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Surprise! Students Find Out They’re Going to GW—for Free

By Kurtis Hiatt

Would she cry?

“She might,” whispers Rebecca Christian, considering how daughter Nia Christian would react in just a few minutes.

“She has a right to, if...

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Health Reform Before the U.S. Supreme Court

Today, the Supreme Court will begin to hear three days of oral arguments about the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – President Barack Obama’s signature domestic...

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Baseball Faces La Salle in Season’s First Home Series

GW baseball is only a month into its season, but the team already has 20 games under its belt, including series in Florida, North Carolina and Williamsburg, Va.

But this weekend’s series...

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The Lessons of Steve Jobs

In the summer of 2004, Walter Isaacson got a phone call from Steve Jobs.

A New York Times bestselling author, Mr. Isaacson had recently published “Benjamin Franklin: An American Life” and...

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Ben Bernanke Begins GW Lectures

It was clear Tuesday’s class on the Federal Reserve was anything but just another lecture.

There were clues. Students, many in button-downs or nice blouses, showed up half an hour early. A...

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Increased Access to Condoms On Campus

Beginning this month, George Washington students can now purchase condoms from vending machines in residence halls.

This new pilot program was created in response to a student group’s...

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GW Students Use Spring Break to Serve

Last week, 12 George Washington University students spent their mornings volunteering in a Cherokee Nation Head Start classroom. The teachers asked the GW students to prepare materials for class...

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‘Bracket’ Challenge Launched for CGI U

March Madness is coming to the Clinton Global Initiative University.

Today, President Bill Clinton announced the launch of the second annual CGI U Commitment Challenge, a competition of...

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Exploring Issues in Race, Identity

Huddled in a circle, a close-knit group of about a dozen School Without Walls students gathered late one recent afternoon at Building J for one of their many complex discussions about race.

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A Degree of Security in Cyber Space

A new graduate degree program in cybersecurity, launching this fall, will seek to meet the rapidly increasing global demand for experts able to confront the growing threat of cyber crime.

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