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Increasing Employment in D.C.

President Steven Knapp and Dean of GW’s Business School Doug Guthrie joined Mayor-elect Vincent Gray and approximately 60 local leaders Dec. 13 to discuss how to boost employment in the District...

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Giving Back to GW

The George Washington University community comes together at events throughout the year, including George Washington’s Annual Birthday Bonfire, Apple Day, Commencement, Colonials Weekend and the...

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The Best in Green Media

A student-produced video on the U.S. Navy’s Riverine Command Boat—the first Marine vessel to operate on algae-based biofuel—is expected to play during a one-hour Earth Day special on PBS.

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Midnight Breakfast

Faculty and staff members and students braved snow and extreme wind-chills to attend an annual Colonial tradition, a midnight breakfast held from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in the Marvin Center....

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Defending Human Rights, Celebrating Women Leaders

To attend, some traveled for days and some even risked their lives. But all of the 80 women who came to the first Courage to Lead Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 8-10 left with an incredible...

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Innovation Update

By Jamie L. Freedman

In a briefing before the GW Faculty Senate on Friday, Innovation Task Force Steering Committee co-chairmen David Lawlor and Jeffrey Lenn reported that $17.5 million in...

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Astrobiology on a Dime (… Relatively)

By Danny Freedman

Riding a blast of fire, a rocket carrying experiments for a GW researcher shot into space last month, streaking across the Alaska sky until it finally disappeared into...

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Top Environmental Honors

Another GW residence hall has received the gold star of green buildings, another tangible sign of the university's commitment to sustainability. West Hall, on GW’s Mount Vernon Campus, is the...

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Serving Minority Populations

The George Washington University hosted the first ever data conference Friday to evaluate the access of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders to federal programs and services....

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Making America Competitive

The U.S. government needs to remove obstacles preventing immigrants with doctorates from living and working in the country, and universities and manufacturers should better work together to ensure...