By Jamie L. Freedman
October is national breast cancer awareness month, and GW athletics is thinking pink.
Throughout the 2009-10 season, Colonials women’s...
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Compensation Czar Kenneth Feinberg Keynotes Law Symposium
Kenneth Feinberg has the thorny task of setting pay for 175 of the nation’s top executives—and it’s a job he’s doing pro bono. A prominent Washington, D.C., attorney, Mr. Feinberg is serving...
By Jamie L. Freedman
One of nine programs comprising the internationally recognized Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics at GW, the Public Justice Advocacy Clinic focuses on civil law...
By Rachel Muir
It’s not for the faint of heart—or body.
“Water polo is one of the most physiologically challenging sports around,” says Scott Reed, coach of the...
By Menachem Wecker
Growing up in New Jersey, Yasmin Yaver was used to being surrounded by a large Hispanic population. It’s a sense of community she wants to foster at GW by...
By Menachem Wecker
Although just about everything else in life could be free, a college education—and the personal interaction with professors and classmates it brings—is still...
Online Exhibition Highlights Rare Hebrew Books
By Rachel Muir
A Gelman Library exhibition—on display in the library through January and online indefinitely—charts the course of printing in the territory that is now Ukraine. Through a...
Attorney General Meets with Basketball Team
By Jaime Gacek
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder used a page from his personal playbook to encourage the GW men’s basketball team to prepare for success.
The...
By Mary Dempsey and Jamie L. Freedman
GW’s academic community added 61 new full-time faculty members this fall across disciplines.
“We’ve made some stellar hires this year,” says...
Making a Difference in the Classroom
By Jamie L. Freedman
Strong leadership makes a difference. Just ask the students and staff at Largo High School in Prince George’s County, Md. The school achieved Adequate Yearly Progress...