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A Blog with a Higher Calling

By Menachem Wecker

When Michael Salgarolo started attending the Newman Catholic Student Center’s Mass at St. Stephen Martyr, the Los Angeles native noticed variations from the...

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Learning from the Bench

By Jennifer Price

Jeff Alston didn’t play varsity basketball in high school.

And for three years he created scouting reports, studied film and reserved hotel rooms as the...

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Managing the Government’s Wallet

Three GW Law professors testified before the U.S. Senate on flexible purchasing arrangements and government contract regulations Feb. 25.

Steven Schooner, associate professor of law and co...

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In Memoriam: Robert M. Dunn Jr.

 Robert M. Dunn Jr., professor emeritus of economics, died on Feb. 18. Dr. Dunn retired from GW in 2009 after more than 40 years on the university’s economics faculty. At GW, he taught...

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Covering the National Beat from Germany

By Julia Parmley

Journalists are used to tight deadlines and tracking down stories, but for Clayton McCleskey, B.A.’09, it’s a little more complicated than that. Mr. McCleskey is...

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The GW Corps

By Menachem Wecker

Stephen Andrew Wood, B.A. ’06, was ready for “a change of pace” after living in Washington for five years, so he joined the Peace Corps. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Wood...

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Shakespeare Simplified

By Menachem Wecker

As Shakespeare in the Park aficionados can attest, many contemporary adaptations set the Bard’s plays in modern times -- a visual move which, when it works, illustrates...

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An Evolutionary Discovery

Approximately 85 million years ago, a family of bird-like dinosaurs with large claws and short, powerful forearms named Alvarezsauroidea roamed the earth. But after a decade of research,...

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In Memoriam: Chrystel Cancel

Chrystel Cancel, M.T.A. ’06, was killed during the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12. Ms. Cancel was in Haiti working on a USAID project assessing tourism product development...

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Celebrating Heritage

Lectures, performances and more mark George Washington University’s 2010 Black Heritage Celebration Jan. 31-Feb. 28. With the theme “The New Negro,” this year’s celebration focuses on the era...