The task force charged with generating $60 million through innovation and fundraising has collected almost 200 ideas from the community on how to spend smarter, but the group is still wrestling with which savings should be counted, and how.
Salaries for GW's top administrators jumped an average of 54.7 percent from 2002 to 2007, while faculty salaries increased an average of 21.5 percent over roughly the same period, according to University salary data.
Current and former University administrators praised President Barack Obama's State of the Union pledge to tackle college affordability issues, calling Obama a friend to the field of higher education.
KINGSTON, R.I. - After trailing host Rhode Island by as much as 16 before halftime, the GW men's basketball team turned up the defensive pressure and planted the seeds of another potential comeback, but Rhode Island held on 72-66.
Robberies on Metrorail increased 50 percent during 2009, according to data from Metro Transit Police.
Six on-campus buildings were designated as historical landmarks Thursday by D.C.'s Historic Preservation Review Board.
The Faculty Senate is in talks with the University to reinstate the Benefits Review Committee after a six-year hiatus, a move that is expected to jumpstart conversations about benefits during current troubled economic times.
GW's Office of Sustainability has teamed up with students, administrators and staff to draft the University's Climate Action Plan and has hired a new staff member to keep the plan on deadline, a University administrator said this week.
The Source, a weekly television show produced by students in the School of Media and Public Affairs, was canceled this spring after the two classes tasked with creating the show did not meet the minimum number of students needed to produce it.
It is essential that the selection committee be conscious of both the specific challenges the new provost will face what skills will be most valuable for the University in the coming years.
I'll debate on health care. I'll debate on global warming. I'll even debate on American Idol. I won't debate on earthquakes. Neither should anyone else.
In a time when Americans are reticent to spend their money, why would the local government enact something that could serve to stifle local commerce?
The D.C. Council, in a moment of unconventional wisdom a few weeks ago, became the newest torchbearer in the fight for the legalization of medical marijuana.
The arrest of an alumnus charged with allegedly attempting to bug the office of a United States senator is garnering national media attention, and the story landed on the front page of Sunday's New York Times.
The ambassador from the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States spoke about the difficulties of her country's geographic location and Bahrain's role in the Arab-Israeli conflict at an event Thursday night in the Elliott School.
Barry Levine, the executive editor of the National Enquirer, spoke with a small group of School of Media and Public Affairs students last week about the notorious tabloid's vigilant research into the John Edwards scandal and why its coverage ought to earn a Pulitzer Prize.
Hosting a Super Bowl party doesn't have to mean greasy, overpriced food. Why order when you can make your own?
One year ago, the first black man to be inaugurated as president of the United States stood on the steps of the Capitol and changed history as we knew it.
KINGSTON, R.I. - With two-thirds of the GW men's basketball team either freshmen or sophomores, it is perhaps no surprise that the younger members of the roster have assumed starring roles in this season's narrative.
With five minutes left in the Colonials' loss Saturday, 5-foot-9-inch Rhode Island guard Stevie Mejia, who had five successful three-point tries all season entering the game, hit a trey to double the Rams' lead from three to six and give them some breathing room.
Last week, the GW women's basketball team seemed to temporarily overcome the inexperience and injury woes that had plagued them all season, winning consecutive games to get their season back on track.
Despite the below-freezing temperature and heavy snowfall, hundreds of D.C. residents descended upon the National Zoo Saturday to say goodbye to a much-loved giant panda born in the District.
More than 150 students practiced mastering sweaty palms and answering difficult questions during the School of Business' mock interview trials last week.
The District Department of Transportation is considering plans to add bike lanes to Eye and L streets, a spokesperson for the agency said last week.
A recent alumna and her journalist mother have been successfully evacuated from the isolated Peruvian town of Aguas Calientes after landslides and massive flooding stranded them along with 4,000 other tourists.
GW students teamed up with peers from seven other D.C. area universities this weekend at the StartUp Scramble Challenge, a three-day event in which college-aged entrepreneurs created business plans for sustainable ventures.
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