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Navigating the Great Outdoors

By Julia Parmley

GW is known for its urban campus, but for those who yearn for the great outdoors, there’s a student organization that can help.

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Reverse Trompe-l’œil

By Menachem Wecker

Over lunch one day, Clarice Smith, B.A. ’76, M.F.A. ’79, and Lenore Miller, M.F.A. ’72, director of university art galleries and chief curator, were brainstorming...

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Examining Yemen

By Menachem Wecker

Amb. Edward W. “Skip” Gnehm Jr. and his State Department colleagues used to joke that Yemen -- the Arabian Peninsula nation that shares borders with Saudi Arabia...

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Dissecting the Financial Crisis

George Washington alumni discussed their experiences at the epicenter of the financial crisis at a March 2 symposium in New York.

The panelists included Abby Joseph Cohen, M.A. ’76,...

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George Washington Announces Provost Selection

George Washington University President Steven Knapp announced March 3 the selection of Steven Lerman as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and as the A. James Clark...

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Major Foundation Support Spurs Global Security Research

GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs is leading three major research programs focused on global security, thanks to nearly $2 million in grant funding from...

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GW Celebrates Senior Prom

Approximately 200 senior citizens joined GW students for an evening of dinner, games and a whole lot of dancing at GW’s eighth annual Senior Prom Feb. 28 in the Marvin Center Continental Ballroom...

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Immortalization through Caricature

They’re playing arcade games, wielding ping pong paddles or pool cues, or hurling a bowling ball down a lane. On the fifth floor of the Marvin Center outside the Hippodrome, about 150 George...

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Wordsmith of Washington

By Jennifer Price

Thomas Mallon, who will become the head of GW’s creative writing program later this month, didn't start writing fiction until he was in his 30s.

As a young...

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Safety Measures

By Jennifer Price

After seven separate robberies of laptops, cell phones and a Coach wristlet in the past two months, the George Washington Police Department is urging students, staff and...