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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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Forging Global Ties

GW’s newest institutional partner is located on the other side of the world.

On Jan. 18, GW President Steven Knapp and Ian Chubb, president and vice chancellor of Australian...

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Sobering Dolls

By Menachem Wecker

An exhibit of folk art and handmade dolls sounds innocuous enough, but Works by Magda Watts and...

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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...

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A Special Tribute

Although the Colonials lost to St. Bonaventure Saturday night, the GW crowd had something to cheer about: the university’s first Special Olympics Night.

About 100 Special...

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Honoring Dr. King

More than 500 members of the GW community teamed up on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to spruce up five public schools in Southeast D.C.

Sporting t-shirts bearing the message “A Day...

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Examining Financial Reform

By Jamie L. Freedman

The Hon. Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) anchored a high-powered lineup...

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Pizza and Pawlenty

By Menachem Wecker

Minnesota’s popular former governor and potential 2012 presidential contender outlined his vision for the nation, signed books and talked about his time living...

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Moving America Forward

By Jennifer Eder

Investing in the middle class. Reforming the nation’s education system. And getting Americans reenergized and reengaged.

These were just some...

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A Morning for the Mayor

In the early 1960s, then-GW student Vincent Gray was one of the only African Americans on campus. He was barred from playing varsity basketball and initially could not join a fraternity.

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