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Transforming Terror Alerts

By Jennifer Eder

The United States is replacing its color-coded terror warning alerts with a system designed to deliver detailed advisories to potential targets.

Janet Napolitano,...

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Analyzing the Address

With approximately 48 million watching, President Obama called for more unity and optimism in his second State of the Union address on Jan. 25.

But while the president touched on a number...

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Springing into a New Season

Outside it might still be winter, but it’s a new season for sports at GW.

With everything from gymnastics to water polo and lacrosse in play, it’s one of the busiest times of the year for...

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Singing in the Spotlight

GW junior Ryan Thornton has sung the national anthem a dozen times in front of a crowd.

But he still gets a little nervous each time.

“You’re honoring the nation, and you have a...

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Recognizing Research

GW is one of 14 institutions to premiere in a section for schools with “very high research activity” in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s 2010...

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From Virtual World to Real World

Early on in the award-winning film The King’s Speech, Colin Firth as the future King George VI struggles to deliver a speech to crowds in London. It’s a painful scene where he stutters and...

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Expanding Education in Virginia

With the Loudoun County-based Virginia Science and Technology Campus and multiple graduate education centers in Alexandria and Arlington, as well as the Hamptons Roads Center in Newport News and...

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Boosting Breastfeeding

By Julia Parmley

In her first call to action as U.S. surgeon general, Regina M. Benjamin advocated for increased support of breastfeeding at GW’s Jack Morton Auditorium Jan. 20.

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Soldier Scholar

By Rachel Muir

In the southern Afghan province of Zabul, there is rarely electricity, no plumbing and one paved road. The ultra-conservative region, which shares a border with Pakistan, is...

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Mega Millions Winners Give Back to GW

By Rachel Muir

It’s rare that a call at 2 a.m. is good news but last May 4 Gilbert Cisneros beat the odds—of about 175 million to 1.

That night his wife, Jacki, was working an...