Tag: George Washington University

It's that time of year, again. Commencement speakers address graduating college and university classes, and inevitably their speeches are ranked, assessed, complimented, and criticized. This...

Check out this program. It's for the Duke vs. GWU football game, held on November 13th, 1948 at Duke. Source: Duke University Libraries Duke was pretty...

In 1821, an Act of Congress established a school called Columbian College on College Hill for "the education of Gospel Ministers." The small campus was...

A Washington doctor with an interesting name was among the first to suggest a link between mosquitos and malaria.  Meet Albert Freeman Africanus King. Dr....

It's probably safe to say that this team no longer exists as an intercollegiate or even intramural team at GWU. Well, in 1927, the GW...

Why did we knock down half of the amazing buildings in Washington? It's tragic and depressing when you read through John's book "Lost Washington"...

I came across a sad and shocking article in the Washington Post from Saturday, July 20th, 1946. Three men jumped to their deaths off...