Vern Express Shuttles Trackable by Text, Online
It’s a frustration that GW community members and commuters everywhere share: You show up at the bus stop just in time to see the bus disappearing around the corner. But new GPS tools in GW’s Vern...
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By Jennifer Eder
4:15 a.m. Lauren Finely’s iPhone alarm buzzes. Dr. Finely, a 26-year-old first-year resident, slips on baby blue scrubs, grabs some fruit and makes a coffee-to-go for her...
The university is asking its students, alumni, staff and fans to wear Buff and Blue—wherever they are— on Sept. 2 to show their support for the Colonials.
GW President Steven Knapp...
Class of 2015 Arrives on Campus Early Ahead of Hurricane Irene
Freshman Convocation, the university’s official welcome of the incoming freshman class, was originally scheduled for Aug. 28, but had to be postponed due to safety concerns surrounding Hurricane...
GW Launches New Student-Athlete Leadership Academy
GW is launching a student-athlete leadership academy this month in an effort to help develop the next generation of leaders both in competition and life.
The George Washington Student-...
This semester the university community can receive IT support around the clock.
The IT Support Center, which opened over the summer, provides a wide range of general technology support to...
Catching Up With the Dean of Students
By Menachem Wecker
When Peter Konwerski, senior associate vice president and dean of students, says his office door is always open, he really means it.
Whether late nights,...
Students returning to campus this week for the start of GW’s fall semester—as well as new students arriving in Foggy Bottom for the first time—will notice evidence of ongoing construction and...
First Chapter Chooses Book By Rebecca Skloot
When incoming freshmen sat down to read Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks this summer, they may not have realized how careful a selection process the book underwent before it...
By Anna Miller
According to Arthur Shorr, M.B.A. ’70, the George Washington University’s new short-term study abroad program, Health Services Delivery in Israel, will be an unforgettable...