For many GW student organizations, meetings require just a few chairs and a table. But for one, it necessitates a barn, 40 acres, a 40-minute car ride—and horses.
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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...
With less than a month to go until the year 2010, some of the world’s top thinkers, analysts and policymakers gathered at GW for a two-day conference on trends, issues and ideas affecting the...
Probing the Notorious Scottsboro Trial
By Rachel Muir
The trial name itself became synonymous with injustice.
In 1931, on the basis of flimsy and conflicting evidence, eight young black men were sentenced to death by an...
Professor Wins Bender Award for Offering ‘Tremendous Insight’ in Health Law and Policy
One of five Bender Teaching Awards this year went to Associate Professor of Health Policy Joel Teitelbaum for his “natural ability to teach and engage students in and outside of the classroom.”...
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...
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...
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,...
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...