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Winter Wackiness

By Jennifer Price

As blizzard conditions descended on the District last weekend, Washingtonians rushed to the nearest grocery store, grabbing anything they could find and prepared to be...

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The Beginnings of Commercial Art

Photographs of Truman Capote and Edward Kennedy hang beside oil paintings of George Washington and a hamburger in a new exhibit at GW’s Brady Art Gallery open Feb. 3 to March 5. Titled “Warhol:...

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Shooting Hoops for Health

In November, LaWanda Fountain, executive coordinator in GW’s Office of the Provost and Vice President for Health Affairs, received some good news. She had completed her breast cancer treatments...

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Telling Their Tales

By Julia Parmley

A dozen young adults from an impoverished South African community took center stage at GW’s Dorothy Betts Theatre Feb. 5 thanks to a partnership with GW. The performance...

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Managing the Government’s Wallet

Three GW Law professors testified before the U.S. Senate on flexible purchasing arrangements and government contract regulations Feb. 25.

Steven Schooner, associate professor of law and co...

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In Memoriam: Robert M. Dunn Jr.

 Robert M. Dunn Jr., professor emeritus of economics, died on Feb. 18. Dr. Dunn retired from GW in 2009 after more than 40 years on the university’s economics faculty. At GW, he taught...

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Covering the National Beat from Germany

By Julia Parmley

Journalists are used to tight deadlines and tracking down stories, but for Clayton McCleskey, B.A.’09, it’s a little more complicated than that. Mr. McCleskey is...

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A Blog with a Higher Calling

By Menachem Wecker

When Michael Salgarolo started attending the Newman Catholic Student Center’s Mass at St. Stephen Martyr, the Los Angeles native noticed variations from the...

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Learning from the Bench

By Jennifer Price

Jeff Alston didn’t play varsity basketball in high school.

And for three years he created scouting reports, studied film and reserved hotel rooms as the...

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The GW Corps

By Menachem Wecker

Stephen Andrew Wood, B.A. ’06, was ready for “a change of pace” after living in Washington for five years, so he joined the Peace Corps. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Wood...