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A Heartfelt Memoir

By Menachem Wecker

Former First Lady Laura Bush’s first foray into politics was a decided failure. After moving to Washington in the summer of 1969 with a friend from Southern Methodist...

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Colonial Caricatures

By day, Donald R. Lehman serves as executive vice president for academic affairs. By night, he bowls—or at least his caricature does.

On May 7, Dr. Lehman was inducted into GW’s Wall of...

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Life After GW

With Commencement only a week away, the question of what’s next is on the mind of many soon-to-be graduates. Executive Director of the GW Career Center...

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Alumnus Wins $266 Million

By Menachem Wecker

On May 4, Jacki Cisneros woke her husband Gilbert, B.A. ’94, up and asked him if he had bought a lottery ticket at the L & L Hawaiian BBQ where he had eaten dinner...

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A Green Good-Bye

By Menachem Wecker

The George Washington University is well worth its weight in conservation. In Green Move Out 2010, the most successful one to date, GW collected 79,994 pounds of...

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A Political Web

By Menachem Wecker

If conferences won awards for best titled session the Graduate School of Political Management’s ...

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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...

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Setting a New Standard

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...

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Get to Know Shelly Heller

She quickly charted an alternative career path—as a computer scientist in what was then a fledgling field, earning advanced degrees and a place in GW’s academic leadership along the way.

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Square 54 Zoning Order Affirmed

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued an order affirming the D.C. Zoning Commission’s 2007 decision to approve the development of Square 54. Located at 2200 Pennsylvania...