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An Earth Day Commitment: Join the GW Sustainability Journey
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, which represents just one opportunity to celebrate our commitment to the planet that serves as our home and our life source. Yet, it is also an...
Former Senators Warn of Biological Weapon Attack
By Rachel Muir
The United States today is more vulnerable to an attack by weapons of mass destruction than it was on Sept. 11, 2001—and that attack is more likely to come in the form of a...
By Meaghan Calnan
Agnes Taile spoke for her fellow Courage in Journalism Award winners on Oct. 26 when she said treating reporting like it is a safe desk job is “pretty pointless.” Ms. Taile...
Freshmen Give Back on Day of Service
By Julia Parmley
They painted hallways, picked up trash and sorted canned goods. They planted trees, handed out food and visited veterans. On Sept. 11, approximately 1,400 GW freshmen...
Legendary Russian Poet Recites Work at GW
In his only public appearance during a special Washington, D.C., visit, celebrated Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko read aloud a selection of his works to more than 300 people Oct. 21 at 1957 E...
Does Journalism Have a Future (in Hawaii)?
By Menachem Wecker
On Feb. 25, Gannett announced its intention to sell The Honolulu Advertiser, a 130,000 circulation daily founded in 1856, to rival paper, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, a...
With the Army now ranking as Facebook’s largest community and with myriad official and unofficial military blogs and twitter handles, the U.S. armed forces have become pioneers in the use of...
By Menachem Wecker
When the Red Sox came back from a four-run deficit to win their April 4 season opener against the New York Yankees, two senior staff members at GW could not have been...
By Julia Parmley
In the summer of 1990, GW Assistant Professor of Organizational Sciences Nils Olsen was a 22-year-old tennis instructor at a...
Student Testimonial on GW's Dead Poets Society
I began taking classes with Dean Grier in the spring semester of 2005, enrolling in the "Fundamental Texts of International Affairs" class. The course included close readings of Metternich,...
