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Strategic plan framework doesn't recognize, incorporate staff needs: Staff Council
By Barry Yao and Louisa Hannoucene October 21, 2024
Staff said Friday that officials aren't prioritizing concerns about low compensation and limited career advancement opportunities as they develop GW's next strategic plan.
Crime log: Female student blackmailed for nude photos on TikTok
By Max Porter, News Podcast Co-Host • October 21, 2024
A female student reported being blackmailed via TikTok by an unknown subject who requested nude photos.
Corcoran, NGA partnership begins three-year residency with artist collective
By Ava Harris and Sophie Clarke October 21, 2024
Corcoran and the National Gallery of Art will provide artists from For Freedoms with spaces to create and display their art.
Political science department to launch data-focused master's program
By Allison Nevins and Victoria Smajlaj October 21, 2024
Faculty said the demand for skills in fields like data analytics, data science and quantitative data analysis was the impetus for the new degree.
Guillermo Orti, right, and Patricia Hernandez, left, react to discussion about former GW Police Department officers's reports of departmental disarray at a Faculty Senate meeting this month.
Faculty leaders call for heightened GWPD oversight after reports of safety violations
By Hannah Marr and Rory Quealy October 21, 2024
Faculty leaders are urging officials to reassess oversight measures meant to safeguard the GW Police Department's arming process.
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Visitors look at the Billboards exhibit installed in the Corcoran Gallery of Art as part of the For Freedoms residency.
Corcoran, NGA partnership begins three-year residency with artist collective
By Ava Harris and Sophie Clarke October 21, 2024
Corcoran and the National Gallery of Art will provide artists from For Freedoms with spaces to create and display their art.
Center for Interfaith and Spiritual Life Director Simraun Kaur-Colbert discusses upcoming programming at a Staff Council meeting Friday.
Strategic plan framework doesn't recognize, incorporate staff needs: Staff Council
By Barry Yao and Louisa Hannoucene October 21, 2024
Staff said Friday that officials aren't prioritizing concerns about low compensation and limited career advancement opportunities as they develop GW's next strategic plan.
Crime log: Female student blackmailed for nude photos on TikTok
By Max Porter, News Podcast Co-Host • October 21, 2024
A female student reported being blackmailed via TikTok by an unknown subject who requested nude photos.
The entrance of the political science department on the fourth floor of Monroe Hall.
Political science department to launch data-focused master's program
By Allison Nevins and Victoria Smajlaj October 21, 2024
Faculty said the demand for skills in fields like data analytics, data science and quantitative data analysis was the impetus for the new degree.
A student walks through the Professor's Gate of Kogan Plaza on a rainy day in September.
GW named in lawsuit alleging College Board policy decreases financial aid
By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor • October 17, 2024
GW is one of 40 private institutions named in the lawsuit for participating in a College Board policy of considering the income on noncustodial parents in determining financial aid.
MFA names Bill Elliott as permanent CEO
By Tyler Iglesias, Assistant News Editor • October 17, 2024
Perspective: Voting through a noncitizen's eyes
By Alexia Green, Opinions Writer • October 21, 2024
Vote for the people who don’t have a voice. 
Staff editorial: When navigating new union efforts, GW should learn from past mistakes
Staff editorial: When navigating new union efforts, GW should learn from past mistakes
By Editorial Board October 21, 2024
Officials shouldn’t be slow to respond to workers' concerns or ignore them entirely as they’ve done in the past. Instead, offer employees a seat at the bargaining table.
Perspective: Why the Unitarian Universalist church helped me understand religion
By Nick Perkins, Opinions Writer • October 21, 2024
My time in the church of 0.3 percent of the population filled in 100 percent of my understanding of religion.
Perspective: The Commanders are the football team of GW
By Carter Willis, Opinions Writer • October 17, 2024
Even though GW doesn't have a football team, that doesn't mean the GW community can't embrace the NFL Commanders team as their own.
Perspective: DC is cool enough
By James Pomian, Opinions Writer • October 7, 2024
Historic D.C. implores to be discovered; maybe it's time we listen.
Op-ed: Granberg's first year served trustees and no one else
By Manny Blanco, Guest Contributor • October 7, 2024
No one's first year is easy, but University President Ellen Granberg's first year was a disaster when handling pro-Palestinian protests.
Senior defender Amelia Booth goes after the ball during a match against Drexel last month.
Women’s soccer loses 0-2 to Fordham on the road
By Camille Pratt-Chatman, Reporter • October 21, 2024
The team has three games left prior to starting Atlantic 10 Championship play on Nov. 1.
Sophomore midfielder Ben Hissrich drives the ball down the field during a match against Duquesne last month.
Men's soccer suffers 1-3 defeat to Fordham in season's 10th loss
By Sriya Mamidanna, Reporter • October 21, 2024
The game wrapped up with a tough defeat for the Revs, marking GW's 10th loss of the season and their fourth in the A-10 Conference.
The men's basketball team puts their hands together during a practice earlier this week.
GW Athletics adopts official NIL collective, membership program
By Grant Pacernick and Will O’Connell October 21, 2024
GW Athletics adopted an official collective to help student-athletes take advantage of their name, image and likeness earlier this month.
The women's volleyball team celebrates after winning a game against Fordham last week.
Volleyball rises to top of A-10 behind conference stars
By Kristi Widjaja, Staff Writer • October 17, 2024
GW's 5-2 conference record places them at second in the A-10, behind nationally ranked Dayton.
Head Coach Terry Weir talks to the women's cross-country team during a practice at Duke Ellington Track and Field.
Women's and men's cross country make top ten finish at ECU Pirate Invite
By Kristi Widjaja and Sophia Caputo October 10, 2024
Junior Jacob Heredia broke the program record in the 8K last set in October 2023.
Bearing witness: Reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic
By Eduardo Gonzalez del Valle, Sophia Escobar, Karolina Montalvo, Saher Mir and Ananya Gondesi March 28, 2024

March 4 was National COVID Remembrance Day. Along side the "Rituals in the Making" team, GW's Department of Anthropology put together a series...

Physics professor talks future of AI, possible misuse
Physics professor talks future of AI, possible misuse
By Eduardo Gonzalez del Valle and Lizzie Jensen March 4, 2024

Breaking the Foggy Bubble: Freshman Lea Nepomuceno Goes to Purple Patch
By Colin Wagner, Karolina Montalvo and Saher Mir February 13, 2024

Join us as we follow Lea Nepomuceno, a freshman at George Washington University, outside of the "Foggy Bubble" and explore Purple Patch, a Filipino...

Where is GW's football team?
By Max Porter and Lizzie Jensen September 25, 2024

On this episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, co-hosts Max Porter and Lizzie Jensen speak with a pair of GW historians to learn about the University's...

GW College Democrats and GW College Republicans share plans for 2024 election programming
By Lizzie Jensen and Max Porter September 12, 2024

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, co-hosts Lizzie Jensen and Max Porter speak with executive board members of GW College...

How faculty, student leaders are implementing textiles, dress and fashion studies at GW
By Lizzie Jensen and Max Porter September 4, 2024

On this week's episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, co-hosts Lizzie Jensen and Max Porter speak with members of GW's Fashion Business Association...

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