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GW Commencement

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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A Heartfelt Memoir

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...

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Colonial Caricatures

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...

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Life After GW

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...

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Alumnus Wins $266 Million

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...

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A Green Good-Bye

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...

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Medical Center Partnership Addresses Physician Shortage in Eritrea

The East African nation Eritrea has eight obstetrician-gynecologists for a population of 5 million. It’s a critical shortfall, and one that the Partnership for Eritrea — a joint venture between...

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Supreme Court Justice Keynotes Law Review

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy addressed a capacity crowd Oct. 15 at GW’s Dorothy Betts Theatre for the opening event of the two-day George Washington Law Review Symposium. The...

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Free H1N1 Flu Shot Clinics This Week

The George Washington University will host free H1N1 influenza shot clinics Dec. 14-18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the GW Student Health Service on 2141 K St., NW. A limited quantity of the H1N1...

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Making the Present Past

By Menachem Wecker

When Rembrandt sought models for his biblical subjects, he used his Jewish neighbors in 17th-century Amsterdam as models and dressed them from his large collection of...