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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. For information and resources on COVID-19, visit the CDC’s website.

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While much has changed over GW’s 200 years,
what endures is our never-ending

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GW Students Help D.C. Children Learn Social Justice

Zoom call with participants in the Summer Trek Program

Service is a core characteristic of the GW community and even a pandemic can’t stop the passion of our students. Through a partnership with Alice Deal Middle School, the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service was able to offer GW students the opportunity to support D.C. children interested in addressing community issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, racism and climate change.

NEWS AND EVENTS

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GW Kicks Off Bicentennial with Virtual Celebration
- February 22, 2021
- Program included student and faculty performances, a documentary narrated by alumna Kerry Washington and messages from distinguished alumni.
GW Nursing Faculty Volunteer to Help Fight COVID-19
GW Law Alumnus Makes $2 Million Bequest to Start Scholarship Fund
Milken Institute SPH Students Participate in National COVID-19 Research Project

The George Washington University’s bicentennial is an incredible, historic milestone. With 27,000+ students from more than 135 countries, a worldwide community of 300,000+ living alumni, and thousands of faculty and staff, the GW community is coming together to celebrate 200 years of phenomenal growth.

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STORIES FROM OUR COMMUNITY

The George Washington University Presents Black Heritage Celebration 2021 "Black is __"

The theme for Black Heritage Celebration 2021 is: "Black Is ______" and focuses on the variety of personalities, careers, identities, cultures, and more that are part of the diverse Black community at GW. With a month-long series of events, BHC 2021 will acknowledge and celebrate the values, history, and traditions of the many who identify with being Black.

Female researcher in PPE in lab

GW was part of the historic nationwide effort to develop and test a safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine in record time, serving as one of 100 Phase 3 clinical trial sites for the mRNA-1273 vaccine the Food and Drug Administration approved for emergency use.

“Our participation in the Moderna Phase 3 vaccine trials has enhanced GW’s already-robust vaccine research effort and further highlighted our prominence among other research universities in the collective effort to address the largest global health crisis in modern times,” said Barbara Lee Bass, vice president for health affairs, dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and CEO of the GW Medical Faculty Associates.

"Thomas Buergenthal visited my Holocaust class @GWtweets today and I’ll never forget it. It was the first time in my life hearing from a Holocaust survivor directly. Research through text is one thing. Hearing directly from the person is another."

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