and Around the World

By Menachem Wecker

The employees at Abraham Harrison LLC, a digital public relations firm founded by GW alumni Chris Abraham, B.A. ’93, and Mark Harrison, B.A. ’92, speak English, Spanish...

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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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Five GW Faculty Receive 2009 Bender Teaching Awards

By Julia Parmley

Unique application of technology, dedication, guidance and respect for students are just some of the attributes of this year’s Bender Teaching Award recipients....

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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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Best in Showcase

There’s a household in Beijing that’s in for some excitement.

TaiSen Zhuang, who’s pursuing a Ph.D. in micropropulsion, says he’ll be planning a visit to his hometown—to “give my mom and...

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Hitting the Links

By Julia Parmley

If you think golf is just a game of leisure, try competing against approximately 70 Division I players while walking and carrying clubs over five miles of sand bunkers,...

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A Job Well Done

Over the last seven months, more than 3,800 GW students, faculty, staff and members of the Board of Trustees have participated in community service projects throughout the Washington, D.C., area...

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Translational Research

By Menachem Wecker

If Cynthia Dowd has anything to say about it, tuberculosis may have to learn a lesson from the Borg of Star Trek fame: “Resistance is futile.”

Though TB is...

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Searching for Autism's Treatable Roots

By Danny Freedman

Down a side hallway and in a cluttered office tucked away inside a lab, Valerie Hu is attempting to crack one of biology’s most vexing riddles: her son.

Matthew,...

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Saying Goodbye to Dean Susan Phillips

By Jennifer Price

When a search committee from GW’s School of Business first approached Susan Phillips in 1998, she saw a challenge.

“While it was a good business school, it...