Donning caps and gowns, approximately 5,000 George Washington University students will gather on the National Mall this weekend to celebrate GW’s 2012 Commencement.
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By Anna Miller
Match Day was different this year for Elizabeth Wiley, a fourth-year medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
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Columbian College Dean Peg Barratt to Step Down
Peg Barratt, dean of the George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, has announced her intention to step down as dean and assume her faculty position in the Department of...
Kerry Washington Returns to the District—Sort of—with ‘Scandal’
ABC’s new show “Scandal” has all the makings of a hit: mystery, romance, controversy—and a GW alumna for a star.
Board of Trustees member Kerry Washington, B.A. ’98, plays Olivia Pope, a...
Strategic Plan Town Hall Draws Crowd
At a Tuesday town hall forum that attracted more than 250 people to Marvin Center’s Continental Ballroom, GW Provost Steven Lerman and representatives from four working groups briefed university...
‘Heroes of Hope’ Honored at GW
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and award-winning artist Cyndi Lauper were among the mental health advocates, medical...
Student Project Focuses on Improving Nutrition
By Anna Miller
Alex Fortenko, M.P.H. ’11, a first-year medical student in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, says it’s a minor miracle when he catches...
At the fourth annual GW Women and Philanthropy Forum, held Wednesday at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder and CEO Nancy Brinker delivered a keynote...
GW Hosts Capitol Hill Alumni Reception
When U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad figured out law school wasn’t his calling, George Washington University welcomed him into the Business School in the middle of the year, he said, with “open arms.”...
GW to Study Impact of Foreign Language and Culture on Children
The George Washington University is working with the U.S. Department of Defense to enhance the language and cultural capabilities of children from military families in the Second Language and...