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Senior Lexi Carmine poses with her pet bearded dragon Mango.

Best residence hall pet: Mango the Bearded Dragon

By Sophia Goedert, Senior Staff Writer
April 8, 2024
Sophia Goedert poses during a study abroad excursion in Copenhagen.

Hatchet writers returning from abroad reflect on European adventures

By Henry Huvos, Sophia Goedert and Jackson Lanzer
January 16, 2024
If elected, Arielle Geismar said she plans to audit the Student Association's general allocations process for student organizations and host workshops sharing more information on how the process works.

President: Arielle Geismar

By Sophia Goedert
April 10, 2023
Program affiliates said the updated program will emphasize applied skills with hands-on fieldwork and advanced policy analysis.

Milken creates new online graduate concentration in women, youth, child health

By Sophia Goedert
April 10, 2023
Experts in food science and microbiology said while individual precautions are useful to prevent UTIs, researchers should track infections back to the animals to find the origin of the bacteria.

Bacteria in grocery-store meat causes about half a million UTIs annually: study

By Sophia Goedert and Anna Zell
April 3, 2023
GW landed in the report's No. 20 spot out of the 27 selected institutions in terms of total research donations.

GW received at least $4.4 million for research from fossil fuel industry in last decade: report

By Sophia Goedert
March 27, 2023
GW alum Arielle Geismar sits in the University Student Center in 2023.

RHA president jumps into race for SA’s top job, pledges campus safety reforms

By Sophia Goedert and Erika Filter
March 27, 2023
NPS spokesperson Mike Litterst said in an email last week that warmer temperatures “break” winter dormancy in flowering trees like the cherry trees along the Tidal Basin.

NPS predicts cherry trees to reach peak bloom two weeks sooner than average

By Sophia Goedert
March 2, 2023
Cherry trees across D.C. started blossoming as early as Feb. 17, roughly two weeks earlier than usual, according to an ABC News report.

Cherry blossoms approach record-early bloom due to warm winter temperatures

By Sophia Goedert
February 27, 2023
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced last year that the GW Hospital would expand to Southeast D.C. and hold up to 196 beds beginning in fall 2024.

Nurses announce efforts to form union at GW Hospital after staffing, working condition concerns

By Sophia Goedert and Grace Chinowsky
February 15, 2023
Marinella Temprosa, the principal investigator of the study, said 25 clinics across the country will evaluate potential signs of Alzheimer’s disease in participants with diabetes or prediabetes in hopes of stopping, preventing and reversing Alzheimer’s.

Biostatistics Center awarded $50 million to search for link between Alzheimer’s, diabetes

By Sophia Goedert and Maggie O'Neill
February 13, 2023
Experts said Leana Wen’s opinions on COVID policies don’t acknowledge individuals who are at high risk of contracting the coronavirus, while others said the media needs more voices that represent the views of the general population.

Professor receives backlash for commentary bashing US pandemic response

By Sophia Goedert
February 13, 2023
Sen. John Fetterman, D-PA, is still recovering from auditory processing challenges from a stroke he suffered in May.

Fetterman discharged from GW Hospital after MRI results showed no signs of stroke

By Sophia Goedert
February 10, 2023
The first hearing for the couple suing GW Hospital will be take place in late April.

Pennsylvania senator treated at GW Hospital after feeling ‘lightheaded’

By Sophia Goedert
February 9, 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
“I'm happy to say the faculty and the scholars across campus really have a growing interest in diversifying our research portfolio,” Vice Provost Pamela Norris said.

Health-related studies received about 67 percent of research funds in FY22: report

By Sophia Goedert and Caitlin Kitson
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 telehealth services do not replace, but “complements” the health care services provided by the Student Health Center, according to an email sent last week.

GW partners with telehealth company to provide free virtual counseling for students

By Sophia Goedert
January 23, 2023
CFO Bruno Fernandes said the MFA is expected to lose between $55 million and $65 million by June, losses that were “front-loaded” at the beginning of the fiscal year.

MFA to lose up to $65 million this fiscal year, crushing plans to break even by end of June

By Nick Pasion and Sophia Goedert
January 17, 2023
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences launched a new online master’s program in electrical engineering in late August and will accept students to begin the program starting in January 2019.

GW’s research funding from the NIH decreased about $32 million since 2019: report

By Sophia Goedert
January 17, 2023
Reynolds said the office provides academic support, exam rescheduling assistance, deadline extensions, class and work schedule changes, housing assignment switches and mutual no-contact orders.

First annual Title IX Office report reveals rising reporting rates, office director says

By Sophia Goedert and Avril Silva
December 6, 2022
John Donnelly, a FEMS Fire Chief, said responders mostly confined the fire to a single unit on the second floor.

Fire sparks evacuation of senior citizen apartment building in Foggy Bottom

By Tara Suter and Sophia Goedert
November 15, 2022

Broken water main causes water outage near Smith Center

By Sophia Goedert
November 15, 2022
A COVID-19 testing trailer occupied the lot across from University Yard during the previous academic year before officials reassigned three locations on the Foggy Bottom Campus as new testing sites.

Faculty senators vote in support of residence hall construction in empty campus lot

By Sophia Goedert and Grace Chinowsky
November 14, 2022
The Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics in the Milken Institute School of Public Health added 10 courses, including computational biology and clinical trials.

Milken analysis finds school’s education, research excelled through pandemic response

By Sophia Goedert and Max Porter
November 7, 2022
John Helveston, the lead author on the study, said the learning models in the study found energy costs from solar panels went down in China when compared to Germany and the United States, where fewer panels are manufactured.

Solar panel costs drop with global trading, SEAS professor finds

By Sophia Goedert
November 7, 2022
Cloudy skies hang over the U.S. Capitol.

Employees donate thousands to midterm election races as national donations surge

By Sophia Goedert
November 7, 2022
Three Medical Faculty Associates surgeons – the chief of the spine section of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, a cardiothoracic surgeon and a neurosurgeon – earned more than $1 million in fiscal year 2018.

Officials plan to sell MFA building on M street in ‘sale-leaseback’ process

By Sophia Goedert
November 3, 2022
Officials said ”generous donors” are matching a $12 million commitment for need-based scholarships, allowing a total of $24 million in financial aid money.

Officials invest $12 million in need-based scholarship initiative, matching donor giving

By Sophia Goedert
November 1, 2022
MFA malpractice compensation surges by millions since 2019 amid rising insurance costs

MFA malpractice compensation surges by millions since 2019 amid rising insurance costs

By Sophia Goedert and Grace Chinowsky
October 31, 2022
The Medical Faculty Associates building on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Officials pledge MFA will break even by June, stirring skepticism from faculty senators

By Ianne Salvosa and Sophia Goedert
October 17, 2022
The Medical Faculty Associates’ GW COVID-19 Recovery Clinic started providing treatments for long COVID in October of 2020 but closed in June 2022 due to staffing shortages.

GW closes long COVID recovery clinic after two years of operations

By Sophia Goedert
October 10, 2022
After remaining vacant for two years, the top post at the Milken Institute School of Public Health's Food Policy and Health Institute is now filled.

Two diabetes drugs maintain blood glucose levels longer than others: study

By Sophia Goedert and Maggie O'Neill
October 3, 2022
GW’s COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group will continue to evaluate case rates on campus and adjust the University’s COVID protocols accordingly.

Officials will continue to track COVID cases throughout the semester, aligning with GW’s 12 peer schools

By Sophia Goedert
September 26, 2022
Hatfill admitted to putting COVID-related work in the "back seat" to instead focus on proving voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

‘Work from the shadows’: How Trump’s COVID response ties to a former professor’s GW email

By Sophia Goedert
September 26, 2022
DC Health officials are offering monkeypox vaccines to adult residents, employees, college students and patients in D.C. who’ve had multiple sexual partners in the last two weeks, as well as sex workers and staff at establishments where sexual activity occurs.

DC Health’s monkeypox vaccine clinics will provide walk-up services

By Sophia Goedert
September 22, 2022
Two police officers enter Guthridge Hall with yellow caution tape after emergency responders received a report of a “possible obvious death” on the 2100 block of F Street.

MPD investigating death in Guthridge Hall after receiving report of unconscious student

By Zach Blackburn, Sophia Goedert and Grace Chinowsky
September 13, 2022
Steven Roberts – who was married to Cokie Roberts for 53 years before she died – said he wrote the book as a way of grieving for his wife.

SMPA extends relief fund for students in financial need

By Sophia Goedert
September 12, 2022
Students in the University Student Center sat masked at tables during the spring 2022 semester, only removing their masks to eat.

Officials lift mask mandate, maintain requirement in instructional, health care settings

By Sophia Goedert
September 9, 2022
Jessica Parrillo, the director of counseling and psychological services, said hydration, routine and separation between one's living and work space can help mitigate negative effects on mental health

D.C. hits 450 recorded monkeypox cases, leads the U.S. in case rate

By Sophia Goedert
September 8, 2022
High-risk and disabled students said they're concerned that because the testing requirement has been lifted, more asymptomatic cases will go unnoticed.

GW community eligible to receive COVID-19 booster but officials silent on mandate

By Sophia Goedert
September 8, 2022
Nearly 255,000 cases of breast cancer are found in women annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

SMHS to lead initiative to remove barriers to HIV and COVID screening

By Sophia Goedert
September 5, 2022
The move comes after Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and American universities reimplemented their mask mandates earlier this month.

Officials will uphold indoor mask mandate, bucking other District universities

By Sophia Goedert
August 30, 2022
Officials said the Student Health Center's Medical Services team has partnered with the D.C. Department of Health to diagnose and treat the “handful” of cases within the GW community over the summer.

Officials to provide monkeypox treatment after identifying ‘handful’ of cases this summer

By Sophia Goedert
August 22, 2022
The report recaps the group's research, training, courses, webinars and examples of action taken to address problems associated with climate change.

Climate and Health Institute releases progress report after first year of operation

By Sophia Goedert
August 22, 2022
Harnett said the two projects will help rectify safety on roadways throughout Foggy Bottom during a time when traffic fatalities continue to bubble throughout the District.

D.C. Council will vote on bill to increase biker safety

By Sophia Goedert
August 3, 2022
The University's enrollment in U-Pass will let students explore the D.C. area for the $100-per-semester rate.

Randy Clarke begins role as Metro’s new GM, CEO

By Sophia Goedert
July 28, 2022
Deloitte will leverage interviews with faculty and stakeholders alongside other data to inform recommendations for the law school, officials said.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas won’t teach GW Law seminar

By Henry Huvos and Sophia Goedert
July 27, 2022
Andrea Hasler, the center's deputy director, said research data shows only a third of adults are financially literate.

GW donor and namesake Norma Lee Funger dies at 90

By Sophia Goedert
July 21, 2022
Cyclist killed in collision with dump truck outside of Lafayette Hall

Cyclist killed in collision with dump truck outside of Lafayette Hall

By Sophia Goedert
July 20, 2022

D.C. changes suicide hotline to 988, joining a nationwide initiative

By Sophia Goedert
July 20, 2022
Seth Weinshel said the number of students living in Thurston will decrease from 1,100 to 820 students to create “extensive” amounts of community space on every floor.

Three workers hospitalized after inhaling concrete solvent inside of Thurston Hall

By Sophia Goedert
July 20, 2022
More than 6,000 people signed a petition calling for Supreme Court Justice Thomas Clarence's removal from the law school's faculty.

Supreme Court justice to remain at GW Law after thousands call for his removal

By Henry Huvos and Sophia Goedert
June 28, 2022
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas lectures to a group of GW Law students in professor Gregory Maggs' contract class in 2011.

Thousands sign petition calling for Supreme Court justice’s removal from GW Law faculty

By Henry Huvos and Sophia Goedert
June 27, 2022
You should begin your 10-day self-isolation period as soon as you receive positive test results.

University ends asymptomatic COVID testing requirement

By Sophia Goedert
June 21, 2022

ANC approves application for new plant-based restaurant in West End

By Sophia Goedert
June 17, 2022
Interim University President Mark Wrighton said he’s “delighted” about the impact that SMHS faculty made on the class that is the first to graduate in GW’s third century as a University.

Officials celebrate the School of Medicine and Health Sciences graduating Class of 2022

By Sophia Goedert
May 16, 2022
Majeda El-Banna, the interim senior associate dean for academic affairs, presented 13 students with academic awards at the ceremony.

The School of Nursing recognizes the class of 2022 in the start of commencement weekend graduations

By Sophia Goedert
May 16, 2022
International affairs major Elena Picon said students should get involved on campus and take advantage of the opportunities and organizations available to them.

On-campus COVID-19 positivity rate surges as Commencement kicks off

By Sophia Goedert
May 12, 2022

Public health experts sign letter asking OSHA to implement stronger COVID-19 standards

By Sophia Goedert
May 9, 2022
Jakob Kostal, the principal investigator that oversees the study, said groups like the Environmental Protection Agency can use the screening method to suggest safety changes for certain chemicals.

Chemistry researchers design framework for developing safer pesticides

By Sophia Goedert
May 9, 2022
The office’s director of medical research said OCR will serve as a centralized resource hub for members of SMHS’ 14 departments.

MFA net assets dropped by about 200 percent over six years, report shows

By Sophia Goedert
May 9, 2022
GW also recognized Bash and Todd as two of 72 "Monumental Alumni" during GW's bicentennial celebrations in the fall.

Journalists Dana Bash, Chuck Todd to receive honorary degrees at Commencement

By Sophia Goedert
April 27, 2022
The founder of WeatherSTEM said the tracking units collect data like temperature and humidity throughout the day to allow their partners to make safe decisions when extreme weather conditions arise.

GW installs live weather-tracking systems for localized weather alerts

By Sophia Goedert
April 25, 2022
Students in the University Student Center sat masked at tables during the spring 2022 semester, only removing their masks to eat.

GW’s call to reinstate mask mandate falls in line with other D.C. universities as cases rise

By Ishani Chettri and Sophia Goedert
April 18, 2022

Josh Lasky named new director of Office of Sustainability

By Sophia Goedert
April 14, 2022
The move comes after Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and American universities reimplemented their mask mandates earlier this month.

GW reinstates indoor mask mandate days after lifting requirement

By Isha Trivedi, Nick Pasion and Sophia Goedert
April 11, 2022
Cherry blossoms reached peak bloom in late March as pink petals drew in crowds of onlookers basking in the beauty of early spring.

Photo essay: Sights of cherry blossom season

By Sydney Walsh, Gabrielle Rhoads, Skylar Epstein, Sophia Goedert, Krishna Rajpara, Sophia Kerr, Erin Leone and Michelle Lin
April 4, 2022
The Milken Institute School of Public Health located along New Hampshire Avenue.

Milken to institute graduate-level concentration with climate, health focus

By Sophia Goedert
April 4, 2022
Sophomore Alfredo Granados said his platform focuses on building better relationships between the SA and student body.

Vice President: Alfredo Granados

By Sophia Goedert
March 28, 2022
The effort comes as officials push a focused, University-wide fundraising effort to support Pell Grant-eligible students.

Elliott School equity fund offering scholarships to bolster school-wide diversity

By Sophia Goedert and Gabe Lopez
March 7, 2022
Sen. Dasia Bandy, ESIA-U and the chair of the senate’s diversity and inclusion assembly, sponsored both resolutions on the same day when she announced her plan to run for SA president.

SA Senate votes to heighten refugee student support, require diversity courses

By Tara Suter and Sophia Goedert
March 3, 2022
SA Sen. Sofia Packer, U-at-Large, sponsored the resolution urging officials to eliminate research funding from the fossil fuel industry.

SA Senate urges GW to phase out fossil fuel research funding

By Tara Suter and Sophia Goedert
February 10, 2022
Department chairs said hiring new faculty has been a challenge even after the University’s hiring freeze has been lifted.

Officials struggle to hire part-time faculty six months after end of hiring freeze

By Henry Huvos and Sophia Goedert
February 7, 2022
Dylan Conger, a professor of public policy and public administration, said GW’s multi-layered approach to protecting students and faculty makes her feel safe returning to in-person classes.

Faculty brace for high COVID-19 caseload as students return to classrooms

By Nick Pasion and Sophia Goedert
January 18, 2022
The program is open to student volunteers and those eligible for federal work study.

GWTeach launches math tutoring program for DCPS middle schools

By Sophia Goedert
December 6, 2021
Program faculty said they were sad to see the degree come to an end but added that they take pride in students’ accomplishments over the years.

Corcoran to discontinue master’s program in decorative arts and design history

By Yankun Zhao and Sophia Goedert
October 11, 2021
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