GW Panel Walks the Line between Campaigning and Governing
By Greg Varner
Campaign finance reform is urgently needed in the United States, according to a bipartisan consensus reached on Tuesday at the first webinar in the latest “Agree or Disagree...
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Retired Vietnam Ambassador Ted Osius: Diplomacy Is about Building Trust and Taking Risks
By Nick Erickson
Former U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius, whose bike riding and willingness to speak the native language quickly endeared him to the Vietnamese, earned the...
Potentially Harmful Industrial Chemicals Detected in U.S. Fast Foods
Chicken nuggets, burritos and other popular items consumers buy from fast food outlets in the United States contain...
More Women Are Needed on the Cybersecurity Front
By Greg Varner
The internet explosion has brought many changes to our lives. It has changed the security environment, as shown by increasingly frequent news reports of ransomware attacks,...
Cissy Petty Becomes Dean Down the Hall
By Nick Erickson
Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students M.L. “Cissy” Petty was in the final stages of her morning run last Thursday, just as the sun began to rise...
GW to Boost Regional Innovation as Part of $15 million Mid-Atlantic Hub
As a partner institution in a new $15 million National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub, George Washington University will join other...
Aspiring Entrepreneurs Gain Valuable Experience Through Pitch George Competition
By Nick Erickson
Much of her life, George Washington University senior business student Mariam Zara could never understand why the procedure it took for women to obtain a pregnancy test...
Learning to Live with Nationalism?
By John DiConsiglio
One glimpse at America’s fractured political landscape—from rancorous elections to partisan stalemates to collapsing civic discourse—would convince most observers that...