The University has delayed launching a formal fundraising campaign for the proposed $300 million Science and Engineering Complex due to the ailing economy, a senior administrator said this week.
Two men believed to be in their early 20s stole more than 600 painkillers from a Foggy Bottom drug store Sunday evening, according to a Metropolitan Police Department report.
The director of the School of Media and Public Affairs, Lee Huebner, resigned this week, citing "very demanding" administrative duties and a desire to focus more on teaching.
Leaders of the College Republicans and the College Democrats engaged in the ultimate political jousting match Monday, temporarily switching roles to trade satirical jabs about party stereotypes.
Students who are too busy to hit the liquor store this weekend have a new way to supply their nighttime festivities without even leaving their residence hall.
The Pita Pit in the basement of Ivory Tower was robbed for the second time in three months last weekend when the store was broken into and more than $2,000 was stolen, according to a Metropolitan Police Department report.
Beginning next fall the Panhellenic Association will no longer allow sororities to hold recruitment activities off campus, organization president Sarah Sutton said.
Students are not the only ones addicted to Facebook and Twitter - the University is working to stay in the social media loop as well.
Students interested in going to law school may now get some help from a new student organization geared toward giving undergraduates a leg up in the application process.
The District's bike-sharing system could undergo a substantial expansion as soon as this summer with the addition of almost 100 new stations, a city official said this week.
A resolution to include transgender students in the University's nondiscrimination policy will move on for approval by the Faculty Senate and the Board of Trustees this month, said Student Association Sen. Michael Komo, U-at-Large.
Far from the average high school sex education class, the theme of "sexpert" Jay Friedman's lecture in the Marvin Center Tuesday night was very simple: "Sex is good."
The United States has failed to back up its strong anti-genocide rhetoric with action, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told a packed Elliott School auditorium Tuesday evening.
While seniors prepare to graduate and depart GW next month, another group of seniors - living at St. Mary's Court senior citizens' home on 24th Street - celebrated the residence's 30-year anniversary two weeks ago.
Fifty years ago, rather than stand up to defend his constitutional rights, Ellery Schempp sat down.
The Greek-letter organizations with allotted spaces in International House will once again shift in the fall, as Chi Omega sorority replaces the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity in the building.
The Student Association Senate-elect met Tuesday night to elect its six committee chairs for the 2009-2010 school year.
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