September 4, 2012

During my senior year of high school, I visited GW for an Admitted Student Day. But I couldn’t get too excited.

The University’s endowment lingered at $1.3 billion at the end of the fiscal year, a plateau that one top official called “stable” in a tough economic terrain. The endowment – which funds academics, financial aid and construction projects – recovered from a $50 million hit last February, bolstered by investments in a solid D.C. real […]

More than 5,000 delegates will cast votes under flashbulbs and streamers at the Democratic National Convention this week, and at least four have ties to GW. Freshman Maggie Wedeman, junior Alex Yudelson and alumni Joshua Altman and Omar Woodard will each represent their home districts and cast ceremonious votes to cement President Barack Obama as […]

More than a year after administrators planned to relocate several campus offices, the spaces left behind remain vacant at a time when campus leaders are amplifying calls for more student space. The University began talks last fall to relocate a handful of student life offices into the Marvin Center – a project completed this summer. […]

Israeli Defense Force soldiers stopped Aurora Echavarria at a West Bank checkpoint and ordered her to step out of her car. After soldiers searched Echavarria – who they thought did not match her identification – along with her car and friends, she was allowed to continue on her way. The experience was one of her […]

Hundreds of Beatles fans got a ticket to ride back to the 1960s as tribute artists rocked mop-tops in honor of one of the most famous bands in history.

Administrators and faculty are finalizing the strategic plan and toning down more dramatic initiatives as the drafting stage enters its final month. Two of the strategic plan’s most transformative proposals – creating a one-college model and creating a massive GW-run think tank – have been chiseled down after hundreds of campus stakeholders weighed in. Provost […]