GW’s campus has been desolate for nearly a year and a half, but in the two weeks that students, faculty and staff have been back, life has been restored to the community.

In March 2020 when officials moved all operations online, a now-graduated Hatchet staff photographer, Eric Lee, stayed behind and documented campus deserted. Here is a glimpse of how today’s bustling scenes on campus compare to empty, quiet life near the start of the pandemic:

Gelman Library:

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District House basement:

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GW Delicatessen:

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Funger Hall:

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Kogan Plaza:

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