Volume 103, Issue 55
Stories from the April 16, 2007 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
A Faculty Senate report presented at Friday’s meeting found that, on average, sponsored research loses GW money. The report states that the University and the Medical Center combined spent $54 million on research, which is not completely recovered in direct financial benefits. But it states that research has non-financial benefits, like attracting better quality students […]
With just more than four weeks until Commencement weekend, senior Natalie Wessel said she feels “cheated” by the conclusion to her four years at GW. About the selection of University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg as Commencement’s keynote speaker, the soon-to-be-graduate said, “I think because President Trachtenberg has spoken at every graduation prior, it feels like […]
Updated Tuesday, April 17, 9;43 a.m. Posted Monday, April 16, 11:30 a.m. Peg Barratt, an official with the National Institutes of Health, will begin as dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1, officials announced Monday. After an almost 10-month-long process, the CCAS Dean Search Committee selected Barratt following a series of […]
Updated Monday, April 16, 5:20 p.m. Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and Nancy Pelosi declined to speak at this year’s Commencement after the University invited them to participate in the University-wide event on the National Mall, GW officials said. Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, and Gates, founder of Microsoft Corporation, turned down honorary […]
Posted Monday, April 16, 6 p.m. Junior Maureece Rice is entering the NBA Draft but plans to keep his NCAA eligibility options open, according to a GW athletic news release. Rice, a Philadelphia native, has not retained an agent and has until June 18 to withdraw his name and keep his collegiate eligibility. “If in […]
Last December, Emory University’s student newspaper, The Wheel, reported that university president James Wagner would be the school’s keynote speaker at the commencement ceremony. Within two weeks, 600 Emory students signed a petition and had convinced the University to start a search to find a new keynote speaker. By late March, Emory announced that global […]
Posted Monday, April 16, 6:02 p.m. Last updated Monday, April 16, 11:30 p.m. The University Police Department is on “heightened alert” in response to a mass shooting at Virginia Tech Monday morning, a University official said. The University sent a campus-wide e-mail Monday afternoon encouraging students to “exercise appropriate caution” and report any suspicious activity […]
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer will speak at Commencement in addition to keynote speaker University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, GW announced Thursday. Blitzer is one of five honorary degree recipients who will address graduates and families at the University-wide event May 20, according to a University news release. Other recipients include Ralph Cicerone, president of the […]
At least 33 people are dead and 29 more injured after a gunman opened fire Monday morning at Virginia Tech residence hall and classroom building in the worst mass shooting in US history, police said. According to police, the carnage started at 7:15 am when two students were shot in the west Ambler-Johnston residence hall. […]
The Mount Vernon Campus’ annual Fountain Day concert and festival will feature singer Ben Kweller. The theme for the April 28 event, “Turning to Awareness,” will focus on international issues such as the crisis in Darfur and the environment, its organizers said. “There are going to be activities that have a true impact on the […]