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Who Needs Newspapers?

May 31, 2011

By Menachem Wecker

If Paul Steinle, former president of United Press International, was writing a story about journalism’s future, he would avoid the title, “...

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Paying It Forward

By Laura Donnelly-Smith

Quardricos Bernard Driskell remembers clearly the surprise he felt when he learned, as a Morehouse College junior in 2003, that he had been selected as an Oprah...

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A New Adventure

In 1986, Professor of Mathematics Daniel Ullman, along with other GW faculty members, was on campus taking a Myers-Briggs personality test.

The results showed a majority of the group had...

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Honoring the District’s Top Employees

The six employees received the 2011 Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Award, which honors individuals whose contributions have been exceptional and whose commitment and professionalism demonstrate the...

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Scholarship in Spanish

By Laura Donnelly-Smith

Gelsomina Que Candia, chief of institutional evaluation at the University of Yucatan in Mexico and a consultant to the governor of Yucatan, was pleasantly surprised...

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Introducing The Avenue

May 23, 2011 

After more than three years of construction, Square 54 is getting a new name.

The mixed-use complex nearing completion at 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue will be called...

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Expanding Study Abroad

By Jamie L. Freedman

Several new study abroad offerings are in the works at GW, as the Innovation Task Force strives to take the university’s thriving study abroad enterprise to the next...

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Protecting Food from Farm to Fork

By Anna Miller

Michael R. Taylor, deputy commissioner for foods at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), doesn’t usually like to overuse words or employ clichés.

But during...

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Coaching Across Borders

By Julia Parmley

The soccer field on GW’s Mount Vernon Campus serves as home ground for GW men and women’s soccer teams.

But on May 16, it also served as a classroom for soccer...

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Sustainable Send-Off

The piles of pillows and comforters, clothing, small appliances and books lining the lobby of GW’s South Hall on student move-out days may look like trash. But to Tawanna Lee, they’re evidence of...