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News releases from 2006 are available below. If you are interested in releases from past years, please visit the News Release Archive.
December 2006
GW Statement Regarding Death of Gerald Ford
Posted on 12/27/2006
GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science Receives Support from the National Science Foundation to Develop High-Performance Computing Center
Posted on 12/18/2006
Johns Hopkins University Provost Steven Knapp Selected as GW's 16th President
Posted on 12/05/2006
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Recognized for Commitment to Community Service by District of Columbia Mayor and City Council
Posted on 12/01/2006
GW's Student-Produced WDCW-TV Program The Inner Loop Rides the Metro Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006
Posted on 12/01/2006
November 2006
GW's Graduate School of Education and Human Development Announces Continuing Accreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Posted on 11/30/2006
GW Center for Innovation in Public Service Releases New Study Recommending Changes for Federal Government to Better Attract, Measure, and Retain Top Talent
Posted on 11/29/2006
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Completes Eighth Year on Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, Served as 2007 Chair of New District V Selection Committee
Posted on 11/28/2006
GW Mount Vernon Campus Honors Anne Berkley Smith and Nancy Blossom with 2006 Elizabeth J. Somers Leadership Awards
Posted on 11/22/2006
GW Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management Recognized for Emergency Preparedness Initiatives
Posted on 11/22/2006
DC Zoning Commission Approved School Without Walls and GW Joint Planned Unit Development Application
Posted on 11/20/2006
GW's Elementary Education Program Announces Inaugural Mid-Atlantic Teacher Institute
Posted on 11/17/2006
GW Professor Elizabeth Chacko Named 2006 District of Columbia Professor of the Year
Posted on 11/16/2006
The Kalb Report: A Conversation with Elie Wiesel - The Bible, The War, and The Media, Monday, Nov. 20
Posted on 11/15/2006
GW's University Police Department Honored by District of Columbia City Council Nov. 14
Posted on 11/10/2006
GW's Semester In Washington Expands Offerings Through Partnership with USC and New Journalism Program
Posted on 11/06/2006
GW Students Take Action in the Foggy Bottom Community
Posted on 11/02/2006
October 2006
Joint Statement Regarding Lawsuit by Former Student Jordan Nott
Posted on 10/31/2006
GW Among Top 25 in Nation for Fulbright Student Scholars; Five New Faculty Named 2006-2007 Fulbright Scholars
Posted on 10/31/2006
GW Anthropology Professor Bernard Wood Named University Professor
Posted on 10/30/2006
Chris M. Kormis Named Assistant Vice President for University Relations
Posted on 10/30/2006
GW Alumnus Red Auerbach Statement
Posted on 10/29/2006
The George Washington University to Honor GW Professor James Oliver Horton With President's Medal Oct. 26
Posted on 10/26/2006
Ambassador John R. Miller to Join GW's Elliott School of International Affairs in Spring 2007
Posted on 10/25/2006
GW's School of Media and Public Affairs Awarded Knight Foundation Grant to Revitalize Journalism Programs in D.C. and Philadelphia High Schools
Posted on 10/24/2006
GW School of Business Ranks Among Top 10 Business Schools Providing the Greatest Opportunity for Women in The Princeton Review
Posted on 10/23/2006
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Delivers Watson Chair Lecture at Sulgrave Manor in England Nov.10
Posted on 10/23/2006
Muslim and Jewish Students Break Bread Together as GW Hosts Fifth Annual Interfaith Iftar
Posted on 10/18/2006
The Honorable Charles T. Manatt To Conclude His Tenure as Chairman of GW's Board of Trustees
Posted on 10/13/2006
Washington Post Radio to Host Special Edition of The Kalb Report: Politics, Prose...and Cons - Election 2006, Monday, Oct. 16, 7-8 pm
Posted on 10/11/2006
Statement Regarding Alumnus Michael L. Phillips
Posted on 10/11/2006
GW to Receive Historic Records from PNC-Riggs Bank Archives Valued at More Than $5 Million
Posted on 10/05/2006
GW Names Val Berry Chief Human Resources Officer
Posted on 10/05/2006
GW-Battleground 2006 Poll Reveals Negative Environment for GOP: Control of Congress in Serious Jeopardy
Posted on 10/05/2006
GW Professor Robert M. Entman Honored by American Political Science Association
Posted on 10/02/2006
September 2006
Former Vice President Al Gore to Speak at GW Law School on Global Warming, March 18, 2007
Posted on 09/29/2006
The Economy, Education, and Iraq are Top Issues for Young Voters as Election Day 2006 Nears
Posted on 09/21/2006
GW's Elliott School of International Affairs Announces New Faculty Members
Posted on 09/20/2006
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Biographer Martin Sherwin to Join GW Faculty as a Visiting Scholar in Spring 2007
Posted on 09/19/2006
Square 54 Recognized by Smart Growth Alliance
Posted on 09/08/2006
The Kalb Report: September 11, From News to History, A Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns, Monday, Sept. 11
Posted on 09/07/2006
GW Alumna To Be First Female Space Tourist
Posted on 09/07/2006
August 2006
GW Renews Support for It's Academic
Posted on 08/30/2006
GW Board of Trustees Launches Presidential Search
Posted on 08/30/2006
GW Rated Among Top National Universities According to Princeton Review and Washington Monthly Magazine
Posted on 08/30/2006
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Tapped to Lead American Jewish Committee National Service Task Force
Posted on 08/25/2006
GW Professors Compile New Book:
Posted on 08/23/2006
GW Names Five New Trustees
Posted on 08/22/2006
GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science Professor Jason Zara Receives Biomedical Engineering Research Grant
Posted on 08/18/2006
GW School of Business Ranks 42nd Among Top Undergraduate Business Programs in U.S. News & World Report 2007 Best Colleges Survey; Undergraduate International Business Specialty #20
Posted on 08/18/2006
GW Class of 2010 Breaks Records for Academic Achievement
Posted on 08/17/2006
GW Virginia Campus Announces New Leadership
Posted on 08/10/2006
Twelve GW Students Awarded Fulbright Grants for International Study, Research, and Training
Posted on 08/07/2006
GW's New Potomac House Residence Hall Opens in August 2006
Posted on 08/07/2006
GW College of Professional Studies Announces Innovative New Master's And Graduate Certificate Programs in Paralegal Studies
Posted on 08/07/2006
GW's Hamilton Fish Institute Presents National Conference on School and Community Violence
Posted on 08/04/2006
July 2006
GW Co-Sponsors Annual Legg Mason Women's Pro Circuit Tournament
Posted on 07/27/2006
GW's Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Corporate Compliance Receives Prestigious Accreditation
Posted on 07/27/2006
Karl Rove to Deliver Keynote Address at GW Graduate School of Political Management's Commencement July 29
Posted on 07/24/2006
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld to Headline Fifth Annual GW Colonials Weekend
Posted on 07/20/2006
GW and Sodexho Reach Agreement on 10-Year Contract for GW Dining Operations
Posted on 07/18/2006
Four Members of the GW Community Awarded Fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Posted on 07/14/2006
GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science Professor Liliana Florea Receives Sloan Fellowship
Posted on 07/13/2006
GW Business Students Finish Second in National Case Competition About Improving Trade Between Morocco and the United States
Posted on 07/10/2006
June 2006
Rolls-Royce Donates Engine to GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science
Posted on 06/29/2006
GW Law School Announces Appointments of Faculty to Endowed Chairs and Research Professorships
Posted on 06/27/2006
GW Information Systems and Services Named to Computerworld's Annual List of Best Places to Work in IT
Posted on 06/26/2006
Letter to Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Faculty from Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald R. Lehman About Appointment of Diana Lipscomb as Interim Dean of CCAS
Posted on 06/16/2006
Executive Dean of GW's Virginia Campus John S. Wilson Appointed Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration
Posted on 06/16/2006
Award-Winning GW Cultural and Public Affairs Programming Now Broadcast on Washington Post Radio (1500 AM and 107.7 FM)
Posted on 06/14/2006
Institutionalizing Technology Process Is Key to Economic Development in Emerging Growth Nations According to Experts at Geneva Roundtable Hosted by GW Law's Creative and Innovative Economy Center
Posted on 06/12/2006
GW's School of Media and Public Affairs Announces New Director Lee Huebner and New Faculty Member Frank Sesno
Posted on 06/08/2006
GW Receives Four-Year, $1.37 Million Grant to Establish Center for International Business Education and Research
Posted on 06/08/2006
Jacobs Institute Joins GW's School of Public Health and Health Services
Posted on 06/06/2006
Jacob Burns Foundation Endows Faculty Chair at GW's Community Legal Clinics with $2 Million Gift
Posted on 06/05/2006
GW's Michelle Honey Elected to College of Fellows of The American Institute of Architects
Posted on 06/05/2006
GW Hosts 57th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Awards
Posted on 06/01/2006
May 2006
Team of 15 GW Undergraduates Wins American Advertising Federation District 2 Student Advertising Contest and Moves to Nationals, June 11-12 in San Francisco
Posted on 05/30/2006
Touro College to Award Honorary Degree to GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Posted on 05/26/2006
GW's Chairman of the Board of Trustees Announces Presidential Search Committee
Posted on 05/23/2006
President Trachtenberg's Remarks to the GW Board of Trustees
Posted on 05/19/2006
GW's Student-Produced WB Program The Inner Loop Airs Sunday, May 21
Posted on 05/16/2006
GW Professor James M. Clark Leads Discovery of the Oldest-Known Ceratopsian, an Ancestor of Triceratops and Other Horned Dinosaurs
Posted on 05/16/2006
Energy, Education, Economy: Young Voters' Top Concerns in '06
Posted on 05/16/2006
Former GW President Lloyd H. Elliott to Address Elliott School of International Affairs Class of 2006
Posted on 05/16/2006
GW Students are Off to the Races for School of Business Case Study Competition About Maryland Horse Racing in the 21st Century
Posted on 05/12/2006
Students Bring an International Flavor to GW Commencement
Posted on 05/12/2006
GW's Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholars Pursue Impressive Professional Endeavors
Posted on 05/11/2006
GW Seniors Heed the Call for Public Service
Posted on 05/11/2006
GW Professor James Horton Named Fellow of Prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Posted on 05/10/2006
Five GW Seniors Selected Presidential Administrative Fellows
Posted on 05/09/2006
Lyon College to Award Honorary Degree to GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Posted on 05/05/2006
Three GW Community Members to be Honored with GW Award at Commencement Ceremony on the National Mall
Posted on 05/05/2006
Former President George H.W. Bush and Former First Lady Barbara Bush Keynote 2006 Commencement on the National Mall May 21
Posted on 05/03/2006
GW Alumni Theodore and Mark Lerner Named Owners of Washington Nationals MLB Team
Posted on 05/03/2006
Bishop John Bryson Chane Delivers Keynote Address at GW's Interfaith Baccalaureate Service May 19
Posted on 05/03/2006
Three Professors Awarded 2006 Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prizes
Posted on 05/02/2006
GW's Public Diplomacy Fellow Robert J. Callahan Earns U.S. State Department Superior Honor Award
Posted on 05/01/2006
GW Honors United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kofi Annan May 5
Posted on 05/01/2006
GW Professor Nina Gilden Seavey Named "Woman of Vision" by Women in Film and Video
Posted on 05/01/2006
GW Undergraduate Business Program Ranks Among Top 50 in United States in New BusinessWeek Report
Posted on 05/01/2006
GW Professor Nina Gilden Seavey Named "Woman of Vision" by Women in Film and Video
Posted on 05/01/2006
April 2006
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Named a Distinguished Alumnus of James Madison High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Posted on 04/28/2006
GW Announces $40,000 Scholarship Program for IT'S ACADEMIC
Posted on 04/28/2006
Members of Congress, GW Creative and Innovative Economy Center, and World Intellectual Property Organization to Mark World IP Day with U.S. Premiere of Nollywood Drama, April 26
Posted on 04/24/2006
GW Announces Winners of Alumni Service Awards
Posted on 04/18/2006
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and the GW Alumni Association Announce Recipients of the 70th Annual Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
Posted on 04/18/2006
GW Engineering School Ranked Among Top 20 in U.S. for Number of Master's Degrees Awarded
Posted on 04/11/2006
GW's College of Professional Studies Announces New Degree in Molecular Biotechnology
Posted on 04/11/2006
District of Columbia Public Schools and GW File Planned Unit Development Application for Modernization and Expansion of School Without Walls and New GW Residence Hall
Posted on 04/07/2006
Trachtenberg to Become President Emeritus and University Professor in 2007
Posted on 04/05/2006
Letter to the GW Community from President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Posted on 04/05/2006
GW Graduate Programs in Law, Education, and Business Achieve Top 25 Rankings in Latest U.S. News & World Report America's Best Graduate Schools Survey
Posted on 04/03/2006
Two GW Seniors Named Most Promising Minority Students by American Advertising Federation
Posted on 04/03/2006
March 2006
GW's Student-Produced WB Program The Inner Loop Airs Sunday, April 2
Posted on 03/31/2006
GW Awards Annual Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholarships to Nine Outstanding D.C. Public School Seniors
Posted on 03/29/2006
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg to Surprise Nine Exceptional D.C. Public School Seniors with Full Ride Scholarships Worth $200,000 Each, March 29
Posted on 03/29/2006
GW University Police Department Receives Certification from Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies
Posted on 03/27/2006
GW's Young Voter Strategies Announces Winners of Multi-Million Voter Registration Competition
Posted on 03/22/2006
The Kalb Report: "Why Murrow Matters" Provides a Unique Look at Edward R. Murrow's Influence on Journalism
Posted on 03/22/2006
GW Summer Scholars Program Ramps up 2006 Pre-College Schedule with New Course Additions and Science Opportunities
Posted on 03/21/2006
Professor Bruce J. Dickson Receives National Science Foundation Grant
Posted on 03/21/2006
GW School of Business Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Receives National Award as Model Program for Entrepreneurial Education
Posted on 03/21/2006
GW's John M. Logsdon Awarded "Educator of the Year"
Posted on 03/14/2006
University Statement Regarding Lawsuit by Former Student
Posted on 03/10/2006
GW's Public Diplomacy Institute Establishes the Walter R. Roberts Endowment
Posted on 03/10/2006
Professor Lee Sigelman Appointed Interim Dean of GW Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Posted on 03/10/2006
GW Assistant Vice President Donna Scarboro Named American Council on Education Fellow
Posted on 03/08/2006
New Survey Report from GW Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet and The Campaign Finance Institute Redefines Profile of Political Campaign Donors
Posted on 03/07/2006
University Statement on GW Men's Basketball Program
Posted on 03/03/2006
GW-Battleground 2006 Poll Reveals Environment is Negative Towards All, Partisan Politics is Creating Distrust
Posted on 03/02/2006
GW Center for International Science and Technology Policy Joins with Korean Research Organization
Posted on 03/01/2006
February 2006
GW's National Capital Language Resource Center Announces 2006 Summer Institutes for Foreign Language Teachers
Posted on 02/23/2006
GW Tailors Advanced Degree Program with Norfolk Public Schools to Train Future Education Leaders
Posted on 02/21/2006
New Report Finds Brazilian Bio-Medical Industry is Advancing Thanks to Reforms in Innovation and Intellectual Property Systems
Posted on 02/20/2006
GW Law Establishes First-of-its-Kind Research and Education Center to Explore Role of Creativity and Innovation in Economic Development
Posted on 02/20/2006
GW Joins CBS and BBC in Blue Plaque Ceremony Honoring Broadcaster Edward R. Murrow, Feb. 15 in London
Posted on 02/13/2006
GW Board of Trustees Continues Innovative Fixed Tuition Program; Sets Pricing for Academic Year 2006-2007
Posted on 02/10/2006
Croatian Foreign Minister to Receive President's Medal Feb. 15
Posted on 02/09/2006
Team Co-led by GW Professor James M. Clark Discovers Skeletons of the Oldest Tyrannosaur, Named Guanlong Wucaii
Posted on 02/08/2006
GW Ranked Fifth Among Peace Corps Volunteer Producing Institutions
Posted on 02/07/2006
New Home for GW School of Business Exemplifies University's Commitment to Academic Excellence and Urban Campus Enrichment
Posted on 02/06/2006
Statement by GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg About Appointment of Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Dean William Frawley as President of the University of Mary Washington
Posted on 02/03/2006
FedEx Corporation CEO Frederick W. Smith Headlines Week of Opening Celebration Events for the New Home of GW's School of Business
Posted on 02/02/2006
Journalism's In-House Critics Speak Out About Government Leaks, Freedom of the Press, and the Increasingly Tense Relationship Between Politicians, the General Public, and the Media
Posted on 02/02/2006
GW Center Receives Research Grant from Government of Greece
Posted on 02/02/2006
GW's Office of Parent Services Announces New Members of Parents' Association Advisory Council
Posted on 02/01/2006
The George Washington University Joins "IT'S ACADEMIC" on NBC4
Posted on 02/01/2006
January 2006
GW M.B.A. Program Among Top 50 U.S. Programs in Financial Times 2006 Report of 100 Best Global M.B.A. Programs
Posted on 01/30/2006
Ronald Bonig Named Deputy CIO of The George Washington University
Posted on 01/25/2006
GW Space Policy Institute to Study the Benefits of Satellite Weather Observation
Posted on 01/25/2006
GW Recognized as Among Top 10 for Participation in Study Abroad Programs
Posted on 01/19/2006
GW Joins Consortium to Sponsor Korean Scholars
Posted on 01/18/2006
GW's Graduate School of Political Management Joins College of Professional Studies
Posted on 01/17/2006
GW's Science and Engineering Apprentice Program Invites Science and Math Students to Apply for Summer Program
Posted on 01/17/2006
Legendary Journalist Richard C. Hottelet Named GW Welling Presidential Fellow
Posted on 01/13/2006
GW Dance Professor Wins Prestigious D.C. Mayor's Arts Award
Posted on 01/13/2006
Elliot Hirshman Named GW Chief Research Officer
Posted on 01/12/2006
Tracy Schario Leads Largest Chapter of Public Relations Society of America
Posted on 01/09/2006
GW Professor to Chair American-Kuwaiti Alliance Board of Directors
Posted on 01/09/2006
G. David Anderson Named GW University Historian
Posted on 01/05/2006
GW Elliott School of International Affairs' Program Receives Grant From Connect US
Posted on 01/04/2006
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