Earlier this week, President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the 112th justice of the Supreme Court. If confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Kagan will be the fourth woman in...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fox host John Stossel denounces government intervention in free market in address to GW students.
A special contribution from Alec Jacobs, a sophomore and writer and intern at...
Stephen Pothier, senior research scientist in GW’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, died Nov. 30 in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Pothier served as adviser to GW’s Inaugural...
By Jamie L. Freedman
America’s population is dangerously overweight. Over the past two decades, obesity has increased dramatically throughout the country—leading to chronic disease,...
Middle East Policy Forum Hosts Jerusalem’s Mayor
By Menachem Wecker
In biblical times, the city of Jerusalem was called “Yerushalayim,” which derives from the Hebrew root “shalem,” meaning “whole” or “complete.” Nir Barkat, the mayor of...