Former University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg received more than $700,000 in salary and benefits last year - the second-highest salary in the District and the 42nd-highest of private institutions in the nation.
Following months of negotiations with the University, the adjunct faculty union is set to distribute a contract concerning job security, promotions and salaries by mid-December.
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty compared his campaign strategies to those of presidential candidate and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) at a speech at GW Law School Wednesday.
A 4-RIDE van carrying two students crashed into another vehicle on 23rd Street early Tuesday morning.
Despite high turnout from alumni and dignitaries, University officials and alumni said they are disappointed more students did not attend the inauguration for University President Steven Knapp.
Students who are unsatisfied with GW's dining options have a new way to voice their concerns.
Past and present White House correspondents discussed the media's role in the current presidency before a packed house at the National Press Club Monday night.
The D.C. Zoning Commission unanimously approved plans to open Lerner Health and Wellness Center to a limited number of alumni and Foggy Bottom community members.
Steve Martin has been a top comedian for more than 30 years, a feat, that by his own admission, he achieved without any sort of talent. "I consider my whole career a workaround," he told an adoring crowd at Lisner Auditorium Tuesday night. The star of such popular comedies including "The Jerk," "Three Amigos" and "Little Shop of Horrors," the self-deprecating and amiable Martin discussed his memoir, "Born Standing Up," in an event sponsored by the Smithsonian.
Renovations of Alumni House, the future home of University President Steven Knapp, will make the historical structure a bit greener.
The University has plans to renovate the space formerly occupied by DJ's Fastbreak to make room for student space.
A nonprofit advocacy group director spoke to GW students Tuesday about a war that has been raging in Northern Uganda for the last 20 years.
Eta Beta Rho, a Hebrew honors society, held its first induction Wednesday night in an intimate setting - the home of Yaron Peleg, a GW professor who advises the society.
A car fleeing the scene of an armed robbery crashed across the street from Mitchell Hall Saturday night, according to police reports.
The Student Association senate passed a bill on Tuesday night that will give graduate students special representation in the SA.
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