By Menachem Wecker
If Cynthia Dowd has anything to say about it, tuberculosis may have to learn a lesson from the Borg of Star Trek fame: “Resistance is futile.”
Though TB is...
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Searching for Autism's Treatable Roots
By Danny Freedman
Down a side hallway and in a cluttered office tucked away inside a lab, Valerie Hu is attempting to crack one of biology’s most vexing riddles: her son.
Matthew,...
Saying Goodbye to Dean Susan Phillips
By Jennifer Price
When a search committee from GW’s School of Business first approached Susan Phillips in 1998, she saw a challenge.
“While it was a good business school, it...
By Jennifer Price
GW freshman Andrew Pangilinan has always loved to travel.
A first generation American, Mr. Pangilinan has gone on safaris in Kenya and Tanzania, climbed Mt....
Fellowships Offer $20,000 for Undergraduate Research
By Carrie Madren
George Washington undergraduates have a new opportunity to satisfy their intellectual curiosity. Two research awards, each totaling $10,000, will be given this year to...
By Julia Parmley
At the age of 17, Andrew Brown, B.A. ’06, M.P.A. ’08, began what he called a “search for purpose.” During this time, Mr. Brown learned more than 20 different languages,...
As a pediatric emergency room doctor at Children’s National Medical Center in Northwest D.C., David Mathison sees firsthand the gap in health education with patients and it’s a problem he wants to...
J. Richard Knop, J.D. ’69, had been out of touch with his alma mater when an article profiling...
George Washington’s class of 2010 will celebrate Commencement with the U.S. Capitol as a backdrop and First Lady Michelle Obama as speaker.
It promises to be an experience like no other....
Supporting Veterans’ Education
When Anthony Rango was injured and honorably discharged from the military in 2002, his skills didn’t translate very well into the civilian world.
He got a job at the U.S. Department of...