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Senior and ANC commissioner James Harnett backed legislation that would increase the number of Capital Bikeshare bikes on campus.

ANC passes record number of resolutions this calendar year

By Andara Katong
December 5, 2019
Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh proposed legislation to require restaurants to compost scraps at a D.C. Council meeting last month.

Proposed D.C. Council bill would mandate that restaurants compost food scraps

By Andara Katong and Marisol Cabrera
November 7, 2019
Yan Ma, an associate professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics, is the principal investigator on a project to study disparities in surgerical outcomes.

Professor receives $1 million to research health care disparities among races

By Andara Katong and Shannon Mallard
October 30, 2019
Mayor Muriel Bowser fielded questions from Ward 2 residents about addressing homelessness.

Bowser talks homelessness, school overcrowding at ANC meeting

By Andara Katong and Marisol Cabrera
October 17, 2019

IMF reopens H Street block after six years of construction

By Andara Katong
October 5, 2019
Bid2Ride allows commuters to haggle for ride-hailing prices.

New ride-hailing app allowing passengers to negotiate fares comes to D.C.

By Andara Katong
September 25, 2019
Vice Chair Patrick Kennedy speaks during a Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting Wednesday.

ANC, GW agree to off-campus housing terms during Thurston renovations

By Andara Katong and Lia DeGroot
September 19, 2019
Officials said they hired nearly twice as many student access monitors than this time last academic year.

Officials nearly double number of student monitors from last academic year

By Andara Katong and Kateryna Stepanenko
September 11, 2019
GWPD officers Tyler Strawsburg and Collin Felix said working on a college campus is a better fit for them than city policing, because students are generally more respectful toward them than residents.

GW Police Department overhaul boosted force morale, officers say

By Andara Katong and Lia DeGroot
September 9, 2019
Jared Diamond, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, discusses the decline of democracy in the United States at a talk Friday.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses national and global ‘upheavals’ in new book

By Andara Katong
May 17, 2019
Junior and ANC Commissioner James Harnett said the resolution, combined with a push to establish a protected bike lane that would run through campus, would give students safer options to navigate the District.

ANC supports expanding Capital Bikeshare, adding bus lane on campus

By Andara Katong and Lia DeGroot
March 22, 2019
Director of Community Relations Kevin Days presented a temporary housing plan at a Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting Wednesday.

GW plans to house upperclassmen off campus during Thurston renovations

By Andara Katong and Lia DeGroot
March 21, 2019
The District Department of Transportation received 247 service requests for potholes in Ward 2 last month.

Pothole service requests more than triple in Ward 2

By Andara Katong and Zoya Wazir
February 4, 2019
A D.C. real estate company is taking the first steps to revamp The Shops at 2000 Penn into a modern market with a new entrance on 21st Street and handfuls of new vendors.

2000 Penn renovation plans feature more vendors, 21st Street entrance

By Andara Katong
January 22, 2019
Madeleine Cook | Senior Staff Photographer

ANC calls on DDOT to develop bike lane plans on 20th, 21st streets

By Andara Katong and Lia DeGroot
January 17, 2019
ANC Chairman William Kennedy Smith said GW recently sent the commission a letter criticizing the construction of a new tower next to the GW Hospital.

ANC passes resolutions promoting health, environment

By Andara Katong and Lizzie Mintz
November 29, 2018
James Harnett, a junior and an ANC commissioner, said he advocated for the change to support students pursuing journalism careers who may now feel threatened by the Saudi government’s actions.

ANC pushes to rename street outside Saudi embassy to honor Jamal Khashoggi

By Andara Katong and Lizzie Mintz
November 29, 2018

ANC Elections 2018: Nicole Goldin

By Andara Katong
November 5, 2018
Jeri Epstein, a long-time resident of the West End community and member of the Board of Trustees at Arena Stage, is running unopposed for seat 2A06 in the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

ANC Elections 2018: Jeri Epstein

By Andara Katong
November 5, 2018
ANC Chairman William Kennedy Smith said a D.C. Council bill proposing a new tower at GW hospital is the “worst piece of legislative crafting” he has seen.

ANC objects to D.C. Council bill proposing expedited construction of GW Hospital tower

By Andara Katong and Lizzie Stricklin
October 18, 2018
Max Wang | Senior Staff Photographer

ANC calls for community-wide response to D.C. rat infestation

By Andara Katong, Hux Duffy and Kateryna Stepanenko
September 21, 2018
More than 10 students said they haven't faced penalties for smoking on campus, despite GW's "smoke-free campus" policy.

Not a ‘smoke-free campus’: Students say officers don’t enforce smoking ban

By Andara Katong
September 13, 2018
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is currently developing a Metro app to be rolled out next year that will offer mobile fare payment options and real-time service information.

Metro to offer mobile payment, service information with new app

By Dani Grace and Andara Katong
April 19, 2018
Kim Lucas, DDOT's Capital Bikeshare coordinator, speaks at a Foggy Bottom Association meeting on bicycle safety Tuesday night.

Officials, advocates discuss dockless bike program at neighborhood meeting

By Andara Katong and Lizzie Stricklin
March 28, 2018
Senior Joseph Schirarizzi, a South Hall resident and computer science major, said the 3-D printer confiscated from his room is not advanced enough to produce any of the banned dangerous weapons.

Students question security policy after 3-D printers are removed from South Hall rooms

By Andara Katong
March 25, 2018
The number of stolen cars in the Foggy Bottom area increased in the first two months of the year, prompting local police to increase patrols and alert the community.

MPD steps up patrols to combat car theft increase in Northwest D.C.

By Brooke Migdon and Andara Katong
March 25, 2018
At the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting last month, the commission agreed to an outline of a settlement with FoBoGro meant to resolve neighborhood concerns.

ANC settlement looks to quell neighborhood complaints about FoBoGro

By Andara Katong
March 1, 2018
Edward Grandis, a lawyer representing FoBoGro's owners, (left) speaks alongside his client Seth Rosenzweig at a Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting Wednesday night.

Neighborhood governing group moves to end dispute with local grocery store

By Andara Katong
February 22, 2018

UPD arrests on-campus rise to four-year high

By Brooke Migdon and Andara Katong
February 5, 2018

Neighborhood commission appoints new chairman

By Andara Katong and Lizzie Stricklin
January 18, 2018
Patrick Kennedy, the vice chairperson of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A, speaks at an ANC meeting last year.

ANC supports loosening requirements for commissioners to run for office

By Dani Grace and Andara Katong
November 17, 2017
The data in the analysis calculated trips from Foggy Bottom to the Anacostia, Brookland-CUA, Columbia Heights, Congress Heights, Petworth and Van Ness-UDC Metro stations.

Traveling the District, students face a choice: Metro or Uber

By Andara Katong
October 23, 2017
Capitol Hill Books, located four blocks from the Capitol Building, is a quick 30-minute trip on the orange line.

Break free from required readings, travel to bookstores around the District

By Andara Katong and Rachel Walsh
September 25, 2017
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