More Than 100 Serve During Alternative Winter Break
With its lush greenery, clear blue sky and a shore that runs along the Pacific, El Manzano Uno, Nicaragua, looks like paradise. And for vacationers, it is. But the reality for the 206 people who...
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More than 800 George Washington University students were among the crowd of 10,000 who came to the D.C. Armory on Saturday to fill care kits for members of the...
Sonia Sotomayor Discusses Memoir at Lisner
By Jay Conley
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s busy weekend may have culminated Monday with attending President Barack Obama’s...
Chef José Andrés to Students: Be an Agent of Change, One Plate at a Time
By Kurtis Hiatt
It was with a confession that José Andrés made his debut in front of more than 200 George Washington students on Monday.
“Hola. How are you?” he said. “Two hours...
GW to Launch Confucius Institute
The George Washington University will soon be home to the GW Confucius Institute, an entity that will promote the study of Chinese language and culture, support...
Jewish Literature Live Series Premieres Jan. 24
This spring, two Oscar-nominated screenwriters and a New York Times bestselling author will be among the visiting artists in the Jewish Literature Live series,...
Freeh Report Task Force Looking for Lessons from Penn State
GW is meeting or exceeding several recommendations made in last summer’s Freeh Report, according to a preliminary review conducted by the university’s Freeh...
Jeffrey S. Akman to Serve as Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Jeffrey S. Akman has been chosen to serve as the vice president for health affairs and the dean of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS). He will lead the...
How to Avoid the Flu This Season
This year’s flu season is in full swing, with District health officials...
Much Variation Exists in Barefoot Runners’ Form
A recently published paper by two George Washington University researchers shows that the running foot strike patterns vary among habitually barefoot people in Kenya due to speed and other factors...