Six months after the University began a review of sophomore Laura Treanor's death from alcohol poisoning, University President Steven Knapp announced the alcohol amnesty policy will be altered.
At the Alumni Film Festival on Saturday, two films were screened that proved that even in Hollywood, some alumni have trouble escaping the political sphere of Washington.
It's all about creative collaboration at the third annual New Plays Festival happening this weekend in the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre.
Eight years after leaving the head coaching job at Michigan, Brian Ellerbe is the men's basketball program's newest assistant coach.
Students looking for a smoke break outside may soon have to take their cigarettes elsewhere if a recent D.C. Council proposal to ban smoking cigarettes on sidewalks outside of storefronts passes. Another proposal to ban single-sale cigars, commonly used for smoking marijuana, is also pending.
The Philippine ambassador to the U.S. said Tuesday morning his country is in need of aid to quell an uprising of terrorist groups.
Eco-friendly food vendor On The Fly has brought a SmartKart - an electric vehicle with zero emissions - to GW, bringing fresh food and giving students a taste of running their own business.
After years of sharing space and leasing parts of buildings around Foggy Bottom, the School of Public Health and Health Services will finally have a place to call home, administrators confirmed this week.
Three U.S. congressmen, including Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., joined members of the College Republicans as part of their Congressional Dinner Series in Mount Vernon's Post Hall Tuesday night.
Leaders at national newspapers participated in a biting discussion over the future of print journalism on The Kalb Report on Monday night at the National Press Club.
After four straight seasons without advancing to postseason play, women's soccer head coach Tanya Vogel was at a loss.
A coalition of anti-war groups marched to the White House Monday to mark the eighth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, but their demonstration was cut short by law enforcement officers on horseback.
New green space on campus originally set to open this fall will be completed by the beginning of December, University officials said.
Known for wild parties, scantily clad promotions girls and Irish flair, McFadden's Restaurant and Saloon wants to become a GWorld vendor, a University official confirmed this week.
A group of GW community members are stitching with love for the third year in a row, knitting scarves for college-bound students who were orphaned or live in foster care.
The University has received about $13 million in stimulus grants this year from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, and money is still coming in, University officials said this week.
In an event billed as unprecedented for two cabinet secretaries, Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates discussed a wide range of international affairs issues in Lisner Auditorium Monday night, from a possible troop surge in Afghanistan to Iran's nuclear programs and human rights violations.
The University dropped tens of thousands of dollars in housing charges for Greek-letter organizations this week, citing economic issues that prevented groups from filling spaces in their University-owned townhouses over the summer.
The Student Association senate passed the 2009-2010 initial allocations bill Tuesday night with no amendments, little debate and in barely half an hour.
An attack on free speech anywhere is an attack on free speech everywhere.
Recently, I waited in my room for the cable guy to show up, but it turns out I didn't need to at all, because he had access to my room.
What do seven out of eight Ivy League schools, along with American, Georgetown and Howard University, have in common with each other, but not with GW?
Tufts University recently added a new wrinkle to its residence hall room guest policy specifically prohibiting sex when a roommate is present.
The School of Public Health and Health Sciences literally wrote the book on public health and yet the program flies under the radar of many GW students.
Women's participation in leadership and peacemaking is vital for a country's survival, President Barack Obama's Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues told an audience of students and women leaders.
Three academic panelists discussed the current state of democracy in Honduras on Monday, examining the country's internal politics, in an event co-sponsored by OLAS and the Elliott School.
An environmental group said GW is improving its sustainability efforts and named the University a campus leader for implementing "green" policies, according to a report released Wednesday.
As GW students leave campus this December to enjoy Winter Break, holidays and time with family, a select group of individuals will be partaking in a different sort of break, helping victims of flooding in Atlanta.
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