July 10, 2000

Graduate students in the School of Business Management presented entrepreneurial concepts, involving the next generation Internet to local venture capital firms June 28. Many of the student concepts incorporate Internet 2, another form of the Internet that offers greater bandwidth but is limited in its reach. What we’re trying to do is forge a relationship […]

Although a judge found that Attila Cosby probably did not break the law during a sexual encounter with a 46-year-old woman early May 15 in his Guthridge Hall room, the facts discovered at his preliminary hearing Friday are quite disturbing. While Cosby’s right to privacy should be respected, the facts brought out in the hearing […]

Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas will join GW’s School of Media and Public Affairs faculty as a Shapiro Fellow this fall. I’m very excited about this opportunity, Thomas said. I thought it was a wonderful opportunity to stay in touch with journalism . I was very lucky to be selected by GW. Thomas, who […]

GW student Tom Weaver, known by family and friends for his love of politics, government and campus life, died July 1 after losing a battle with cancer. A former freshman representative and co-director of political affairs for the GW College Republicans, Weaver was active with the CRs for more than a year and a half, […]

GW will host an eight-day conference promoting leadership among high school students later this month. More than 300 high school sophomores will visit Foggy Bottom July 21 to attend the annual Hugh O’Brian Youth World Leadership Congress. The World Leadership Congress, which was last held at GW in 1998, involves students from 40 countries around […]

University officials declined to use their legal power to inform students about Atilla Cosby’s Student Judicial Services hearing, his status as a student and his eligibility to live in GW residence halls. The 1998 Higher Education Amendments allow universities to disclose the results of disciplinary hearings of students who allegedly committed a violent crime. The […]

GW ended its support of The IN Series, a professional performing-arts program carried over from the Mount Vernon College, June 30 after a two-year attempt to save the program failed, said Grae Baxter, executive dean of the Mount Vernon campus. Baxter cited space constraints at the Mount Vernon campus, the program’s continual deficit and the […]

The University failed to meet the standard of openness and honesty expected of an institution of higher learning by deciding not to disclose the outcome of Atilla Cosby’s Student Judicial Services hearing. If SJS found Cosby guilty of any infractions stemming from the May 15 incident, students deserve to know. Likewise, if SJS found that […]

The student, an undergraduate, had a problem. She was getting ready to enroll in GW’s upcoming semester, but had no place to live for a couple of days before the semester actually began. So my wife and I invited her to stay with our family, and over dinner on the first evening of her visit […]