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Reducing Your Water Footprint

Drinking tap water. Reporting leaky faucets. Taking shorter showers.

These are just some of the ways GW students, faculty and staff can reduce their water usage during this month’s GWater...

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Making it in Music

To succeed in the music industry, Neil Portnow, B.A. ’71, says individuals need to be relentless, persistent, patient, unwavering and self-motivated.

“If at the end of the day this is what...

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Changing Planet

“Let’s see. We’ve got global warming, glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising and species driven to extinction. We have unprecedented storms happening. Send in the comedian.”

So began...

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The Magic of Radio

By Julia Parmley

They were in Germany when the Berlin Wall came down; in Pennsylvania during the greatest nuclear power accident in the United States; and on the ground in New York City...

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Transformative Experience

By Menachem Wecker

When Bonnie Maslin talks about her husband, Yehuda Nir’s complicated identity, she is not using the term lightly.

Dr. Nir posed as a Catholic Pole to avoid being...

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Obama Unveils Deficit Reduction Plan at GW

By Jennifer Eder

President Barack Obama announced his deficit reduction plan Wednesday at the George Washington University, calling for a mix of tax increases for the wealthiest Americans...

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President Obama to Speak at GW Wednesday

Update: Tickets for President Obama's speech have been distributed.

President Barack Obama will return to George Washington University tomorrow to deliver an address on deficit reduction....

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Buzzing for Change

By Jennifer Eder

Sarah Ferst hadn’t gotten a real haircut in three years.

The GW senior had been letting her hair grow out in order to donate it to Locks of Love – a nonprofit...

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A New Era of Protection

By Anna Miller

It's easy for Paul Anastas, assistant administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to focus on his organization's progress over the past few decades.

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A Day in the Life

By Jennifer Eder

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences welcomed 600 new students on Saturday.

Some held human body parts in the gross anatomy lab...