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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 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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Predicting the Future

With less than a month to go until the year 2010, some of the world’s top thinkers, analysts and policymakers gathered at GW for a two-day conference on trends, issues and ideas affecting the...

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A Blood-Sucking Economy

By Menachem Wecker

When Elizabeth Davis, director of GW’s organizational sciences...

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A GW Gentleman’s Game

By Julia Parmley

At GW, students from Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Jamaica, Pakistan and India share a common bond: the 400-year-old British sport cricket.

“We get together to...

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Legendary Journalist Helen Thomas Addresses GW Students

By Ryan Waye, WRGW News

White House press corps stalwart Helen Thomas drew on her nearly 70-year career to talk presidents and politics with GW students at 1957 E Street in a Nov. 17 event...

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Horsing Around

For many GW student organizations, meetings require just a few chairs and a table. But for one, it necessitates a barn, 40 acres, a 40-minute car ride—and horses.

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Square 54 Zoning Order Affirmed

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued an order affirming the D.C. Zoning Commission’s 2007 decision to approve the development of Square 54. Located at 2200 Pennsylvania...

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Professor Wins Bender Award for Offering ‘Tremendous Insight’ in Health Law and Policy

One of five Bender Teaching Awards this year went to Associate Professor of Health Policy Joel Teitelbaum for his “natural ability to teach and engage students in and outside of the classroom.”...

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Probing the Notorious Scottsboro Trial

By Rachel Muir

The trial name itself became synonymous with injustice.

In 1931, on the basis of flimsy and conflicting evidence, eight young black men were sentenced to death by an...