Medical Students Get a Lesson in Politics
Amid the business-suited politicians at home on Capitol Hill, nearly 200 white coat-clad GW medical students served as a visual reminder of the impact of health care reform on doctors and their...
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Though TB is...
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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...