From water polo to volleyball, GW’s student-athletes are donning the Buff and Blue for the start of fall sports. George Washington Today caught up with coaches and players for a season preview....
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Fiscal Year 2011 Sets Fundraising Records
GW alumni, parents and friends contributed more than $113.5 million to the university in fiscal year 2011, GW’s most successful fundraising year to date. According to the Division of Development...
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Pedro Silva is an earthquake expert, but the 5.9-magnitude quake that rocked the East Coast Tuesday still caught him somewhat by surprise...
Memorial for Civil Rights Leader Opens on National Mall
On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of 250,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Almost a half century after his...
Key Education Study Findings Unveiled at GW
More than 70 percent of Americans say they have confidence in public schools teachers, and 69 percent gave A or B grades to the teachers in their local public schools – compared with only 50...
Ceremony Marks Rite of Passage for Doctors to Be
More than 180 students were welcomed to the GW medical community at the annual White Coat and Honor Code Ceremony in Lisner Auditorium Aug. 20.
Held at medical schools around the country,...
D.C. Zoning Commission Approves New Building for SPHHS
When it granted approval last month of GW’s School of Public Health and Health Services project, the D.C. Zoning Commission highlighted the positive work between the university and the community...
Soccer Team ‘Adopts’ Young Cancer Patient
For the past two weeks, the GW women’s soccer team has been hard at work preparing for the start of their season, which began Aug. 19 with a match against Georgetown University on the Mount Vernon...
Former Colonial Plays for WNBA
By Jesse Hooker
For District native and GW alumna Jessica Adair, B.A. ’09, the hardwood desktop in her D.C. nonprofit office just didn’t compare to life on the basketball hardwood. Now,...
Last ‘Murrow Boy’ Teaches GW Master Class
By Lindsay Underwood
“I remember having heard that he had strikingly blue eyes, attractive dramatic blue eyes, but I looked in his eyes and I didn’t see the slightest bit of drama. He had...