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Serving the GW Community since 1904

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Brochures and stickers line a desk in the Title IX office.

Title IX Office records 51 percent hike in reopened complaints in 2023-24: annual report

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
December 9, 2024
The School of Medicine & Health Sciences, located on I Street.

GW researchers use novel treatment to fight prostate cancer patient case

By Mahira Ahmed and Jenna Lee
November 18, 2024
Thousands of graduates gather on the National Mall for the 2024 Commencement ceremony.

GW’s nonwhite student graduation rate lags behind most peer schools: data

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
November 11, 2024
A poster promoting Initiative 83 hangs on a pole at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street.

DC to launch ranked-choice voting, open primaries

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
November 11, 2024
Protestors speak in front of the White House on 16th Street.

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather on election night to decry candidates’ support for Israel in war in Gaza

By Jenna Lee and Jackson Rickert
November 6, 2024
A protester outside the U.S. Supreme Court after a draft of a decision to overturn Roe v. Wade leaked in May 2022.

GW RAGE educates students on abortion ballot initiatives

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
November 4, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to rally goers in front of the White House at the Ellipse.

Thousands attend ‘closing argument’ rally for Harris at Ellipse

By Jenna Lee and Molly St. Clair
October 31, 2024
Lynn Goldman, the dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Milken dean to step down in June after nearly 15 years in role

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
October 28, 2024
The pennant for the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration hangs in the school's office.

GW to lead cross-university climate change, health research center

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
October 21, 2024
Narcan Nasal Spray sits in a D.C. Health vending machine.

DC overdose deaths down for the first time since 2018: report

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
October 17, 2024
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
A participant places flowers at the vigil on H Street.

Students hold candlelit vigil to honor, mourn those killed in Lebanon, Palestine

By Jenna Lee and Ryan J. Karlin
October 3, 2024
The Milken Institute School of Public Health located on New Hampshire Avenue

Community health centers expected to lose money this year: study

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
September 30, 2024
Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics Director Rebekah Tromble poses for a portrait in Kogan Plaza in 2021.

SMPA professor launches consortium to combat researcher harassment

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
September 30, 2024
The Professors Gate that sits on the edge of Kogan Plaza on 21st Street.

Officials announce updates, timeline for strategic plan

By Jenna Lee and Ella Mitchell
September 27, 2024
Pedestrians pass the Science and Engineering Hall in April.

Researchers receive funding to improve trustworthiness of AI

By Jenna Lee and Caitlin Jacob
September 23, 2024
Professor Ashley Darcy-Mahoney delivers a lecture.

Nursing school working to improve nurse retention, job satisfaction

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
September 23, 2024
Chief Financial Officer Bruno Fernandes at a Faculty Senate meeting in April

Officials unveil website for publicly available financial documents

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
September 20, 2024
The Metropolitan Medical Center located on F Street, a facility that provides abortions covered by the Student Health Insurance Plan.

Student health insurance now covers 100 percent of in-network abortion costs

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
September 16, 2024
The Milken Institute School of Public Health located along New Hampshire Avenue.

Milken professor heads global commission on gun violence

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
September 16, 2024
A butterfly perches on top of a plant.

RNA molecule causes black pigmentation in butterfly wings: study

By Jenna Lee and Sara Montalvo Ona
September 9, 2024
The Title IX Office located on 20th Street

Officials to review Title IX guidelines following Supreme Court ruling on 2024 policy blocks

By Jenna Lee and Molly St. Clair
August 29, 2024
Student Bar Association Vice President of Finance Amanda Hichez answers questions during Tuesday's meeting.

SBA Senate delays funding allocations for student groups to consider appeals

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
August 29, 2024
The Center for the Advanced Study of Paleontology office on the sixth floor of the Science and Engineering Hall

Focus on fossil hotspots creates bias in researchers’ understanding of evolution: study

By Jenna Lee and Rachel Moon
August 26, 2024
Protesters march up 20th Street to University Yard.

Pro-Palestinian protesters march to F Street House, U-Yard on first day of class

By Hannah Marr and Jenna Lee
August 23, 2024
Anthony's “You Can’t Say that at GW… or Can You?" presentation tackled Code of Student Conduct violations, hate speech and free expression.

CESA director talks free speech limitations, campus protests

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
August 23, 2024
Sarah Hay, a policy analyst at the Regulatory Studies Center and former principal researcher on the dashboard.

Regulatory Studies Center launches dashboard to track federal regulations

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
August 19, 2024
Members of the Staff Council presented summer updates and discussed plans for the upcoming year on Friday.

Staff report ‘overwhelming’ burnout: Staff Council survey

By Jenna Lee and Rory Quealy
August 19, 2024
The horizon on the southeastern shoreline of Bangladesh, the site for a team of researchers from the Global Women's Institute.

GW researchers to study effects of climate change on Bangladeshi women

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
August 19, 2024
CPS names director of public relations, communications master's program

CPS names director of public relations, communications master’s program

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
July 19, 2024
Workers stand on the Phillips Hall roof performing repairs.

Officials to begin HVAC, roof repairs this weekend

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
July 12, 2024
The H Street entrance to the University Student Center in June.

Officials to launch center for interfaith, spiritual life this fall

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
June 28, 2024
Diversity, equity official to leave GW in July

Diversity, equity official to leave GW in July

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
June 8, 2024
Pinto is currently running unopposed to represent Ward 2 on the D.C. Council.

Brooke Pinto wins unopposed democratic primary council race

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
June 5, 2024
The Science and Engineering Hall located on 22nd and H Street.

Professor leads research team to secure drones from cyberattacks

By Jenna Lee, Assistant News Editor
May 13, 2024
The GW Title IX Office on 20th Street

GW’s Title IX office to change policies following update to federal regulations

By Jenna Lee, Staff Writer
April 29, 2024
The George Washington University Hospital entrance on 23rd Street.

Milken researchers find drops in health care coverage after Medicaid disenrollment

By Jenna Lee, Staff Writer
April 22, 2024
The Global Women's Institute townhouse at 2140 G Street

Researchers train humanitarian organizations on how to respond to gender-based violence

By Jenna Lee, Staff Writer
April 15, 2024
Associate professor Ekundayo Shittu, left, and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies Jason Zara, right.

SEAS initiative adds undergraduate research opportunities in course curriculums

By Jenna Lee, Staff Writer
April 8, 2024
First-year psychology student Sophia Dalal in an interview with Hatchet staff writer Brooke Forgette

Students want better dining, free speech, SGA transparency ahead of elections

By Jenna Lee and Maggie Rhoads
April 8, 2024
Founder of the Institute of Politics Manav Raval leads an executive board meeting.

Students hit speed bumps in effort to certify political institute

By Jenna Lee, Staff Writer
March 25, 2024

Former president of Liberia urges cooperation among leaders

By Jenna Lee, Reporter
March 4, 2024
The Voice Gospel Choir kicked off the Diversity Summit's keynote Tuesday.

Officials host annual Diversity Summit after postponement

By Jenna Lee, Reporter
February 26, 2024
GW RAGE Co-Presidents Stephanie Spector (left) and Maddy Niziolek (right) pose for the camera.

SGA Senate, reproductive rights advocates push for abortion pills in the SHC

By Jenna Lee and Hannah Marr
February 11, 2024
GW Chamak, a multicultural fusion dance team, performs at the Lunar New Year celebration.

Students honor ancestors, usher in good fortune at Lunar New Year celebration

By Jenna Lee and Quinn Giordano
February 5, 2024
From left to right, Dean of Students Colette Coleman, Dwayne Kwaysee Wright, the GSEHD director for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and Christy Anthony, the director of Students Rights and Responsibilities, during Thursday's discussion.

Empty chairs, tight-lipped officials define launch of free speech discussion series following campus discord

By Fiona Bork and Jenna Lee
January 29, 2024
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Researchers claim to discover new tyrannosaurus species

By Jenna Lee and August Friebolin
January 21, 2024
Program leaders congregated in October for an introductory meeting.

Milken launches chronic disease research partnership with Armenian university

By Jenna Lee, Reporter
December 11, 2023
Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks with intellectual property law Professor Robert Brauneis in the School of Media & Public Affairs.

Former Supreme Court Justice talks appellate court work, diverse perspectives

By Jenna Lee, Reporter
November 13, 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
An army of ants swarm the petals of a flower.

CCAS researchers explore role of competition in determining biodiversity

By Jenna Lee and Ryan J. Karlin
October 9, 2023
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