GW’s Commencement Weekend spanned five days from May 12 to 16 and comprised of more than 20 events, including Monumental Celebration, a gala at Union Station; the traditional Interfaith...
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Earlier this week, President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the 112th justice of the Supreme Court. If confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Kagan will be the fourth woman in...
By day, Donald R. Lehman serves as executive vice president for academic affairs. By night, he bowls—or at least his caricature does.
On May 7, Dr. Lehman was inducted into GW’s Wall of...
With Commencement only a week away, the question of what’s next is on the mind of many soon-to-be graduates. Executive Director of the GW Career Center...
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...
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...
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...
By Menachem Wecker
Many of today’s political conflicts, however contemporary they may seem, can be traced back to the Middle Ages. So argues Anouar Majid in his book We Are All Moors:...
GW Nursing Professor Pioneers Education in Aging, End-of-Life Care
By Julia Parmley
As an assistant professor in GW’s nursing education department, director of the National Collaborative on Aging, developer of emergency preparedness training for health...
By Menachem Wecker
In a 1960s poster protesting the draft, Uncle Sam’s ominous hand reaches toward a pile of numbered eggs – the handled ones broken, revealing draftees rather than chicks...