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Girl Power

By Julia Parmley

“It’s really interesting.” “A great experience.” “Probably the best part of my summer.”

These are just some of the phrases used to describe a summer program at GW’...

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Upgrading Residence Halls

George Washington residence halls are being spruced up this summer.

Maintenance workers will be busy installing new carpeting, appliances and window improvements in residence halls before...

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Personal Poetry

By Jennifer Price

When award-winning poet Jane Shore needs help with her writing, she knows where to turn.

Her students.

"Even though I'm the teacher, I'm the same as...

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A Just Judiciary

How Solicitor General Elena Kagan should respond to questioning at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was the main topic of debate between Rachel Brand, former...

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A Moroccan Commencement

Separated by about 4,000 miles, GW and Al Akhawayn University (AUI) in Ifrane, Morocco, could not be more different in many ways. GW is 189 years old, while Al...

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A Colonial Introduction

By Jennifer Price

For the next three weeks, hundreds of incoming freshmen will descend on GW, touring the campus, learning about their specific school and getting a taste of college...

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A Literary Disrobing

By Julia Parmley

In 2002, Kathleen Rooney suddenly found herself unemployed after resisting the advances of a supervisor. But in her next job, Ms....

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Voracious Voyager

By Julia Parmley

“The world is moving under your feet wherever you are.”

As she listened to a lecture by Jim Miller, president of the American Institute for Maghreb Studies, in...

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A Campus Abuzz

By Rachel Muir

Tucked away behind Hand Chapel are the Mount Vernon Campus’s newest residents.

All 120,000 of them.

The Italian honeybees—four hives’ worth—arrived on campus...

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Local Art

By Menachem Wecker 

One of the things I enjoy most about living in Foggy Bottom is the scenery: gorgeous, historic row houses in pastel yellows, pinks, oranges and blues surrounded by...