Jan. 31 2011
The economic financial crisis that left more than 26 million of out work, 4 million without homes and caused $11 trillion in lost household and retirement savings was...
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By Jennifer Eder
The United States is replacing its color-coded terror warning alerts with a system designed to deliver detailed advisories to potential targets.
Janet Napolitano,...
With approximately 48 million watching, President Obama called for more unity and optimism in his second State of the Union address on Jan. 25.
But while the president touched on a number...
Outside it might still be winter, but it’s a new season for sports at GW.
With everything from gymnastics to water polo and lacrosse in play, it’s one of the busiest times of the year for...
GW junior Ryan Thornton has sung the national anthem a dozen times in front of a crowd.
But he still gets a little nervous each time.
“You’re honoring the nation, and you have a...
GW is one of 14 institutions to premiere in a section for schools with “very high research activity” in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s 2010...
From Virtual World to Real World
Early on in the award-winning film The King’s Speech, Colin Firth as the future King George VI struggles to deliver a speech to crowds in London. It’s a painful scene where he stutters and...
Expanding Education in Virginia
With the Loudoun County-based Virginia Science and Technology Campus and multiple graduate education centers in Alexandria and Arlington, as well as the Hamptons Roads Center in Newport News and...
By Julia Parmley
In her first call to action as U.S. surgeon general, Regina M. Benjamin advocated for increased support of breastfeeding at GW’s Jack Morton Auditorium Jan. 20.
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By Rachel Muir
In the southern Afghan province of Zabul, there is rarely electricity, no plumbing and one paved road. The ultra-conservative region, which shares a border with Pakistan, is...