Officials announce Thursday deadline to apply for fall housing
Students seeking to live on campus for the fall semester must apply by July 30 to be considered, an email sent to students Wednesday states.
July 31, 2020
Volume 117
Stories from the July 31, 2020 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Travelers from 27 'high-risk' states required to self-quarantine
Nonessential travelers entering the city from 27 states considered as “high-risk” for contracting COVID-19 must self-quarantine for 14 days.
Senior launches bid for D.C. State Board of Education seat
Senior and local Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner James Harnett is vying to represent Ward 2 on the D.C. State Board of Education.
Classes to stay online for fall semester with 10 percent tuition cut
Administrators had sought the District’s approval of GW’s reopening plan by early July but had yet to publicly announce the plan’s approval.
Student groups, Faculty Association release fall semester demands
The Student Association released a statement Thursday calling on officials to implement a dozen changes to the University’s fall reopening plan.
Grubhub partnership to offer free delivery from local restaurants
Students will be able to order free delivery from local restaurants this fall through Grubhub as part of a new partnership with the app.
Milken Institute School of Public Health floods, temporarily closes
The Milken Institute School of Public Health has been temporarily closed because of flooding, according to a GW Advisory sent to the community Friday.
Metro to provide 500,000 masks for local commuters
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will start passing out 500,000 cloth masks to local commuters, according to a DCist report.
Students from coronavirus hotspots required to quarantine
The order, which excludes Maryland and Virginia, will affect areas based on a seven-day moving average of daily new COVID-19 cases.