Baysox Draft Mount Vernon Students

The Bowie Baysox, Class AA affiliate of Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles, drafted interior design students from GW’s Mount Vernon campus to redesign its heavily utilized Most Valuable Player room. The Baysox, in the midst of celebrating 10 years at its current site, are ringing in a new season with a Baysox Stadium face-lift. READ

A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On

The shiny gray slab measures 10-feet-by-10-feet. It weighs 4,000 pounds. Beneath it rests a huge mass of concrete weighing approximately 170 tons. The platform can shake, rattle, and roll, as well as twist, turn, and twirl. The Earthquake Simulator at GW’s Virginia Campus is a new research tool to study one primary area: the damage earthquakes can inflict on structures, soil, and building materials. READ

GW and FAA Sign Collegiate Training Initiative

Under the terms of the partnership, the FAA will provide cooperative education and internship opportunities at the FAA for GW undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of engineering, computer science, and geography/cartography.  The agreement also gives the FAA authority to recruit GW graduates.  In turn, GW will be able to provide cohort courses for FAA employees and open enrollment courses for individual FAA employees. READ

• Archives: GW/FAA Partner to Ensure Safer Skies

• Amitai Etzioni, USA Today, July 3
• Darryl Jenkins, Washington Post, June 29
• GW Hospital, Washington Business Journal, June 28
• Lawrence Mitchell, LAW, Washington Post, June 27

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