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Alumnus Wins $266 Million

By Menachem Wecker

On May 4, Jacki Cisneros woke her husband Gilbert, B.A. ’94, up and asked him if he had bought a lottery ticket at the L & L Hawaiian BBQ where he had eaten dinner...

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A Heartfelt Memoir

By Menachem Wecker

Former First Lady Laura Bush’s first foray into politics was a decided failure. After moving to Washington in the summer of 1969 with a friend from Southern Methodist...

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A Green Good-Bye

By Menachem Wecker

The George Washington University is well worth its weight in conservation. In Green Move Out 2010, the most successful one to date, GW collected 79,994 pounds of...

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In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Barry Berman

By William Parke, chair of GW’s Department of Physics

GW professor Barry Berman, after a year-long and heroic struggle, died on Monday...

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Nectar of the Gods

By Menachem Wecker

The next fruit cocktail you drink, if it’s made by GW alumnus John Gallagher, B.A. ’87, could literally help...

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Bowled Over

Anyone can learn to bowl, says Adam Murphy, B.A. ’05, manager of the Hippodrome. He should know—not only does he oversee the Hippodrome’s operations, but he also teaches a popular bowling class....

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Half a Century of Music

According to the GW and Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia, the University’s music program began in the...

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Search and Rescue

By Jennifer Price

It took the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue team 30 hours to free a 29-year-old woman trapped under concrete slabs inside a collapsed building at the University of...

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Refreshing Foggy Bottom

By Julia Parmley and Menachem Wecker

Try crossing the street at the corner of Eye and 24th on a Wednesday afternoon, and you may have to look both ways to avoid farmers.

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Helping Haiti

An expert in disaster management, Daniel Kaniewski, deputy director of GW’s Homeland Security Policy Institute, served as special assistant to the president for homeland security under George W....