The award-winning journalist served as GW vice president of communications and professor, an executive at UPI and CBS News, and president of the National Press Club.
Politics & Society
GW Students Prepare for National Elections
National Voter Registration Day helped students learn the steps they need to participate as voters in upcoming elections.
Cory Booker to Visit GW for Discussion on Political Divide in America
The New Jersey senator will share his thoughts on what is in store for the future of democracy in the United States with the GW community in the launch of The Sesno Series.
After her hometown of Kingston Springs, Tennessee, lost its newspaper, Cate Burgan decided to start a newspaper by herself to ensure her community could still receive reliable news.
The latest chapter focused on his work for Senator Edward Kennedy.
In Their Words: GW Community Members Recall 9/11
Alumni, faculty and staff who were on campus in 2001 give firsthand accounts of a day that changed everything.
Elliott School Book Launch: ‘The Zelensky Effect’
Co-authored by Henry E. Hale and Olga Onuch, the book looks at the mutually beneficial relationship between Ukrainians and President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Remembering the March on Washington 60 Years Later
Acclaimed writer, political leader and double GW alumnus Paul Kendrick discusses the history of the iconic march and its legacy today.
GW Civic Changemakers Program Introduces D.C. Middle Schoolers to Community Involvement
Now in its sixth year, the five-week summer program culminates in student projects created to have a positive community impact.
GW Honorary Doctor of Music, President’s Medal recipient and occasional GW guest lecturer was a cultural icon who serenaded listeners for decades.
Sarah Malinowski traveled to Ukraine to improve her prosthetic knee prototype with input from amputees injured from Russia's war in Ukraine.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
GW Graduate Student Is Removing the Lens Cap for LGBTQ Women
Yijia Gu’s venture, YIMU, aims to trigger social change for Chinese and Asian LGBTQ women communities through documentary filmmaking.
GW’s first University Professor was a sociologist and intellectual known internationally.
GW’s University Archives Contain Nuggets of LGBT History
Researchers interested in various topics can view treasures on Gelman’s seventh floor.
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