Ken Burns Previews New Dust Bowl Documentary
Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns gave a George Washington University Lisner Auditorium audience a sneak peek on Oct. 17 at “The Dust Bowl,” a...
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Board of Trustees Approves Construction of New Residence Hall
The George Washington University Board of Trustees Friday approved construction of a $130 million project to build a new residence hall that will provide approximately 850 beds on the Foggy Bottom...
Symposium Highlights District’s Role in Civil War
During the Civil War, the District and nearby areas housed military hospitals, camps, prisons and nearly 70 forts and batteries protecting the city from Confederate troops. The District’s rich...
GW Business Plan Competition Celebrates Five Years
A great business idea can come at any moment. That’s why six years ago, John Rollins, adjunct professor of entrepreneurship, began to conceive of a competition open to all students at the...
GW Professors Committed to Breast Cancer Research
Two professors from the George Washington University are breaking new ground in breast cancer research that may help diagnose and treat the disease more effectively.
According to a new study...
GW Expert Discusses Meningitis Outbreak
Ruth Lopert, visiting professor of health policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and an expert in pharmaceutical regulation and policy, answers...
Theatre Department Opens Season With ‘Almost, Maine’
The student cast of “Almost, Maine” got a peek behind the curtain of the show they’re producing when Tony-nominated playwright John Cariani stopped by campus to give them insight that only a show’...
GW Expert Analyzes Cyber Attack Risk
Last week, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned the country is at risk of a “cyber-Pearl Harbor.”
In a speech at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York, the secretary said...
Candidates Remain Tied in POLITICO-GW Battleground Poll
Despite a presidential debate, a jobs report and unprecedented amounts of advertising, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney remain statistically tied at 49 and 48...
SPHHS Faculty Elected to Institute of Medicine
Paula M. Lantz, professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy, and Sara Rosenbaum, Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine...