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Serving the GW Community since 1904

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All content by Valerie Yurk
Seven malpractice cases were filed in 2009 compared to five last year, according to court records.

GW Hospital malpractice cases drop slightly over decade as patient admissions grow

By Valerie Yurk and Lia DeGroot
February 24, 2020
Ari Golub | Photographer

ANC approves after-hours permit to build helipad atop GW Hospital

By Jared Gans and Valerie Yurk
July 18, 2019

Crime log: Ping-pong table left cracked in half in South Hall

By Valerie Yurk and Kateryna Stepanenko
April 29, 2019

Crime log: Chick-fil-A sauce thrown from Amsterdam Hall window

By Valerie Yurk
April 15, 2019

Crime log: Student hit by car on H Street crosswalk

By Valerie Yurk
April 8, 2019

Crime log: Man steals ice cream tub from Dunkin’ Donuts

By Valerie Yurk
April 1, 2019

Crime log: Smiley face spray-painted on George Washington statue

By Valerie Yurk
March 25, 2019

Crime log: Student’s PlayStation console stolen in Fulbright Hall

By Valerie Yurk
March 4, 2019

Crime log: Staff member struck by car off campus

By Valerie Yurk
February 25, 2019

Crime log: Intoxicated student defecates in residence hall room

By Valerie Yurk
February 19, 2019

Crime log: Female student sexually assaulted in West Hall

By Valerie Yurk
February 11, 2019

Crime log: Officials find drugs, Panera Bread sign in student’s room

By Valerie Yurk
February 4, 2019

Crime log: Man harasses pedestrians, flashes GWPD officers outside Smith Center

By Valerie Yurk
January 28, 2019

Crime log: Man threatens GWPD officer, urinates on sidewalk

By Valerie Yurk
January 22, 2019
One layout for a two-bedroom apartment at the Avenue offers about 1,100 square feet and costs a resident about $7,800 per academic year if they have three roommates.

GW charges thousands more for on-campus housing than nearby apartments

By Lizzie Mintz, Valerie Yurk and Zach Schonfeld
January 14, 2019

Crime log: Intoxicated student believed date was Christmas Eve 1999

By Lizzie Mintz and Valerie Yurk
January 14, 2019

Crime log: Student throws water from District House window

By Valerie Yurk
December 10, 2018

Crime log: Bag of chips stolen from vending machine in Media and Public Affairs building

By Valerie Yurk
December 3, 2018

Crime log: Nissan hits student riding bike on F Street

By Valerie Yurk
November 19, 2018

Crime log: GWPD looking for subject who photographed student in restroom

By Valerie Yurk
November 12, 2018

Crime log: Male student reports threatening phone calls extorting him for money

By Valerie Yurk
November 5, 2018

Crime log: Man posing as property manager steals thousands from student

By Valerie Yurk
October 29, 2018

Crime log: Two parking meters found in Fulbright Hall

By Valerie Yurk
October 22, 2018

Crime log: Suspect threatens student on fake Instagram account

By Valerie Yurk
October 15, 2018

Crime log: MPD arrests man who stole student’s cellphone

By Valerie Yurk
October 1, 2018

Crime log: MPD arrests student who sent threatening texts

By Valerie Yurk
September 24, 2018

Crime log: Man barred from campus for urinating on public property

By Valerie Yurk
September 17, 2018

Crime log: Student observes ‘obscene acts’ in law school

By Valerie Yurk
September 10, 2018

Crime log: Smoke alarm in Potomac House leads to student drug bust

By Dani Grace and Valerie Yurk
September 3, 2018
More than 10 Thurston Hall residents said in interviews that construction noises from renovations to Old Main are waking them up at early hours and distracting from their studying.

Early-morning noise from Old Main renovation angers Thurston residents

By Valerie Yurk
April 19, 2018
City officials have cleared several homeless encampments in Foggy Bottom in recent years, including the E Street encampment last year and Washington Circle in 2016.

Lawsuit alleges D.C. officials improperly seized belongings in homeless camp clearings

By Dani Grace and Valerie Yurk
April 12, 2018
University Police Department officers receive a two-hour block of active shooter training in the special police officer academy before joining the department and are required to attend annual preparedness sessions.

How officials prepare campus to deal with a mass shooting

By Dani Grace and Valerie Yurk
March 5, 2018
Foggy Bottom residents called in a total of 142 parking violations and 1,390 meter repair requests to a city-run maintenance hotline in 2017.

Here are the issues Foggy Bottom residents most frequently complained about in 2017

By Valerie Yurk
February 5, 2018
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