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A Faculty for Fish

By Rachel Muir

A few years ago, Guillermo Orti spent 10 days on an expedition in a remote region of the Brazilian Amazon. Along with his colleagues, he netted about 4,000 fish.

It’...

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Hungry for a Moral Budget

By Anna Miller

Tony Hall, executive director of the Alliance to End Hunger, maintained a strong, composed and professional presence when addressing a crowd on April 21 at the George...

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Achievement in Arts and Sciences

GW President Steven Knapp and Martha Finnemore, professor of political science and international affairs, have been elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) – one of...

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Faculty Excellence Honored

Five faculty members were honored Wednesday for their scholarship, teaching, and service to the university with Oscar and Shoshanna Trachtenberg Faculty Prizes. The prizes are endowed by former GW...

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Writing for a President

By Julia Parmley

On Jan. 20, 1969, Richard Nixon delivered his first speech as president of the United States. His inaugural address called for peace around the world, something he said...

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Leading Colonial Athletics

Patrick Nero, commissioner of the America East Conference, will take the helm as GW’s next director of athletics.

Mr. Nero brings more than 23 years of experience in NCAA Division I sports...

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A Basketball Star Returns

After 11 years, former Colonial Yegor Mescheriakov comes back to finish his GW degree.

By Brad Bower

He first arrived in Washington during the fall of 1995 with a 10-word...

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A Winning Idea

Their idea is worth $25,000.

MBA student Anthony Shop, alumnus David Raffel, B.A.’76, Daniel Zaslavsky and Thomas Sanchez beat out a record 112 teams to win the...

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Cutting a Rug Country Style

GW students and local senior citizens donned cowboy hats, boots and jeans for this year’s country-western-themed Senior Prom held Sunday afternoon in the Charles E. Smith Center.

An annual...

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A Fellowship Set in Stone

By Menachem Wecker

When Jeffrey Cohen first learned in the middle of March that he had won a Guggenheim fellowship, he had just come home...