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Legendary Russian Poet Recites Work at GW

In his only public appearance during a special Washington, D.C., visit, celebrated Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko read aloud a selection of his works to more than 300 people Oct. 21 at 1957 E...

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Does Journalism Have a Future (in Hawaii)?

By Menachem Wecker

On Feb. 25, Gannett announced its intention to sell The Honolulu Advertiser, a 130,000 circulation daily founded in 1856, to rival paper, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, a...

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From Guts to Glory

By Meaghan Calnan

Agnes Taile spoke for her fellow Courage in Journalism Award winners on Oct. 26 when she said treating reporting like it is a safe desk job is “pretty pointless.” Ms. Taile...

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Extreme Decisions

By Julia Parmley

In the summer of 1990, GW Assistant Professor of Organizational Sciences Nils Olsen was a 22-year-old tennis instructor at a...

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Student Testimonial on GW's Dead Poets Society

I began taking classes with Dean Grier in the spring semester of 2005, enrolling in the "Fundamental Texts of International Affairs" class. The course included close readings of Metternich,...

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Military 2.0

With the Army now ranking as Facebook’s largest community and with myriad official and unofficial military blogs and twitter handles, the U.S. armed forces have become pioneers in the use of...

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The GW Red Sox

By Menachem Wecker

When the Red Sox came back from a four-run deficit to win their April 4 season opener against the New York Yankees, two senior staff members at GW could not have been...

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Studying Neglected Art

By Menachem Wecker

Barbara von Barghahn still remembers receiving the phone call in 1993 informing her that then-Portuguese President Mário Soares would bestow on her one of Portugal’s...

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In Memoriam: Ruth Helm Osborn

Ruth Helm Osborn, founding director of Developing New Horizons for Women, one of the first continuing education programs for women in the country, which led to the establishment of GW’s Women...

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Testing Texts

By Danny Freedman

A new initiative aimed at empowering pregnant women and new moms with vital health information sent via text message – the largest-ever program of its kind in the U.S. –...