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Serving the GW Community since 1904

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All content by Sachini Adikari
Students study and walk through Kogan Plaza.

2024 GW community political donations exceed half a million

By Tyler Iglesias, Sachini Adikari and An Ngo
November 4, 2024
University President Ellen Granberg listens during an October Faculty Senate meeting.

Faculty to identify, make recommendations for strategic plan development

By Tyler Iglesias and Sachini Adikari
October 21, 2024
The Elliott School of International Affairs on a bright day.

Elliott officials delay release of annual diversity action plan for second-consecutive year

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
October 7, 2024
Demonstrators wave flags, clap and march down H street in protest of the war in Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian protesters rally outside White House to condemn one year of war in Gaza

By Molly St. Clair and Sachini Adikari
October 7, 2024
Provost Chris Bracey during a Faculty Senate meeting in March.

Faculty groups hope community guidance offers step toward transparency from officials

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
September 30, 2024
Provost Chris Bracey speaks to Ilana Feldman during the September Faculty Senate meeting.

Faculty suggestions not ‘recognized’ after delayed diversity action plan debut

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
September 23, 2024
Provost Chris Bracey during a Faculty Senate meeting in March.

Officials release diversity action plan three years after initiative’s launch

By Tyler Iglesias and Sachini Adikari
September 16, 2024
Students set up hammocks in the Kogan Plaza tempietto last semester.

GWPD orders removal of hammocks in Kogan: students

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
September 12, 2024
Teaching associate professor Ned Lazarus speaks during the opening of his Israeli-Palestinian Peacebuilding class.

Faculty develop, alter course content to address ongoing war in Gaza

By Tyler Iglesias and Sachini Adikari
September 9, 2024
The School of Medicine & Health Sciences located on I Street.

$10 million gift funds medical scholarships for SMHS students

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
September 5, 2024
Students walk through Kogan Plaza.

Elliott School names new director for international affairs master’s program

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
September 5, 2024
A sign welcomes students to the GW Multicultural Student Services Center's fifth-floor lounge.

MSSC hires director, two staff after months of turnover

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
August 26, 2024
Students prepare meals in the World on a Plate class in September 2023.

Global Food Institute launches food leadership minor

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
August 26, 2024
The office for the Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilization Department located on the sixth floor of Rome Hall.

CCAS adopts, expands Uyghur language studies program

By Tyler Iglesias and Sachini Adikari
August 19, 2024
The pennant for the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration hangs in the school's office.

Trachtenberg School launches master’s degree in sustainability policy

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
August 19, 2024
The GW Hillel building on the corner of H and 23rd Streets.

Nonprofit grants GW Hillel $25,000 to combat antisemitism

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
July 10, 2024
Gates obscure University Yard from view, including the plaza's George Washington statue, which staff shrouded in a sheet after Wednesday's encampment clearing.

Protest negotiations at standstill as students leave campus

By Hannah Marr and Sachini Adikari
May 13, 2024
The White House on a sunny day in 2022.

Biden nominates alums to sub-Cabinet, diplomatic positions

By Sachini Adikari, Contributing News Editor
May 2, 2024
The elevators on the ground floor of Shenkman Hall.

Malfunctioning elevators hinder safety, accessibility, students say

By Sachini Adikari, Staff Writer
April 15, 2024
The GW Law School on H Street.

Law school, graduate programs fall in national rankings

By Sachini Adikari and Tyler Iglesias
April 11, 2024
Hatchet research assistants review the Student Government Association Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate platforms.

Fact check: Candidates’ platforms with some context

By Tyler Iglesias and Sachini Adikari
April 8, 2024
Students exit the 1959 E Street residence hall.

Officials distribute Census surveys to residence halls

By Ella Mitchell and Sachini Adikari
April 1, 2024
A dining employee prepares toppings at D.C. Taco House.

GW ranks as fourth largest District employer, report says

By Ella Mitchell and Sachini Adikari
March 4, 2024
Posters decrying the disappearance of Kitty Snows were posted throughout the historic Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

Cat-astrophe: Neighbors quarrel after resident takes beloved alley cat

By Erika Filter and Sachini Adikari
February 25, 2024
Staff Council members during a virtual council meeting last week.

Staff Council amends bylaws to shift term dates and voting period

By Sachini Adikari and Sara Montalvo Ona
February 22, 2024
The directory for the Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service, housed within 2300 H St.

Officials shrink Nashman Center office space, cramping students, staff

By Maggie Rhoads and Sachini Adikari
February 5, 2024
Junior transfer student Normand Bayigamba smiles in Kogan Plaza.

Transfer students report struggle for community despite sixfold increase in transfers

By Sachini Adikari and Nicola DeGregorio
January 21, 2024
Students from GW Engineers' Philanthropic Society pose in the Science and Engineering Hall.

Student organization to bring after-school science curriculum to DCPS middle school

By Sachini Adikari, Reporter
December 11, 2023
Manuel Oliver, father of Joaquin Oliver, speaks at an event held by GW Law.

Family of student killed in Parkland shooting, gun violence experts discuss petition to combat gun violence

By Sachini Adikari, Reporter
November 13, 2023
SBA President Shallum Atkinson at a September meeting.

SBA president creates professional development fund

By Hannah Marr and Sachini Adikari
November 2, 2023
Coloring pages and pencils sit displayed on a table for the Philippine Cultural Society’s art therapy event with the National Association of Asian American Professionals.

Students celebrate Filipino American History Month with cultural events and identity exploration

By Barry Yao and Sachini Adikari
October 30, 2023
GWPD's Security Operations Center on the Mount Vernon campus.

Liquor law violations spike after COVID-related drop: annual report

By Sachini Adikari, Reporter
October 23, 2023
Student Association senators met Monday to vote on a bill to request a change to the organization's name.

SA Senate formally requests Board of Trustees to change student body’s name

By Hannah Marr and Sachini Adikari
October 19, 2023
Caroline Laguerre-Brown and Dwayne Kwaysee Wright sat down for a conversation about the status of affirmative action in the University Student Center Amphitheater Monday.

DEI officials talk history, future of affirmative action

By Sachini Adikari, Reporter
October 19, 2023
Executive board members of the GW Korean American Student Society pose with the KASS initials in Kogan Plaza.

Korean American students find community through new student organization

By Sachini Adikari and Lindsey Spain
October 2, 2023
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