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Supreme Court Selection

Earlier this week, President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the 112th justice of the Supreme Court. If confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Kagan will be the fourth woman in...

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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 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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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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The Cost of the Free Press

By Menachem Wecker

Though many readers expect online news to be free, media mogul Rupert Murdoch says they will pay if confronted with no other options.

“We are going to stop...

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In Memoriam: Jeanette Michael

Jeanette A. Michael, J.D. ’75, GW Board of Trustees member and former executive director of D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, died on Nov. 28.

Ms. Michael served as D.C....

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University Writing Class Remembers Holocaust Victims

Scattered diaries in homes. Scribbles in the margins of books. Writings on loose-leaf paper. While most of the 163,000 Jewish people in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland perished during the Nazi era,...

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How an Outstanding Teacher Works

By Julia Parmley

When Jason Zara joined GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science in 2002, seven students were...