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Brain Trust at George Washington

By Sarah Zielinski

In a lab on the sixth floor of George Washington Univeristy’s Science and Engineering Hall, Cheryl Stimpson is working with what looks...

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Researchers Find Wind Nebula Surrounding Ultra-magnetic Star

By Kristen Mitchell

George Washington University scientists have detected the first example of a cloud of high-energy particles surrounding an ultra rare star about 13,000 light years from...

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Tips for Men’s Health Month

June is Men’s Health Month, a national education program marked by health screenings, fairs and other outreach activities to encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys...

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Big Tobacco and the Black Community

By John DiConsiglio

Growing up in a small Texas town, political science major Lincoln Mondy, B.A. ’16, could name the colors on a Newport cigarette pack the way most kids can describe the...

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Defenders in the ‘War on Girls’

By Ruth Steinhardt

Grace was barely a teenager when her paternal uncle kidnapped her at gunpoint and sold her for marriage to a much older man in exchange...

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Walkable Urban Places Gain on Suburbs

By Kristen Mitchell

For the first time since cars, quieter streets and spacious homes lured people out of...

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Orlando Massacre: What We Know

By Julyssa Lopez

U.S. officials say that Omar Mateen committed one of the largest mass shootings in the country’s history last Sunday when he opened fire at the gay Orlando night club...

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GW Baseball's Kevin Mahala Drafted by MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates

George Washington rising senior shortstop Kevin Mahala was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th...

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Class of 2020 Learns to Raise High at Colonial Inauguration

Brittney Dunkins

Just a few hours after a plane brought Jackie Torrez from the suburbs of Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., last Thursday, she...

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A Glimpse of History in First Person

By Ruth Steinhardt

July 2, 1881, began as an ordinary Sunday for William MacLeod.

“Bright breezy and pleasant...