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Eye Opening

By Jennifer Price

GW freshman Andrew Pangilinan has always loved to travel.

A first generation American, Mr. Pangilinan has gone on safaris in Kenya and Tanzania, climbed Mt....

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Supporting Veterans’ Education

When Anthony Rango was injured and honorably discharged from the military in 2002, his skills didn’t translate very well into the civilian world.

He got a job at the U.S. Department of...

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Language Lessons

By Julia Parmley

At the age of 17, Andrew Brown, B.A. ’06, M.P.A. ’08, began what he called a “search for purpose.” During this time, Mr. Brown learned more than 20 different languages,...

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Emergency Education

As a pediatric emergency room doctor at Children’s National Medical Center in Northwest D.C., David Mathison sees firsthand the gap in health education with patients and it’s a problem he wants to...

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Supporting Legal Education

J. Richard Knop, J.D. ’69, had been out of touch with his alma mater when an article profiling...

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Commencement Countdown

George Washington’s class of 2010 will celebrate Commencement with the U.S. Capitol as a backdrop and First Lady Michelle Obama as speaker.

It promises to be an experience like no other....

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Advancing Academic Innovation

By Jamie L. Freedman

After half a year of groundwork, the Innovation Task Force Learning/Teaching Committee presented its top ideas for academic innovation to the GW community at  ...

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An Extraordinary Educator

Even by Mary Futrell’s high standards, it’s hard to call a night when you raise nearly a quarter of a million dollars and have a day named after you anything but a success.

On April 15,...

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Celebrating Earth Day

As the George Washington University celebrated Earth Day, President Steven Knapp announced a new $2 million revolving fund for sustainability that will initially improve buildings on campus,...

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Regulating the Environment

Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a climate change bill that called for a 17 percent cut on carbon dioxide emissions and a “cap-and-trade system” under which companies receive...