May 14, 2012

Venture into the District for family meals to celebrate the end of your college years off campus. Firefly American 1310 New Hampshire Ave. NW Looking for a twist on classic American dishes? Head to Firefly near Dupont Circle for a range of delicious entrées with sides big enough to share – but you probably won’t […]

Senior Rebecca Remis is taking the natural next step this summer – literally. Two days after graduation, she will head to upstate New York to get her hands dirty on an organic farm. As part of a summer-long organic farming apprenticeship, Remis will be learning technical skills and farm management tactics, as well as teaching […]

Marisa Ranieri remembers her father telling her when she was a kid that, “If you want to change the world, Africa is the first place to start.” Ranieri, who spent part of her junior year in Kenya, said she will continue her studies of African culture and development in Tanzania over the next year. After […]

By basking in stadium lights on Major League Baseball’s opening night and standing shoulder-to-shoulder with football stars, Austin Schindel has already gotten a taste of his dream job. Schindel will walk the Commencement stage next week before he travels to top sporting events as a social media reporter, a yearlong gig any sports fanatic would […]

Explore sides of the District with your family that you never had time to visit during your years at GW. National Gallery of Art 4th St. and Constitution Ave. NW Pop into the free National Gallery of Art while exploring the National Mall before graduation on Sunday. Browse the permanent collection, featuring Small French Paintings […]

Elyssa Kaplan has been experimenting with recipes since before she could reach her kitchen countertop. After graduating next week and spending a summer in D.C., the international affairs major will head to Le Cordon Bleu in Paris to hone her culinary skills, joining the ranks of graduates like Julia Child, Mario Batali and Giada De […]

Thursday, May 17 Class of 2012 Toast and Senior Class Gift Presentation Noon, Kogan Plaza MSSC Multicultural Graduation Celebration 1 p.m., Charles E. Smith Center Doctoral Hooding Ceremony 5 p.m., Charles E. Smith Center Friday, May 18 Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Commissioning Ceremony 8 a.m., Iwo Jima Memorial Elliott School of International Affairs Celebration […]

Brian Williams Longtime anchor and NBC Nightly News managing editor Brian Williams will keynote the University-wide Commencement. Williams’ first year behind the NBC Nightly News desk in 2004 earned him accolades and a reputation as one of television’s leading journalists for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. He had taken over for a […]

Correction appended Part-time professors want the University to pay them as much as their cross-town counterparts. In a May 8 meeting, the adjunct faculty union began negotiating a steep pay hike and better treatment for part-time professors – who represent nearly three-fourths of faculty and teach about half the courses at GW – looking to […]

The Faculty Senate voted Friday to prod administrators to purchase a new software program that tracks finances for research projects. A move to a new information system would help researchers track more easily their expenditures online when working with research grants, information that is currently split between two systems and on paper. The resolution was […]