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Cars pass by the Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Milken researchers find widened racial disparities in pollution-related illnesses

By Cristina Stassis, Senior Staff Writer
March 25, 2024
The silhouette of the Washington Monument peeks through a bough of cherry blossoms.

Cherry blossom to reach peak bloom from March 23 to 26, park service says

By Cristina Stassis, Senior Staff Writer
March 4, 2024
A paramedic presents a dose of Naloxone, or Narcan, a medication that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.

Opioid overdose deaths rose in DC in 2023: report

By Rory Quealy and Cristina Stassis
January 29, 2024
Workers walk through Western Market last month.

Homecoming in Foggy Bottom: Employees return to in-person work en masse

By Cristina Stassis and Maggie Rhoads
November 13, 2023
Kogan Plaza, pictured in January 2023.

CCAS professor named president of Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

By Cristina Stassis, Senior Staff Writer
October 26, 2023
The GW student team poses in front of D.C.'s Albert Einstein Memorial on Constitution Avenue.

GW student team wins DC public health case challenge

By Cristina Stassis and Jenna Lee
October 23, 2023
School of Business professor James Wade said the NFL could theoretically close the racial disparity gap among staff if they equally hire people of color and white coaches for positions with higher promotability.

Business professor researches root causes of racial disparities in NFL coaching

By Cristina Stassis, Senior Staff Writer
September 18, 2023
Milken lecturer Sarah Axelson’s course on design thinking in public health preps students to take advantage of innovation and product design in their professions. Courtesy of Sarah Axelson

A new year and a new you means you need new classes

By Cristina Stassis, Senior Staff Writer
August 28, 2023
Researchers in the chemistry department use the telescope to research greenhouse gas concentrations.

Student organization designs water management pond for small village in northern India

By Cristina Stassis
April 24, 2023
Some members of the Metro Board of Directors expressed support for implementing a $2 flat fee for riding the Metrorail.

Metro approves $4.8 billion budget, adjusts fare rates starting July 1

By Cristina Stassis
April 17, 2023
Athletic events will open to ticketed fans beginning Sunday, and campus facilities with public access will reopen to the public on Monday.

GW stands alone as only ‘large,’ ‘urban’ US university with mask mandate

By Cristina Stassis and Sophia Goedert
February 6, 2023
The panel will conduct an “independent and impartial review” of transit police to improve trust between the transit police department and the public.

MTPD officers equipped with Narcan to treat opioid overdoses

By Cristina Stassis
January 19, 2023
Student volunteers and Miriam's Kitchen staff said the 13-year partnership has allowed neighbors and students to serve their vulnerable community members while connecting over their love of fresh food.

GroW Garden delivers produce to Miriam’s Kitchen for unhoused locals

By Cristina Stassis and Duc Than
November 21, 2022
The percentage of emergency department visits for RSV-related illnesses in Ward 2 is 4.7 percent while the percentage of visits in Ward 8 is 32.4 percent.

Flu, RSV cases spike early as health officials warn of winter with severe illness

By Cristina Stassis
November 21, 2022
Public health school researchers will use a $2 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study malnutrition during pregnancy, a topic experts said is often neglected in research.

GW partners to improve HIV research in Southeast D.C. facility

By Cristina Stassis and Anna Zell
October 31, 2022
Loren Kajikawa, an associate professor of music, is teaching two new courses: Music History Now and Hip Hop Ensemble.

Corcoran courses to explore disco’s influence on politics, culture

By Cristina Stassis
August 29, 2022
The study is part of an eight-year project following the understudied Latino youth population and their mental health from middle school to early adult years.

Pandemic drives decline in mental health, academic performance among Latino youth: study

By Cristina Stassis
April 18, 2022
Valerie Biden Owens tested positive for COVID-19 shortly before the book talk, causing the event to move online.

Valerie Biden Owens discusses leadership, life in politics

By Cristina Stassis
April 11, 2022
Christina Puchalski, one of the initiative’s lead researchers, said the courses role play hypothetical patient conversations to practice addressing existential questions about life in the clinical setting.

Medical school institute to increase spiritual care for patients with serious illnesses

By Ishani Chettri and Cristina Stassis
April 4, 2022
Nathan Smith (left), an assistant professor of pediatrics, and Christopher Cahill (right), the chair of the chemistry department, were honored late last month.

Pair of professors join acclaimed fellowship recognizing scientific research achievements

By Cristina Stassis
February 28, 2022
A recent survey of health care workers found that the majority reported mental health repercussions from the pandemic.

Milken to organize initiative combatting pandemic burnout in health care field

By Cristina Stassis
January 24, 2022
Students are wrapping up GW’s first in-person semester with masking and testing protocols after a year and a half of virtual learning.

A look back at GW’s response to COVID in 2021

By Michelle Vassilev and Cristina Stassis
December 6, 2021
Nearly 175 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine have been administered nationwide.

GW’s participation in Moderna vaccine trial shifts focus to booster shots

By Cristina Stassis and Ava Svolos
November 22, 2021
Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics Director Rebekah Tromble poses for a portrait in Kogan Plaza in 2021.

SMPA professor receives grant to help female journalists fight online harassment

By Cristina Stassis
October 7, 2021
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