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Amitai Etzioni, a former professor of international affairs and White House senior advisor, died in D.C. last week. He was 94.

Thomas “Tom” Buergenthal, a professor emeritus of comparative law and jurisprudence, former International Court of Justice judge and Holocaust survivor died last week.

Officials announced Tuesday that GW and chef José Andrés are partnering to launch a new research institute that will improve “food system solution delivery.”

GW Law’s Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics will offer five new clinics in the fall semester, helping meet the large student demand for professional experience.

The donation will allow the initiative to add courses on Uyghur culture and identity, expand faculty research and grow the Uyghur Studies Initiative.

Guermillo Orti, a faculty senator and biology professor, introduced a resolution to further define the role of Faculty Senate Executive Committee.

Bryan Stevenson said hope is a “superpower” in combating injustice in his speech to about 6,000 graduates and guests at Commencement on Sunday.

GW Law dropped 10 spots in U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the best law schools in the country this year.

Officials said Kelly-Weeder, the current associate dean for graduate programs at the Boston College Connell School of Nursing, will begin as dean of the nursing school July 17.

Multiple of GW’s graduate programs rose in national ranking this year and all of the graduate schools remained in the top 100.