Officials respond to a student group’s demands to provide abortion pills in...
Officials responded to a reproductive justice student group’s demands to make abortion pills available in the Student Health Center by reiterating the sexual health services the center does provide....
View ArticleMilken Public Health Scholars Program announces new scholars
The Public Health Scholars Program, funded by a $1.5 million award from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, announced this year’s incoming...
View ArticleResearchers find far-right conspiracy theories drive antisemitism, violence
Researchers found conspiracy theories among the extreme right drive antisemitism and violence, according to a report published late last month. The GW Program on Extremism and the International Centre...
View ArticleReproductive justice student group launches program to train student abortion...
A reproductive justice student organization is collecting applications for a new program that will train students to support people having abortions. GW Reproductive Autonomy and Gender Equity...
View ArticleMeet the graduate student bolstering GW’s sexual wellness resources
A graduate student is strengthening the Office of Health Promotion and Education’s sexual education resources as GW’s first-ever sexual health specialist after noticing a sex-related stigma on campus...
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Title IX Office reports 6 percent increase in complaints: data
The Title IX Office reported a 6 percent increase in the number of new complaints of sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic and dating violence, and stalking filed at GW in the 2022-23 academic...
View ArticleEngineering students to improve arm brace for Paralympian, veteran
A group of mechanical engineering students are designing an arm brace for a veteran and Paralympian, which they will build next semester and complete in March. The group is customizing an arm brace for...
View ArticleMilken launches chronic disease research partnership with Armenian university
The Milken Institute School of Public Health will partner with an Armenian university to research the prevention of chronic diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease for the next five years,...
View ArticleStudent organization to bring after-school science curriculum to DCPS middle...
A new student organization is working to bring science and engineering-based programs to students in an underserved D.C. public school. Leaders of GW Engineers’ Philanthropic Society said they will...
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A ‘moral monster’ and the lobotomy’s legacy at GW
In 1941, Rosemary Kennedy, the sister of future President John F. Kennedy, was taken to GW Hospital. The 23-year-old had dealt with an array of mental and physical health struggles throughout her life,...
View ArticleAlum leads NASA mission to develop tool that redirects asteroids from Earth
A GW alum led the first NASA mission to prove that humans could redirect an asteroid’s path away from Earth. Edward Reynolds, who received his master’s degree in project management from GW in 2013, was...
View ArticleFees for driving, parking on specific roads could improve DC public health:...
Imposing fees on drivers driving and parking on specific roads could improve public health outcomes in D.C., according to a report published earlier this month by GW’s Sumner R. Redstone Global Center...
View ArticleFormer medical student sues SMHS, administrators for alleged dismissal due to...
A former student is suing the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and two administrators, alleging officials dismissed her from the University for disability-related symptoms after ignoring her...
View ArticleResearchers claim to discover new tyrannosaurus species
Researchers claim to have discovered a new species of dinosaur — Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, closely related to Tyrannosaurus rex — in a study co-authored by a GW professor released earlier this month....
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Opioid overdose deaths rose in DC in 2023: report
Opioid overdose deaths in the District increased last year, according to data released last week. The D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner recorded 427 overdose deaths in the District in the first...
View ArticleResearchers link school garden participation with healthier eating habits
Participation in school gardens is linked to healthier eating habits throughout child development, according to a study led by a Milken Institute School of Public Health doctoral candidate released...
View ArticleGeostationary satellites could provide better air quality alerts: study
Satellites that stay over the same point could help provide faster and more accurate air quality alerts and save billions in health care costs per year, according to a study by GW’s Air, Climate and...
View ArticleUniversity’s federal research expenditures inch upward as GW falls in rankings
GW’s federal research expenditures increased by about .32 percent in fiscal year 2022, but the University dropped in expenditure rankings among higher education institutions, according to a report at...
View ArticleOfficials considering possible uses for GW’s real estate, Granberg says
University President Ellen Granberg said at an event in Ross Hall on Wednesday that officials are considering how to use the University’s real estate portfolio to benefit students as they prepare a new...
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As GW’s medical enterprise falters, leaders look for a way forward
The Medical Faculty Associates used to be financially stable. The nonprofit group of doctors, nurses and health care staff used to break even — and sometimes exceed expenses by millions — while...
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