Alumni Blog Archive

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Ambassador Gina Abercrombie Winstanley

GW Alumna Voted to National Security Education Board

Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley has a distinguished 30-year career in diplomacy and an active involvement in promoting diversity and mentorship in the field.
Karen Wickre

GW Alumna Elected Chair of News Literacy Project Board

Karen Wickre is bringing her expertise from starting her own communications consultancy and 15 years at Google and Twitter to her new role at NLP.
GW Business junior Camryn Baum celebrates with a first-place check after she and her team won the Consumer Goods and Services Track at Thursday's 16th annual New Venture Competition. (Photos by Rick Reinhard/For GW Today)

Budding Entrepreneurs Win Cash Prizes at 2024 New Venture Competition

NVC awards more than $330,000 to winners, including $157,000 in cash, for the nationally recognized competition now in its 16th year.
GW Trustee Michelle Rubin (l), junior Max Wiener and Pam Rubin.

Heartfelt Connections: GW Scholarship Dinner Brings Donors and Students Together

The annual Celebration of Scholarships and Fellowships event highlights the power of philanthropy.
Michael Rice, and his wife, Jane, created the Rice Family Foundation in 2017. (Photo courtesy of the Rice family)

A Chip Off the Old Block: Family Behind Utz Brands Endows GW Law Scholarship

Generations of GW alumni continue a longstanding family tradition of giving back with the Rice Family Foundation’s $1.6 million gift.
Nearly 3,500 members of the GW community donated during the 2024 Giving Day. (William Atkins/GW Today)

GW Community Raises $1.8 Million during Giving Day

The annual fundraising event was the most successful in GW’s history.
Joshua Ingersoll

Elliott School Alumnus Appointed to International Advisory Board

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies.
Scott Mory, B.A. ’96, J.D. ’99, new senior vice president and chief of staff. (Photo: Carnegie Mellon University)

Scott Mory Named Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff

Higher education leader and two-time GW alumnus Scott Mory returns to Foggy Bottom.
GO2 for Lung Cancer Chief Scientific Officer, Courtney Granville.

GW Alumna Courtney Granville Joins GO2 for Lung Cancer

GO2 for Lung Cancer was founded in 1995 by patients and survivors of lung cancer to support those fighting the disease.
Thicker Than Water, Gendered Citizenship: The Original Conflict over the Equal Rights Amendment, 1920-1963, Season to Taste: Rewriting Kitchen Space in Contemporary Women’s Food Memoirs, A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten, Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Five Books to Kick off Women’s History Month

A few of the many reads by GW alumnae and faculty that explore contemporary and historical women’s lives.