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Rory Quealy, News Editor

Rory Quealy is a junior majoring in journalism and mass communications from La Grange, Illinois. She leads the Metro beat as one of The Hatchet’s 2024-25 news editors. She was previously the assistant news editor for the Health and Research beat and a research assistant.

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Left: The GW College Republicans march toward the White House after Donald Trump's victory in Pennsylvania. Right: GW Democrats Programming Director Emily-Anne Santiago displays her bracelets supporting Kamala Harris.

Students weigh future of democracy, economy in Trump’s second term

By Rory Quealy and Fiona Bork
November 11, 2024
A person walks past The Aston on New Hampshire Avenue.

Zoning board denies West End locals’ request to postpone Aston opening

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
November 8, 2024
A D.C. flag flutters in the wind.

Local leaders clinch unopposed DC council, ANC seats

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
November 6, 2024
A blank absentee ballot

Students vote in battlegrounds deciding congressional power balance

By Rory Quealy and Faith Wardwell
November 4, 2024
Rondell "Magic" Jordan poses for a portrait in Georgetown's Poplar Alley, which he cites as the "birthplace of gentrification."

Civil rights attorney seeks to unseat incumbent Ward 2 councilmember as write-in

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
November 4, 2024
Vice President for Safety and Operations Baxter Goodly at a Faculty Senate meeting in October.

Officials failed to confront GWPD safety complaints for more than a year, former officers allege

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
October 24, 2024
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
Former GW Police Department Chief James Tate pauses during a demonstration of the department’s firearms training.

GWPD chief resigns after former officers report undisclosed gun safety violations, poor training

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
October 15, 2024
Chief of Police James Tate stands in the dark basement of Rome Hall, which houses GW’s virtual training simulator.

GWPD chief on leave amid third-party investigation into arming rollout

By Rory Quealy and Fiona Riley
October 11, 2024
The dining hall and market in Shenkman Hall located on 23rd Street.

GW Dining launches reusable take-out container program

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
October 10, 2024
The Aston, a former GW residence hall, is located on New Hampshire Avenue in Foggy Bottom.

West End community group appeals permit grant for Aston unhoused shelter

By Rory Quealy and Ella Mitchell
October 10, 2024
File Photo by Eric Lee

Officials evacuate Funger, Duques, Tompkins halls for power outages

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
October 8, 2024
A sign placed next to a notice protesting the sweep of the E Street encampment in July.

Foggy Bottom encampment clearings foil residents’ ‘last resort,’ advocates say

By Rory Quealy and Shea Carlberg
October 7, 2024
George Washington University Police Chief James Tate takes a question during a walk-through with The Hatchet this past April.

Gun safety violations, limited training during GWPD arming sparked departures: former officers

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
September 30, 2024
Residents and fellows from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences protested outside GW Hospital.

SMHS residents, fellows form picket calling for union contract

By Rory Quealy and Ella Mitchell
September 30, 2024
Students protesting the University's Board of Trustees meeting outside the University Student Center this Friday.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest quarterly Board of Trustees meeting

By Rory Quealy and Brooke Forgette
September 27, 2024
Students stand next to Ross Hall of the School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

Former medical student sues GW for claims of disability discrimination

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
September 26, 2024
A visitor sign-in sheet sits atop a security desk in South Hall.

Officials boost security policies in campus residence halls

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
September 23, 2024
The GW Hospital on 23rd Street in September.

‘One of the most anti-union health care companies’: Inside the ongoing UHS-union battles

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
September 23, 2024
Commissioners passed a resolution urging District officials to continue operating the Circulator bus routes.

ANC forced to adjourn meeting early, tabling four agenda items

By Rory Quealy and Bryson Kloesel
September 21, 2024
Former GW Police Department Lieutenant Christina Hunsicker holds the University Yard flagpole rope in May.

GWPD faces turnover, vacancies at completion of arming plan

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
September 16, 2024
Solar panels line the roof of Monroe Hall.

Sustainability task force members, experts question progress on emission cuts

By Ella Mitchell and Rory Quealy
September 16, 2024
Demonstrators speak during a press conference, listing their demands, amid the encampment in University Yard.

Pro-Palestinian student groups, officials resume talks on financial disclosure, divestment

By Rory Quealy and Fiona Riley
September 6, 2024
Mabel Nelson Thurston Residence Hall on F Street

GWPD, MPD investigating hidden camera in Thurston bathroom

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
September 4, 2024
A student passes in front of Amsterdam Hall, which houses the Campus Living & Residential Education Office.

Five CLRE central office staff left GW this summer, per web archives

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
August 26, 2024
The city plans to replace sewer drain lines and replace the roof of The Aston on New Hampshire Avenue.

Judge rejects new motion to dismiss suit seeking to block Aston opening

By Rory Quealy, 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
A D.C. flag flutters in the wind.

DC voters to weigh ranked-choice voting for local elections

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
August 19, 2024
GW Hospital and its operator are required to respond to the summons by Aug. 8.

Labor board summons GW Hospital to court over unfair labor complaints

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
August 2, 2024
Pamela Norris, the vice provost of research, speaks during a Faculty Senate meeting.

Vice provost for research to step down in August

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
July 27, 2024
An Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting agenda from October 2023 sits on a table.

ANC opposes upcoming unhoused encampment clearing

By Rory Quealy and Bryson Kloesel
July 19, 2024
GWPD Chief James Tate said the department will soon begin the final phase of its arming plan.

Officials to rename SRR office, finish GWPD arming rollout

By Rory Quealy and Ella Mitchell
July 19, 2024
The entrance to Mabel Nelson Thurston Residence Hall on F Street.

SGA, RHA form group to address housing registration concerns

By Molly St. Clair and Rory Quealy
July 6, 2024
The city plans to replace sewer drain lines and replace the roof of The Aston on New Hampshire Avenue.

DC files second motion to dismiss lawsuit seeking to block Aston shelter opening

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
June 28, 2024
Officials were concerned by counterprotesters' attempts and alleged plans to remove the Palestinian flag that protesters affixed to the George Washington statue in University Yard, emails reveal.

Counterprotests drew concerns from officials of encampment violence: emails

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
June 21, 2024
Members of the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission speak during its monthly meeting.

ANC questions MPD on GW encampment clearing, off-campus shooting

By Rory Quealy and Bryson Kloesel
June 21, 2024
GW Police Department Chief James Tate stands infront of GWPD's armed crisis simulation training last spring.

GWPD looks to hire police lieutenant, fill department vacancies

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
June 14, 2024
Pedestrians pass by the GW Hospital.

Federal labor board grants union certification to GW Hospital nurses

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
June 14, 2024
Mabel Nelson Thurston Residence Hall on F Street

Campus living director to depart after more than decade at GW

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
June 7, 2024
An old poster protesting the arming of GWPD sits at the base of a lamp post.

Officials quiet on date for first campus safety committee meeting following cancellation

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
May 27, 2024
The Professors Gate to Kogan Plaza on 21st Street.

Judge grants final approval of tuition refund settlement against GW, lowers attorney fees

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
May 24, 2024
Members of the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission speak during its monthly meeting.

ANC commissioners condemn use of police force at GW protests, homeless encampment sweeps

By Ella Mitchell and Rory Quealy
May 20, 2024
The Aston, a former GW residence hall, is located on New Hampshire Avenue in Foggy Bottom.

CAT announces program manager selected to run The Aston

By Ella Mitchell and Rory Quealy
May 20, 2024
The Statesman Apartments on F Street.

Foggy Bottom apartment landlords named in ongoing antitrust lawsuit

By Fiona Bork and Rory Quealy
May 20, 2024
Tents sit in the E Street Triangle Park encampment.

Officials to clear seven Foggy Bottom homeless encampment sites

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
May 13, 2024
Reps. Cori Bush (D-MO) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) host a press conference with demonstrators on Capitol Hill after police's clearing of University Yard.

House Democrats rebuke GOP pressure to clear GW’s encampment

By Sejal Govindarao, Rory Quealy and Fiona Bork
May 13, 2024
The Medical Faculty Associates building on Pennsylvania Avenue.

MFA CEO to leave role, making way for ‘full-time leadership’

By Rory Quealy, News Editor
May 11, 2024
Onlookers observe the pro-Palestinian messages projected across the American Israel Public Affairs Committee building.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators project messages onto AIPAC headquarters

By Hannah Marr and Rory Quealy
May 1, 2024
Students enter The School Without Walls.

School Without Walls faces budget gaps; likely to lose theater, Chinese programs

By Rory Quealy and Bryson Kloesel
April 29, 2024
Demonstrators chant outside of the University Yard encampments.

Four days inside the U-Yard, H Street encampments

By Erika Filter and Rory Quealy
April 29, 2024
President Granberg looks to Community Relations Director Kevin Days as he speaks at Tuesday's Foggy Bottom Association meeting.

Granberg updates community on plan for Smith Center, I Street Mall

By Ella Mitchell and Rory Quealy
April 25, 2024
Commissioners approved a resolution opposing the clearing of a homeless encampment in Triangle Park during a meeting last week.

ANC elects new chair, opposes Triangle Park encampment clearing

By Rory Quealy and Erika Filter
April 19, 2024
Pedestrians pass the Science and Engineering Hall in April.

Officials launch artificial intelligence research initiative

By Rory Quealy and Juliet Lancey
April 15, 2024
The Aston's entrance on New Hampshire Avenue.

DC tentatively sets August move-in date for Aston residents

By Rory Quealy and Erika Filter
April 11, 2024
Members of the Board of Trustees sit during a meeting this semester.

SGA ballot referendum to gauge interest in voting student trustees

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
April 8, 2024
The Instagram page for the Safe Birth in Palestine Project

Doctoral candidate helps pregnant, postpartum Palestinian women from afar

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
April 8, 2024
Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission Chair Jim Malec, right, pictured at a February meeting.

ANC chair to resign from commission pending move outside district

By Erika Filter and Rory Quealy
April 3, 2024
An Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting agenda from October 2023 sits on a table.

ANC approves officials’ request to renovate Smith Center this fall

By Rory Quealy and Max Porter
March 25, 2024
From left to right, GW Engineers Without Borders project leaders Isabella Elmore and Tamar Todd and President Lily Sarnowski stand outside of the Science and Engineering Hall.

Student engineers to build community library for town in Uganda

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
March 25, 2024
McCormick must collect at least 379 verified student signatures before she can appear on the SGA's election ballot.

Junior, transfer student announces candidacy for SGA vice president

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
March 20, 2024
University Yard in 2022.

Undergraduate tuition rises 4.2 percent for second consecutive year

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
March 19, 2024
The Medical Faculty Associates building on Pennsylvania Avenue.

As GW’s medical enterprise falters, leaders look for a way forward

By Ianne Salvosa and Rory Quealy
February 15, 2024
Pamela Norris, the vice provost of research, speaks during a Faculty Senate meeting.

University’s federal research expenditures inch upward as GW falls in rankings

By Rory Quealy and Anna Fattizzo
February 11, 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
GW Engineering students demonstrate an arm brace designed for veteran and Paralympic athlete Robbie Gaupp.

Engineering students to improve arm brace for Paralympian, veteran

By Rory Quealy and Uzma Rentia
December 11, 2023
GW's Title IX Office on 20th Street.

Title IX Office reports 6 percent increase in complaints: data

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
December 4, 2023
Emily Htway, a graduate student in the Milken Institute School of Public Health, established the “GW Love Hub” in the University Student Center’s Student Support Center.

Meet the graduate student bolstering GW’s sexual wellness resources

By Rory Quealy and Ryan J. Karlin
November 13, 2023
Outdoor workspaces at Duquès Hall on 22nd Street.

Alumni donation to fund upgrades to technology, classrooms in Duquès Hall

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
November 13, 2023
The Kogan Plaza Tempietto, pictured in April 2023.

Officials suspend student accused of tearing down posters of Israeli hostages in GW Hillel

By Erika Filter and Rory Quealy
November 9, 2023
A stream of protesters march past Thurston Hall on F Street during a pro-Palestinian demonstration.

Demonstrators march through campus in support of Palestinians

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
October 30, 2023
The Medical Faculty Associates building on Pennsylvania Avenue.

MFA will not break even by FY 2024, officials say

By Ianne Salvosa and Rory Quealy
October 23, 2023
Students light candles in remembrance of the Israeli lives lost to the Israel-Hamas war during a GW for Israel vigil in Kogan Plaza earlier this month.

Jewish student leaders express array of reactions to Israel-Hamas war, polarized community responses

By Rachel Moon and Rory Quealy
October 23, 2023
Demonstrators wave flags during the two rallies Sunday.

Students, demonstrators reckon with violence and history as Israel, Hamas plunge into war

By Fiona Bork, Rory Quealy and Jennifer Igbonoba
October 9, 2023
Brittany House, a master's in public health candidate, accepted the Catalyst Award for her work as a patient advocate and an abortion storyteller for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington.

Milken master’s student receives award at Planned Parenthood gala

By Rory Quealy and Cade McAllister
October 2, 2023
Bottles of CeraVe facial cleanser line the shelves in CVS.

CeraVe to fund dermatology residency next summer

By Rory Quealy and Ryan J. Karlin
October 2, 2023
Students peruse self-care resources like condoms and blood alcohol concentration cards during the Camp Wellbeing tabling last week.

Officials launch Camp Wellbeing to combat midterm stress, promote harm reduction

By Fiona Bork and Rory Quealy
October 2, 2023
Doug Evans, the study’s lead author, said officials can use similar social media campaigns in other countries to appeal to local audiences and boost vaccination rates.

Social media campaigns increased COVID vaccination rates in Nigeria: study

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
September 25, 2023
The Public Health Lab opened in August 2020 to process GW community members' required regular COVID tests.

Officials close Public Health Lab after end to COVID national emergency

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
September 25, 2023
Students in the University Student Center sat masked at tables during the spring 2022 semester, only removing their masks to eat.

Officials quiet on prep for future pandemic response, COVID upticks

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
September 18, 2023
A D.C. Metropolitan Police Department vehicle.

Police continue search for wanted GW Hospital escapee, hike reward to $30,000 for information

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
September 14, 2023
A student lounges outside of the Student Health Center's Foggy Bottom hub.

Student Health Center to offer weekend, evening hours; expand staff

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
September 11, 2023
Luyao Lu said researchers will develop the device to monitor and communicate the mechanical properties of the heart, like how stiff the tissue is, the metabolism and the heartbeat.

Professor receives $1.68 million grant to develop implantable heart monitoring device

By Rory Quealy, Assistant News Editor
August 28, 2023
The report, published under the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, reveals the total number of primary care providers who saw Medicaid patients rose 13 percent from 2016 to 2019.

Milken professors develop map to track physicians who accept Medicaid

By Rory Quealy and Aidan English
August 21, 2023
Students who want to use Lerner must wear masks at all times except while swimming and limit workouts to one hour.

SA Senate announces extended Lerner hours

By Rory Quealy
July 21, 2023
Faculty in the nursing school are donating to the University at the highest rate of all schools at GW, officials said.

School of Nursing to help staff mobile health clinic for Loudon County elementary schools

By Rory Quealy
June 29, 2023
Cars pass by the Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Milken community members oppose arming GWPD officers in letter to officials

By Rory Quealy
May 11, 2023
You should begin your 10-day self-isolation period as soon as you receive positive test results.

University drops COVID-19 vaccination requirement, will end testing, contact tracing

By Rory Quealy
May 9, 2023
Kogan Plaza, pictured in January 2023.

Single-dose bivalent vaccine will fulfill COVID vaccination requirement, officials say

By Rory Quealy
May 2, 2023
The Public Health Lab opened in August 2020 to process GW community members' required regular COVID tests.

GW’s Public Health Lab to develop free, at-home STI test kits for students

By Maggie O'Neill and Rory Quealy
May 1, 2023
SMHS personnel will help ISUMS officials train and recruit future permanent faculty, according to a release the medical school issued last month.

SMHS to provide educational support for Jordan-based medical school in July

By Rory Quealy
April 17, 2023
If students approve the referendum, the SA will amend its constitution after the Joint Elections Commission verifies the election results, according to SA bylaws.

SA election ballot referendum will weigh series of constitutional amendments

By Rory Quealy
April 10, 2023
The release states the vending machines are part of a pilot program aimed at understanding the utilization and effect eased access to the products will have on the "wellbeing" of an area. 

Vending machines with Narcan, Fentanyl strips to be placed around the District

By Rory Quealy
April 6, 2023
The SA campaign period is now set to begin Monday, leading up to the new election dates of April 13 and 14.

Explainer: How disqualifications, Student Court cases delayed the SA elections

By Erika Filter and Rory Quealy
April 3, 2023
Ellis McKennie, a GW Law Softball Club co-president, said the tournament invited 40 to 50 law school teams, and GW will bring two teams, about 30 people, and the club will house about two people per room in their 15 booked rooms.

Student Bar Association Senate approves funds for softball tournament, speaker events

By Rory Quealy
March 9, 2023
Shuai said he hopes developing countries will use the disinfectant for purification purposes where there is limited access to clean water.

SEAS professor creates disinfectant two to four times more likely to kill coronavirus strains

By Fiona Bork and Rory Quealy
March 6, 2023
The study analyzed the effects of permafrost thaw in areas of Alaska, northwest Canadian territories, Iceland, Norway, Finland and Russia.

Arctic permafrost thaw will cost billions in infrastructure repairs, CCAS study finds

By Maggie O'Neill and Rory Quealy
February 27, 2023
Landry said the next research step is a follow-up study in the GW community to investigate “persistent” symptoms of long COVID.

Milken researchers detect long COVID among 36 percent of COVID patients

By Anna Zell and Rory Quealy
February 6, 2023
A total of four institutions enrolled 56 HIV-negative adult participants in the vaccines’ clinical trials, according to a release.

HIV vaccine achieves 97 percent efficacy in SMHS human trials

By Sophia Goedert and Rory Quealy
January 30, 2023
The Build Back Better plan would invest $40 billion in higher education initiatives, increasing the size of Pell Grant awards.

Senate Democrats introduce D.C. statehood bill

By Rory Quealy
January 26, 2023
Courses held in the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design's Flagg Building contribute to off-campus enrollment numbers.

Officials to renovate HVAC, roof and windows of Corcoran’s Flagg Building

By Rory Quealy
November 17, 2022
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