News Archives

New Partnership Aims to Detect, Predict Health Abnormalities in Drivers
A SEAS research team received funding to develop artificial intelligence systems aimed at helping people with health challenges drive safely.

Registration now open for inaugural GW Digital Health Summit
GW is hosting its inaugural Digital Health Summit focused on the rapid acceleration of digital technologies in healthcare and the implications for healthcare and academic environments alike. Taking place virtually on the afternoons of April 14-16, 2021, presentations and discussions will focus on the state of the science, innovation and development with digital health technologies and the gaps and opportunities that exist.

GW Kicks Off Bicentennial with Virtual Celebration
Program included student and faculty performances, a documentary narrated by alumna Kerry Washington and messages from distinguished alumni.

GW Offers Free Virtual Spring Group Fitness Classes
Join GW Campus Recreation on ZOOM for daily group fitness classes. Classes are free this spring and open to all GW students, faculty and staff! This schedule runs from January 11-May 2, with a variety of cardio/strength classes and mind/body classes.

Bicentennial Kickoff Scheduled for Feb. 9
We kick off our bicentennial celebrations with a virtual opening ceremony on Feb. 9, the 200th anniversary of the 1821 congressional act that established the university.

GW’s Response to COVID-19
Virtual instruction will continue for the spring 2021 semester. Learn more about our enhanced health and safety efforts as well as our response to COVID-19.

GW Nursing Students Take Charge at COVID-19 Testing Site
When it was announced that George Washington University would be bringing back a limited number of students, faculty and staff on campuses this fall and that individuals would need to be regularly tested for COVID-19, leaders at the GW School of Nursing got to work.

GW Offers Free Virtual Fall Group Fitness Classes
Join GW Campus Recreation on ZOOM for daily group fitness classes. Classes are free this fall and open to all GW students, faculty and staff!

Pandemic Announcements, FAQs and more
With the fall semester underway, the GW community is demonstrating every day that it matters less where we are and more how we are coming together—supporting one another, remaining connected, and fulfilling our mission. A place to find answers to questions you may have.

CPS Team Expands Online Learning & Faculty Support during COVID-19
When it comes to the unprecedented move universities and schools around the country made to transition the remainder of the spring 2020 semester to virtual learning, CPS was well-positioned to make the jump with expertise in online learning and a dedicated instructional design team.

GW to distribute $9.1 million in federal CARES Act funds to students
GW leadership reported the university has been allocated approximately $9.1 million from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF).

A Decade of GW Nursing
On a warm evening in Ashburn, Virginia last September, Dean Pamela Jeffries led students, faculty and staff in a toast as the school’s name was unveiled atop Innovation Hall. Ten years prior, when the GW School of Nursing formed to become the university’s 10th school, faculty shared a small cluster of offices in that building. Founding Dean Jean Johnson sensed, though, that someday the building would bear the school’s name. A decade later, it did.

Rising Star! Cybersecurity Alumna Shares GW Student Experience
We interviewed Ms. Alvine Ntandu, a 2019 cybersecurity bachelor’s degree completion program graduate, to learn about her GW student experience and her post-graduation career progression. She credits her GW program curriculum, GW job fair and the NSF-SFS scholarship as being instrumental in her career progression.

GW Nursing Again Ranked Top 10 for Online Graduate Nursing
U.S. News & World Report again ranked GW’s master of science in nursing in the top 10 for online graduate nursing, with the school coming in at number six for the second year in a row.

GW Welcomes New Provost
Students, faculty and staff of the George Washington University gathered to welcome new Provost M. Brian Blake with a reception in mid-November, enjoying snacks and brief remarks from Dr. Blake and from GW President Thomas J. LeBlanc.