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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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
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...
Keeping New York and New Jersey Safe
By Menachem Wecker
“You could probably drop me into GW now, and I would still be able to walk backwards across the campus,” says New Jersey State Senator...
Gene Cohen, professor of health care sciences, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, died on Nov. 7.
A geriatric psychiatrist, Dr. Cohen founded the Center on Aging at the National...
Taking Business Savvy to New Arenas
By Mary Dempsey
Mehir Desai always expected to be on the side of the underdog, helping entrepreneurs in developing countries fight red tape and other government obstacles. Today Mr. Desai...
By Danny Freedman
Drowsy drivers cause tens of thousands of crashes each year. Now a GW professor is helping to take the fight into the driver’s seat.
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By Menachem Wecker
In the course of a 30-minute talk and an hour question-and-answer period, the self-declared new face of the Republican Party discussed health care, Afghanistan, gay...