GW Professor Looks Back on Foreign Service Career
GW adjunct professor of international affairs David H. Shinn has had his car attacked by elephants in Tanzania, traveled to nearly every square mile of Ethiopia, and had the grim task of sorting...
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By Julia Parmley
If you think golf is just a game of leisure, try competing against approximately 70 Division I players while walking and carrying clubs over five miles of sand bunkers,...
Over the last seven months, more than 3,800 GW students, faculty, staff and members of the Board of Trustees have participated in community service projects throughout the Washington, D.C., area...
There’s a household in Beijing that’s in for some excitement.
TaiSen Zhuang, who’s pursuing a Ph.D. in micropropulsion, says he’ll be planning a visit to his hometown—to “give my mom and...
By Menachem Wecker
If Cynthia Dowd has anything to say about it, tuberculosis may have to learn a lesson from the Borg of Star Trek fame: “Resistance is futile.”
Though TB is...
Searching for Autism's Treatable Roots
By Danny Freedman
Down a side hallway and in a cluttered office tucked away inside a lab, Valerie Hu is attempting to crack one of biology’s most vexing riddles: her son.
Matthew,...
Saying Goodbye to Dean Susan Phillips
By Jennifer Price
When a search committee from GW’s School of Business first approached Susan Phillips in 1998, she saw a challenge.
“While it was a good business school, it...
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....
Fellowships Offer $20,000 for Undergraduate Research
By Carrie Madren
George Washington undergraduates have a new opportunity to satisfy their intellectual curiosity. Two research awards, each totaling $10,000, will be given this year to...
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,...