GW Launches Innovation, Research Leadership Plan
The George Washington University will significantly increase its investment in learning and research under a plan recently announced by President Steven Knapp. The president’s innovation...
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By Menachem Wecker
“Patience,” observed the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, “expands your capacity to love and to feel peace.”
It’s easy to find great quotes about peace from Rumi...
Zachary Aisley, B.B.A. ’02 + Abby Lestition, B.A. ’02
Zachary and Abby met during the first few days of their freshman year on the ninth floor of Thurston Hall, but their...
By Rachel Muir
“It’s fast, it’s showy, it’s tough and it requires a surprising level of skill and fitness,” says Meredith Gavilan, M.A. ’06, who skates for the Cherry Blossom Bombshells,...
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 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...
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...