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GW Researchers Help Build Advanced Astronomical Instrument
By Kristen Mitchell
George Washington University researchers are building an instrument that will allow scientists to see farther into deep space than ever before. Using one of the world’s...
President Knapp Moderates Literary Panel at Library of Congress
By Ruth Steinhardt
It is rare to participate in a high-level literature seminar that includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, a National Book Award finalist and a university president—rarer...
How I Got the Job: GW Alumnus Returned for New Opportunities
By Ruth Steinhardt
Floyd Jones graduated from the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs in 2015 in a position many seniors would envy. He had a full-time...
Class of 2021 Celebrates Admission
By Kristen Mitchell
Future George Washington University students are taking to social media to celebrate receiving acceptance letters, officially welcoming them as part of the Class of...
Trachtenberg School’s Angela Sako Is 2017 Commencement Student Speaker
By Ruth Steinhardt
Angela Sako was just 14, a recently arrived immigrant from Albania by way of Italy who spoke little English, when her father died unexpectedly. The grief was so intense...
Colonials Gymnastics Team Sets Postseason Record
It was a historic day on Saturday for the No. 20 George Washington gymnastics team at the NCAA Regional at the West Virginia University Coliseum in Morgantown, W. Va. For the second...
Former White House and Pentagon Adviser Talks to Women's Leadership Conference
By B. L. Wilson
When Julie Smith walks into a room related to her work as a senior fellow at the Center for New American Security, a think tank focusing on national security and defense...
Social Justice Activist Deepa Iyer Urges GW to Tackle Racism
By B.L. Wilson
George Washington University convened its second annual Diversity Summit at a time when the country is undergoing heightened tensions around race and immigration.
As...
GW Joins Amicus Brief Opposing Executive Order Travel Ban
The George Washington University joined 30 other universities in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump administration’s revised executive order on travel and immigration.
Other...
Norman Rockwell’s ‘Four Freedoms’ Will Come to GW as Part of International Tour
In the early 1940s, famed painter Norman Rockwell turned his brushes toward a project that would capture the hearts of Americans across the country. He began working on a set of oil paintings...
