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{{Short description|Private university in Washington, D.C., US}}
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| motto = {{langx|la|Deus Nobis Fiducia}}
| mottoeng = "God is Our Trust"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gwired.gwu.edu/sass/Welcome/Traditions/ |title=University Traditions & Spirit |publisher=The George Washington University Student & Academic Support Services |access-date= August 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616190520/http://gwired.gwu.edu/sass/Welcome/Traditions/ |archive-date=June 16, 2010}}</ref>
| established = {{start date and age|1821|2|9}}
| type = [[Private university|Private]] [[University charter#Federal|federally chartered]] [[research university]]
| academic_affiliations = {{hlist|[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]|[[Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area|CUWMA]]|[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]}}
| endowment = $2.8 billion (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gwhatchet.com/2024/05/20/speights-backs-granbergs-leadership-after-weeks-of-student-protest/ |title=Speights backs Granberg's leadership after weeks of student protest |website=gwhatchet.com |date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=May 28, 2024 |archive-date=May 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521124556/https://gwhatchet.com/2024/05/20/speights-backs-granbergs-leadership-after-weeks-of-student-protest/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| provost = John Lach
| students = 26,457 (2021)<ref name=Enrollment>{{cite web |url=https://www.gwu.edu/~ire/dashboard.htm |title=The George Washington University Enrollment Dashboard |publisher=The George Washington University Office of Institutional Research & Planning |access-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115151248/https://www2.gwu.edu/~ire/dashboard.htm |archive-date=November 15, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| undergrad = 11,502 (2021)<ref name=Enrollment/>
| postgrad = 14,955 (2021)<ref name=Enrollment/>
| faculty = 2,663
| city = [[Foggy Bottom]], [[Washington, D.C.]]
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| campus_size = {{convert|43|acres}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=George+washington&s=all&id=131469|title=College Navigator – George Washington University|website=nces.ed.gov|access-date=November 7, 2021|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107164037/https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=George+washington&s=all&id=131469|url-status=live}}</ref>
| former_names = Columbian College (1821–1873)<br />Columbian University (1873–1904)
| sports_nickname = [[George Washington Revolutionaries|Revolutionaries]]
| mascot = George<ref>{{cite web|title=other_names and Mascots|url=https://library.gwu.edu/scrc/university-archives/gw-history/other_names-and-mascots|access-date=May 16, 2018}}{{dead link|date=January 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| colors = Buff and blue<ref>{{cite web |url=https://communications.gwu.edu/visual-identity/color-palette |title=George Washington University Color Palette |access-date=July 24, 2024 |archive-date=July 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723115116/https://communications.gwu.edu/visual-identity/color-palette |url-status=live }}</ref><br/>{{color box|#AA9868}} {{color box|#033C5A}}
| sporting_affiliations = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I]] – [[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]]|[[Collegiate Water Polo Association|CWPA]]|[[Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges|EARC]]|[[Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges|EAWRC]]}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.gwu.edu}}
| free_label = Newspaper
| free = ''[[The GW Hatchet]]''
| logo = George Washington University wordmark.svg
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| accreditation = [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education|MSCHE]]
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The '''George Washington University''' ('''GW''' or '''GWU''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[University charter#Federal|federally-chartered]] [[research university]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States. Originally named '''Columbian College''', it was chartered in 1821 by the [[United States Congress]] and is the first university founded under Washington, D.C.'s jurisdiction. It is one of the nation's six [[University charter#Federal|federally chartered]] universities.<ref name="Thomas2014">{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=George|title=The Founders and the Idea of a National University|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VborBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2 |year=2014|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-316-03334-0|pages=2–8; 31; 70–82|access-date=March 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319042808/https://books.google.com/books?id=VborBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2|archive-date=March 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AboutGW">{{cite web|title=About the University: Overview|url=http://bulletin.gwu.edu/about-university/|website=University Bulletin|issue=2016–2017|publisher=The George Washington University|access-date=March 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324111140/http://bulletin.gwu.edu/about-university/|archive-date=March 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
GW is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "[[List of research universities in the United States#Universities classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity"|R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Carnegie Classifications – Institution Profile|url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=131469|access-date=March 30, 2020|publisher=Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801010530/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=131469|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a member of the [[Association of American Universities]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=GW Joins Prestigious Association of American Universities {{!}} GW Today {{!}} The George Washington University |url=https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-joins-prestigious-association-american-universities |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601211434/https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-joins-prestigious-association-american-universities |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |access-date=June 1, 2023 |website=GW Today |language=en}}</ref> The university offers degree programs in seventy-one disciplines, enrolling around 11,500 [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] and 15,000 [[Graduate school|graduate students]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2017|title=International Services Office|url=https://internationalservices.gwu.edu/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425122439/https://internationalservices.gwu.edu/|archive-date=April 25, 2017|access-date=April 24, 2017|work=International Services|publisher=George Washington University}}</ref> The school's athletic teams, the [[George Washington Revolutionaries]], play in the [[NCAA Division I]] [[Atlantic 10 Conference]]. GW also annually hosts numerous political events, including the [[World Bank]] and [[International Monetary Fund]]'s [[Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group|Annual Meetings]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/five-updates-global-economy-christine-lagarde%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98hardtalk%E2%80%99-interview|title=Five Updates on the Global Economy from Christine Lagarde's 'Hardtalk' Interview|last=Dunkins|first=Brittney|website=GW Today|publisher=The George Washington University|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328180133/https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/five-updates-global-economy-christine-lagarde%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98hardtalk%E2%80%99-interview|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
Several notable individuals have served as trustees, including two presidents, [[John Quincy Adams]] and [[Ulysses S. Grant]], and [[Alexander Graham Bell]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Mason |first=Matthew |title=John Quincy Adams and the Tangled Politics of Slavery |date=May 3, 2013 |work=A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams |pages=402–421 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118524381.ch20 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |place=Oxford |publisher=John Wiley & Sons|doi=10.1002/9781118524381.ch20 |isbn=978-0-470-65558-0 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> GW has over 1,100 active alumni in the [[U.S. Foreign Service]] and is one of the largest feeder schools for the [[diplomatic corps]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2015|title=Top Foreign Service Feeder Schools|url=https://schar.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/foreign-service-feeder-schools-1793x1267-1793x1267.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162620/https://schar.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/foreign-service-feeder-schools-1793x1267-1793x1267.jpg|archive-date=January 4, 2017|access-date=April 24, 2017|publisher=[[American Foreign Service Association]]}}</ref> In the 2023–2024 academic year, GW had $227 million in externally funded research.<ref>{{cite web |title=2023-2024 Financial Report {{!}} The George Washington University |url=https://finance.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4696/files/2024-12/2024%20FinancialReport%20_digital_remediated%20%28FINAL%29.pdf |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=Finance Division |page=14 |language=en |archive-date=January 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122112912/https://finance.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4696/files/2024-12/2024%20FinancialReport%20_digital_remediated%20%28FINAL%29.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==History==
===Founding===
[[File:Gilbert Stuart Williamstown Portrait of George Washington.jpg|thumb|In July 1799, in his last will and testament, President [[George Washington]] left shares to endow a university in the nation's new capital.|left]]
[[File:James Monroe White House portrait 1819.jpg|thumb|President [[James Monroe]], one of the university's founding benefactors, approved the university's [[United States Congress|Congressional Charter]]. Monroe's house is located on the university's [[Foggy Bottom]] campus.]]
The first [[President of the United States]], [[George Washington]], long favored the establishment of a university in a central part of the United States.<ref name="founders.archives.gov">{{Cite web |title=Founders Online: George Washington's Last Will and Testament, 9 July 1799 |url=http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0404-0001 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |website=founders.archives.gov |language=en |archive-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161001105725/http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0404-0001 |url-status=live }}</ref> He advocated for its establishment to the [[U.S. Congress]] and others throughout his political career. Washington envisioned the new university would be in a central part of the new national capital, and he hoped the university would educate the most promising students from across the country while reaping the benefits of its ___location in Washington, D.C.<ref name="founders.archives.gov"/>
On December 14, 1799, George Washington died at his home in [[Mount Vernon]]. Washington included a bequest of his shares in the [[Potomac Company]] to establish the university in his last will and testament, though the shares lost their value and no educational institution ever benefited from them.<ref name="Lyle Slovick-2006">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/index.php?title=The_Fate_of_Washington%E2%80%99s_Bequest_to_a_National_University |title=The Fate of Washington's Bequest to a National University |author=Lyle Slovick |date=December 21, 2006 |encyclopedia=GW and Foggy Bottom Encyclopedia |access-date=July 31, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150309133327/http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/index.php?title=The_Fate_of_Washington%E2%80%99s_Bequest_to_a_National_University |archive-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="founders.archives.gov" /> Following his death, his desire was shared and encouraged by U.S. presidents [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[James Madison]], who both expressed the need to carry out Washington's plans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbian College 1821–1824: The Early Years {{!}} Libraries & Academic Innovation |url=https://library.gwu.edu/columbian-college-early-years |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025152108/https://library.gwu.edu/columbian-college-early-years |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |access-date=October 25, 2022 |website=library.gwu.edu}}</ref>
In 1821, the [[Baptists|Baptist]] missionary and leading [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]] [[Luther Rice]] secured funds from [[James Monroe]], [[John Quincy Adams]], [[John C. Calhoun]], and other benefactors for a college to educate citizens from throughout the young nation in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Courier |first=The Baptist |date=May 15, 2007 |title=Everybody's Baptist: Paying respect to Luther Rice |url=https://baptistcourier.com/2007/05/everybodys-baptist-paying-respect-to-luther-rice/ |access-date=January 16, 2025 |website=Baptist Courier |language=en-US |archive-date=January 25, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125074653/https://baptistcourier.com/2007/05/everybodys-baptist-paying-respect-to-luther-rice/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A large building was constructed on College Hill, which is now known as [[Meridian Hill Park|Meridian Hill]]. On February 9, 1821, President Monroe approved the [[congressional charter]], creating the non-denominational '''Columbian College.'''<ref name="washcity">{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2011/02/09/today-in-d-c-history-charter-signed-for-gwus-predecessor-school/ |title=Today in D.C. History: Charter Signed for GW's Predecessor School |author=William F. Zeman |date=February 9, 2011 |work=Washington City Paper |access-date=July 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017202219/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2011/02/09/today-in-d-c-history-charter-signed-for-gwus-predecessor-school/ |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Washingtonians, Congress, and the academic community celebrated this new institution as the fulfillment of Washington's vision.<ref name="Lyle Slovick-2006" /> In 1824, the first commencement was considered an important event for the young city. In attendance were President Monroe, John C. Calhoun, [[Henry Clay]], the [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]], and other dignitaries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GWU {{!}} History {{!}} Plexuss |url=https://plexuss.com/u/george-washington-university-gwu/history |access-date=May 24, 2023 |website=plexuss.com |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524141357/https://plexuss.com/u/george-washington-university-gwu/history |url-status=live }}</ref>
Freemasonry symbols are prominently displayed throughout the campus, including the foundation stones of many of the university buildings.<ref name="freemasons">{{cite web|url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2005/10/17/News/Building.The.University.Freemasonry.Sjt.And.Gw-1022600.shtml|title=Building the University: Freemasonry, SJT, and GW|work=GW Hatchet|access-date=November 1, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324133942/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2005/10/17/News/Building.The.University.Freemasonry.Sjt.And.Gw-1022600.shtml|archive-date=March 24, 2008}}</ref>
=== 19th century ===
During the 19th century, most of the university's students came from the [[Confederate States of America|South]]. As the [[American Civil War]] commenced in 1861, many left their studies to join the [[Confederate States Army]]. However, the college was still fractured. Professor of anatomy [[A. Y. P. Garnett]] left the university to serve as [[Jefferson Davis]]' physician, and [[Robert King Stone]] stayed in Washington, D.C., serving as physician to [[Abraham Lincoln]]. The college was temporarily turned into a [[Union Army]] military camp during the Civil War. Poet [[Walt Whitman]] worked at this camp while visiting his wounded brother.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Traveling with the Wounded: Walt Whitman and Washington's Civil War Hospitals (Criticism) – The Walt Whitman Archive |url=https://whitmanarchive.org/criticism/current/anc.00156.html |access-date=December 10, 2023 |website=whitmanarchive.org}}</ref>
In 1873, following the Civil War, Columbian College was renamed '''Columbian University''' and moved to an urban downtown ___location centered on [[15th Street (Washington, D.C.)|15th]] and [[H Street (Washington, D.C.)|H streets]].<ref name="gwuhistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/history |title=History |publisher=George Washington University |access-date=July 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804032946/http://www.gwu.edu/history |archive-date=August 4, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
===20th century===
In 1904, Columbian University was renamed George Washington University following an agreement with the [[George Washington Victory Memorial Building|George Washington Memorial Association]].<ref name="ghostsofdc">{{cite web |url=http://ghostsofdc.org/2012/12/04/george-washington-university-name/ |title=Columbian University Becomes George Washington University in 1904 |date=December 4, 2012 |publisher=Ghosts of DC |access-date=May 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327071637/http://ghostsofdc.org/2012/12/04/george-washington-university-name/ |archive-date=March 27, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In honor of George Washington, funds from the memorial association were donated to construct [[Lisner Auditorium]].<ref name="WaMo092311">{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Luzer|url=http://washingtonmonthly.com/2010/08/22/the-prestige-racket/|title=The Prestige Racket|work=[[Washington Monthly]]|date=September–October 2010|access-date=September 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817094548/http://washingtonmonthly.com/2010/08/22/the-prestige-racket/|archive-date=August 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Columbian College Building (engraving) - The George Washington University.tif|thumb|An engraving of the university's first building on Meridian Hill circa 1821.]]In 1912, the university moved its principal operations to the [[Foggy Bottom]] neighborhood of Washington, D.C.<ref name="briefhistory">{{cite web|url=http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_of_GW|title=Brief History of GW|publisher=The George Washington University|access-date=October 26, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613001741/http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php?title=A_Brief_History_of_GW|archive-date=June 13, 2010}}</ref> Many of the colleges of the George Washington University are notable for their age and history. The law school is the oldest law school in the District of Columbia.<ref name="law.gwu.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.law.gwu.edu/School/Pages/History.aspx |title=History |publisher=George Washington University Law School |access-date=January 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105041927/http://www.law.gwu.edu/School/Pages/History.aspx |archive-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> The medical school is the 11th-oldest medical school in the nation and the first established in the nation's capital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smhs.gwu.edu/about|title=About|publisher=School of Medicine and Health Sciences|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119204834/http://smhs.gwu.edu/about|archive-date=January 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The Columbian College was founded in 1821 and is the oldest unit of the university. The Elliott School of International Affairs was formalized in 1898.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elliott.gwu.edu/mission|title=Mission|publisher=Elliott School of International Affairs|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105033552/http://elliott.gwu.edu/mission|archive-date=January 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
In the 1930s, the university was a major center for [[theoretical physics]]. [[George Gamow]], a cosmologist, produced the [[Big Bang|Big Bang theory]] at the university in the 1930s and 1940s. On January 26, 1939, [[Niels Bohr]] announced that [[Otto Hahn]] had successfully split the atom at the Fifth Washington Conference on theoretical physics in the Hall of Government.<ref name="atomicage">{{cite book |title=Physics and Nuclear Arms Today |author=David W. Hafemeister |publisher=Springer |date=1991}}</ref>
During the [[Vietnam War]] era, Thurston Hall, an undergraduate dormitory housing 1,116 students at 1900 F Street NW, located three blocks from the [[White House]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://living.gwu.edu/thurston-hall|title=Thurston Hall|access-date=February 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222004836/http://living.gwu.edu/thurston-hall|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> was a staging ground for student [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|anti-war]] demonstrations.
In 1996, the university purchased the [[Mount Vernon College for Women]] in the city's [[The Palisades, Washington, D.C.|Palisades]] neighborhood that became the school's coeducational Mount Vernon Campus. The campus was first utilized in 1997 for women only but became co-educational in a matter of years.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} The Mount Vernon campus is now totally integrated into the GW community, serving as a complement to the Foggy Bottom campus. In 1999, GW hosted the [[Town Hall with President Clinton]], the first [[Town hall meeting|presidential town hall]] to ever be [[webcast]] live.
{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:220px;"
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|'''College/School'''
| style="text-align:center;" |'''Year founded'''
|-
| colspan="2" |
|-
|[[Columbian College of Arts and Sciences|Arts and Sciences]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1821
|-
|[[George Washington University Medical School|Medicine]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1824
|-
|[[George Washington University Law School|Law]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1865
|-
|[[George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science|Engineering]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1884
|-
|[[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design|Arts and Design]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1878
|-
|[[Elliott School of International Affairs|International Affairs]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1898
|-
|Education and Human Development
| style="text-align:center;" |1909
|-
|[[The George Washington University School of Business|Business]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1928
|-
|[[George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs|Media and Public Affairs]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1938
|-
|[[The Graduate School of Political Management|Political Management]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1987
|-
|[[George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services|Public Health]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1997
|-
|[[The Graduate School of Political Management|Professional Studies]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2001
|-
|[[Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration|Public Policy and Public Administration]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2003
|-
|[[George Washington University School of Nursing|Nursing]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2010
|}
=== 21st century ===
In December 2006, the university appointed [[Johns Hopkins University]] provost [[Steven Knapp]] as the 16th [[President of the George Washington University]], and his presidency began August 1, 2007.<ref name="newpresident">{{cite web |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2006/12/04/News/Johns.Hopkins.Provost.To.Succeed.Trachtenberg-2521025.shtml?sourcedomain=www.gwhatchet.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com |title=Johns Hopkins Provost To Succeed Trachtenberg |work=GW Hatchet |access-date=February 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129124155/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2006/12/04/News/Johns.Hopkins.Provost.To.Succeed.Trachtenberg-2521025.shtml?sourcedomain=www.gwhatchet.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com |archive-date=January 29, 2007}}</ref> In 2017, [[Thomas LeBlanc]], provost of the [[University of Miami]], was named the [[President of the George Washington University]].
In 2016 the University closed the food court named J Street at its Foggy Bottom campus. In 2023 a new dining hall, inside Shenkman Hall, opened. During the period in between, on-campus food options were limited.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gwhatchet.com/2023/01/23/gw-completes-dining-system-revamp-as-students-flood-all-you-can-eat-dining-halls/|title=GW completes dining system revamp as students flood all-you-can eat dining halls|date=January 23, 2023|first1=Moksha |last1=Akil |first2=Max |last2=Porter|publisher=[[The GW Hatchet]]}}</ref>
In July 2020, the university began forming special committees to look at possible name changes to an on-campus building and the school moniker. In a statement on the university's website, LeBlanc said one of the panels would examine the Colonials moniker, which critics said conjured up racism, violence, and genocide. In 2022, the Colonials name was officially retired. The following year, in 2023, the new nickname, the [[George Washington Revolutionaries]], was announced.<ref name="NYT-20230524">{{cite news |last=Tumin |first=Remy |title=George Washington University Drops Colonial Moniker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/us/george-washington-university-name.html |date=May 24, 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230524223947/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/us/george-washington-university-name.html |archivedate=May 24, 2023 |accessdate=May 24, 2023 }}</ref> Another panel looked into renaming the Marvin Center, which was named after former school President [[Cloyd H. Marvin|Cloyd Heck Marvin]], a [[Racial segregation|segregationist]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 20, 2020|title=GWU committees to explore Colonials other_name, Marvin Center|url=https://wtop.com/education/2020/07/gwu-committees-to-explore-colonials-other_name-marvin-center/|access-date=July 21, 2020|website=WTOP}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In January 2022, LeBlanc was succeeded by former [[Washington University in St. Louis]] Chancellor [[Mark S. Wrighton]] as interim university president.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Trivedi |first1=Isha |title=Interim president to replace LeBlanc in January |url=https://www.gwhatchet.com/2021/09/10/interim-president-to-replace-leblanc-in-january-as-trustees-postpone-search/ |website=The GW Hatchet |publisher=Hatchet Publications Inc. |access-date=January 1, 2022 |date=September 10, 2021 |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101073002/https://www.gwhatchet.com/2021/09/10/interim-president-to-replace-leblanc-in-january-as-trustees-postpone-search/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A year later, in January 2023, the university named [[Ellen Granberg]], provost at [[Rochester Institute of Technology]], as the university's new president, with a start date of July 1, 2023. George Washington University joined the [[Association of American Universities]] in 2023.
In February 2025, [[Leo Terrell]], the head of the Trump administration's [[Antisemitism in the United States#Efforts to combat antisemitism|Task Force to Combat Antisemitism]], announced that he would investigate George Washington University as part of the Department of Justice's broader investigation into [[Antisemitism in US higher education|antisemitism on college campuses]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the former Democrat leading Trump's charge against 10 universities |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/23/leo-terrell-trump-universities-harvard-00368352 |work=Politico |date=May 23, 2025}}</ref>
==Campuses==
{{Main|Campuses of George Washington University}}
{{Further|George Washington University residence halls}}
[[File:1925 F Street President's Residence GWU.JPG|thumb|[[F Street House]], the [[President of the George Washington University|official residence of George Washington University's president]] with the global headquarters of the [[International Monetary Fund]] visible in the background]]
GW has three fully integrated campuses in the Washington, D.C. area: the [[Foggy Bottom]] campus, the Mount Vernon campus, and the [[George Washington University Virginia Science and Technology Campus|Virginia Science and Technology campus]]. The Foggy Bottom Campus houses the vast majority of academic programming. Residence halls exist on the Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses.
The GW library system contains the [[Gelman Library]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.gwu.edu/about|title=About the Library|work=gwu.edu|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204075930/http://library.gwu.edu/about|archive-date=February 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://himmelfarb.gwu.edu/headlines/index.html|title=Himmelfarb Headlines|work=gwu.edu|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127073053/http://himmelfarb.gwu.edu/headlines/index.html|archive-date=January 27, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> the Burns Law Library,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.gwu.edu/Library/Friends/Pages/Default.aspx |title=Friends of the Jacob Burns Law Library |publisher=Law.gwu.edu |access-date=January 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018230411/http://www.law.gwu.edu/Library/Friends/Pages/Default.aspx |archive-date=October 18, 2008}}</ref> Eckles Library (named for Charles Ellison Eckles and Anita Heurich Eckles),<ref>{{cite news |title=THE CAMPUS QUANDARY THREE SOLUTIONS |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/09/05/the-campus-quandary-three-solutions/382acc81-d783-4726-bee0-7cdf87128de7/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.gwu.edu/eckles/|title=Welcome to the Eckles Library|work=gwu.edu|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108184941/http://library.gwu.edu/eckles|archive-date=January 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Virginia Science and Technology Library.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.gwu.edu/virginia/|title=Welcome to the Library|work=gwu.edu|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227170148/http://library.gwu.edu/virginia/|archive-date=December 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The GW Library System is a constituent member of the [[Washington Research Library Consortium]], which allows for resource sharing among the university libraries of the [[Washington metropolitan area]].
===Foggy Bottom===
[[File:Lisner Auditorium, northeast corner.jpg|thumb|[[Lisner Auditorium]]]]
[[File:Professor's Gate - GWU.JPG|thumb|The Professors' Gate on the campus at 21st Street, N.W.]]
[[File:George Washington statue.JPG|thumb|''[[Lieutenant General George Washington (statue)|Lieutenant General George Washington]]'', a statue by [[Clark Mills (sculptor)|Clark Mills]] on [[Washington Circle]] on the northern edge of the [[Foggy Bottom]] campus]]
[[File:Gelman Library - GWU - cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Foggy Bottom]] during winter]]
[[File:Rawlins Park.jpg|thumb|[[Rawlins Park]], located between the [[Elliott School of International Affairs]] and the [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the Interior]]]]
[[File:Corcoran School at GWU.tif|thumb|The [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design]] in the [[Corcoran Gallery of Art|Corcoran Gallery]], the city's oldest private cultural institution and a [[National Historic Landmark]], located on [[The Ellipse]], facing the [[White House]]]]
[[File:WMATA Foggy Bottom–GWU.jpg|thumb|[[Washington Metro]]'s [[Foggy Bottom–GWU station]] on the university's campus]]
The main GW campus consists of {{convert|43|acre|m2}} in historic [[Foggy Bottom]] and is located a few blocks from the [[White House]], the [[World Bank]], the [[International Monetary Fund]], [[United States Department of State|State Department]] and the [[National Mall]]. Barring a few outlying buildings, the boundaries of campus are delineated by (running clockwise from [[Washington Circle]]) [[Pennsylvania Avenue]], 19th Street, [[E Street Expressway|E Street]], [[Virginia Avenue]], 24th Street, and [[New Hampshire Avenue]]. The university owns much of the property in Foggy Bottom and leases it to various tenants, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Other institutions in proximity include the [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]], the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]], the [[United States Institute of Peace|U.S. Institute of Peace]], the [[Watergate complex]], and embassies of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], Mexico, [[Saudi Arabia]], Spain, and [[Uruguay]]. The University Yard is the main open space and historic heart of the university. Along with George Washington's main library, [[Gelman Library]], it constitutes the hub of the main campus. The seven-story Gelman Library building contains over two million volumes and is constructed in the [[Brutalist architecture|Brutalist]] [[architectural style]] of the 1970s. It features a concrete façade punctuated by windows that are divided by projecting vertical slabs. For most of the year, parts of the library are open 24 hours a day, seven days per week for use by students, faculty, and staff. The library's seventh floor includes the Special Collections Research Center, [[National Security Archives]], Global Resources Center, and Kiev Library.
The [[National Security Archives]] (NSA) is a research institution that publishes declassified U.S. government files concerning selected topics of [[American foreign policy]]. It was a National Security Archive [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] request that eventually made the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s so-called "[[Family Jewels (Central Intelligence Agency)|Family Jewels]]" public.<ref name="familyjewels">{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/index.htm |title=The CIA's Family Jewels |publisher=National Security Archive |access-date=October 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503205012/http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/index.htm |archive-date=May 3, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Close to the library is [[Lisner Auditorium]] and a large open area between them is known as Kogan Plaza. Southeast of the plaza and located near Monroe Hall and Hall of Government is the Monroe Court, a landscaped area with a large fountain. The [[Foggy Bottom–GWU (Washington Metro)|Foggy Bottom–GWU]] [[Washington Metro]] station is located at the intersection of 23rd and I Streets NW due south of [[Washington Circle]], and provides access to the [[Orange Line (Washington Metro)|Orange]], [[Blue Line (Washington Metro)|Blue]] and [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver lines]]. The [[George Washington University Hospital|University Hospital]] is located next to the Metro station entrance.<ref name="senatorhospitalized">{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/121406dnnatjohnson.235fa40.html |title=Democratic Senator Critical After Brain Surgery |work=Dallas Morning News |access-date=December 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323085512/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/121406dnnatjohnson.235fa40.html |archive-date=March 23, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/03/30/national/main282669.shtml |title=20 Years Since Reagan Shot |work=CBS News |access-date=December 13, 2007 |date=March 30, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521083523/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/03/30/national/main282669.shtml |archive-date=May 21, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/11/19/News/Cheney.Visits.Gw.Hospital-3115630.shtml |title=Cheney visits GW hospital |work=GW Hatchet |access-date=December 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324134024/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/11/19/News/Cheney.Visits.Gw.Hospital-3115630.shtml |archive-date=March 24, 2008}}</ref>
The Foggy Bottom campus contains most of the residence halls in which GW students live. The most notable include Shenkman Hall, Thurston Hall, [[Madison Hall]], Potomac House, [[Fulbright Hall]], Mitchell Hall, [[Munson Hall]], [[Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Hall]], Phillip Amsterdam Hall, Guthridge Hall, Madison Hall, Townhouse Row, South Hall, and the newest, District House, which opened in 2016.
In late 2007, construction began on a large mixed-use residential, office and retail development located on the site of the old GW Hospital (Square 54) and just east of the [[Foggy Bottom–GWU Station|Foggy Bottom–GW]] Metrorail station. It was the second-largest undeveloped lot in the District of Columbia at the time of initial construction activity.<ref name="square54">{{cite web |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/05/21/News/D.c-Zoning.Commission.Approves.Square.54.Plans-2905933.shtml |title=DC Commission Approves Square 54 Plans |work=GW Hatchet |access-date=February 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701222914/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/05/21/News/D.c-Zoning.Commission.Approves.Square.54.Plans-2905933.shtml |archive-date=July 1, 2007}}</ref> In 2014, the university assumed ownership of the [[Corcoran Gallery of Art]], the oldest private art museum in Washington, D.C. and independent college of art and design. The college of art and design became The [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design]] under the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. The [[National Gallery of Art]] will acquire many of the 17,000 pieces of art from the Corcoran and the rest will be donated to other museums around the country.<ref name="wpcorcoran">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/2014/02/19/a236132e-9994-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html |title=Corcoran Gallery of Art and College to split apart, Partnering with National Gallery, GWU |author=David Montgomery |date=February 19, 2014 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509065224/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/2014/02/19/a236132e-9994-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html |archive-date=May 9, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2014, GW opened the [[Milken Institute School of Public Health]], a nine-story building that received [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] certification for sustainability features including a green roof, rainwater collection system, and special heating and air conditioning technologies that helps mass air displacement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://asumag.com/green-design-buildings/new-building-george-washington-university-certified-leed-platinum |title=New Building at George Washington University certified LEED platinum |date=July 6, 2014 |author=Jill Nolin |publisher=American School and University |access-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415171333/http://asumag.com/green-design-buildings/new-building-george-washington-university-certified-leed-platinum |archive-date=April 15, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum|The Textile Museum]] reopened to the public in March 2015 after the institution merged with the university in 2011 and closed it for renovations two years later.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/03/19/the-textile-museums-new-george-washington-university-home-unites-historic-fabric-and-d-c-history/ |title=The Textile Museum's new George Washington University home unites historic fabric and D.C. history |author=Kristen Page-Kirby |date=March 19, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324101536/http://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/03/19/the-textile-museums-new-george-washington-university-home-unites-historic-fabric-and-d-c-history/ |archive-date=March 24, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Mount Vernon===
In 1996, the university purchased the [[Mount Vernon College for Women]] in the city's [[The Palisades, Washington, D.C.|Palisades]] neighborhood that became the school's coeducational Mount Vernon Campus. Initially, the Mount Vernon Campus remained exclusively a women's college until 1999 when GW changed its operations to a co-ed facility.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/18473/tenure-bender |title=Tenure Bender |author=Garance Franke-Ruta |date=November 12, 1999 |work=Washington City Paper |access-date=April 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001859/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/18473/tenure-bender |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was purchased so that the university could gain more space and valuable land for athletics, such as for the women's soccer team.<ref name="mountvernon" /> Now known as the Mount Vernon campus, it is totally integrated into the GW community, serving as a complement to the Foggy Bottom campus.<ref name="mountvernon">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/01/02/gwu-takes-control-of-dc-college/fde08723-74b2-4ac3-99dd-3a2361bf1a84/ |title=GWU Takes Control of D.C. College |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=October 26, 2007 |first=Valerie |last=Strauss |date=January 2, 1998 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200330150816/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/01/02/gwu-takes-control-of-dc-college/fde08723-74b2-4ac3-99dd-3a2361bf1a84/}}</ref> The campus has transportation systems connecting the students to the GW campus in Foggy Bottom. It also includes Eckles Library, six residence halls, Lloyd Gymnasium, The GW-Mount Vernon Athletic Complex and other various campus facilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/mount-vernon-campus |title=Mount Vernon Campus |publisher=George Washington University |access-date=April 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401045326/http://www.gwu.edu/mount-vernon-campus |archive-date=April 1, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Virginia===
{{main|George Washington University Virginia Campus}}
The George Washington University also operates a research and graduate campus in [[Ashburn, Virginia]] (near [[Dulles International Airport]]) which was established in 1991. Starting with a donation of {{convert|50|acre|ha}} from Robert H. Smith, the campus grew to {{convert|101|acre|ha}} by 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/index.php?title=Virginia_Science_and_Technology_Campus |title=Virginia Science and Technology Campus |publisher=The GW and Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia |access-date=April 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227062520/http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/index.php?title=Virginia_Science_and_Technology_Campus |archive-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref> Besides graduate education, this campus also offers undergraduate education to students, including Health Science, Cybersecurity & Information Technology, and Nursing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Undergraduate Programs {{!}} Virginia Science and Technology Campus {{!}} The George Washington University |url=https://virginia.gwu.edu/undergraduate-programs |access-date=February 3, 2024 |website=Virginia Science and Technology Campus |language=en |archive-date=February 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203030229/https://virginia.gwu.edu/undergraduate-programs |url-status=live }}</ref>
Additionally, the university also operates several other graduate satellite education centers. These include the Alexandria Graduate Education Center in Alexandria, the Graduate Education Center in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]], and the Hampton Roads Center in [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]]. The Virginia Science and Technology Campus hosts research and educational partnerships with industry and government officials and offers more than 20 graduate degrees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/va-science-technology-campus |title=Virginia Science & Technology Campus |publisher=George Washington University |access-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417190932/http://www.gwu.edu/va-science-technology-campus |archive-date=April 17, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The Virginia Science and Technology Campus is home to the first walkable solar-power sidewalk in the world. The project began in 2012 and was completed two years later, inaugurated in October 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/walking-on-sunshine-at-gwus-virginia-campus/2014/01/03/9241c528-723c-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html |title=Walking on Sunshine at GWU's Virginia Campus |date=January 6, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120232454/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/walking-on-sunshine-at-gwus-virginia-campus/2014/01/03/9241c528-723c-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html |archive-date=November 20, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Organization==
George Washington University is governed by the GW Board of Trustees, the [[President of the George Washington University]], [[Provost (education)|provost]], [[Dean (education)|deans]], and department chairs. The university employs over 6,000 faculty members, administrators, and support staff.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/leadership |title=Leadership |publisher=George Washington University |access-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405105953/http://www.gwu.edu/leadership |archive-date=April 5, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, [[Steven Knapp]] was named the university's [[President of the George Washington University|sixteenth president]];<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/steven-knapp-on-fostering-leadership-at-george-washington-university/2011/12/09/gIQA3sO1hO_story.html |title=Steven Knapp on Fostering Leadership at George Washington University |date=December 9, 2011 |author=Tom Fox |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=April 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701045344/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/steven-knapp-on-fostering-leadership-at-george-washington-university/2011/12/09/gIQA3sO1hO_story.html |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> he had previously taught at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and was later the provost at [[Johns Hopkins University]]. The current [[President of the George Washington University]] is [[Ellen Granberg]]. [[Ulysses S. Grant]] was a member of the Board of Trustees, and his Grandson, [[Ulysses S. Grant III]], was Vice President of GW. John Quincy Adams was also a member of the board of trustees.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
|-
! colspan="8" |Undergraduate & Graduate Schools of The George Washington University
|-
||[[Columbian College of Arts and Sciences|Columbian College<br />of Arts and Sciences]]
|[[Elliott School of International Affairs|Elliott School<br />of International Affairs]]
|[[Milken Institute School of Public Health|Milken Institute School<br />of Public Health]]
|[[George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science]]
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
|-
! colspan="6" |Graduate Schools of The George Washington University
|-
|[[The Graduate School of Political Management|Graduate School of Political Management]]
|[[George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences|Medical School]]
|[[George Washington University Law School|Law School]]
|Graduate School of Education & Human Development
|[[Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration|Trachtenberg School<br />of Public Policy and Public Administration]]
|[[The Graduate School of Political Management|College of Professional Studies]]
|}
[[File:Statue of George Washington in University Yard, George Washington University.jpg|thumb|[[Jean-Antoine Houdon]]'s ''[[George Washington (Houdon)|George Washington]]'', a statue of [[George Washington]] in University Yard]]
[[File:George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum (53844899449).jpg|thumb|250px|[[Textile Museum (George Washington University)|The George Washington University Museum]]]]
GW is organized into fourteen schools and colleges, each with a different dean and organization.<ref name="CollegesAndSchools">{{cite web|url=http://www.gwu.edu/colleges-schools|title=Colleges & Schools|publisher=The George Washington University|access-date=November 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125044420/http://www.gwu.edu/colleges-schools|archive-date=November 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Columbian College of Arts and Sciences]] was the original academic unit of the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://columbian.gwu.edu/about-us|title=About Us – Columbian College of Arts & Sciences|publisher=gwu.edu|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203050650/http://columbian.gwu.edu/about-us|archive-date=February 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The Medical School is the 11th oldest medical school in the nation and the first to open in the District of Columbia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://smhs.gwu.edu/about/history|title=History|publisher=gwu.edu|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105035100/http://smhs.gwu.edu/about/history|archive-date=January 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The Law School was also the first law school in the District of Columbia.<ref name="law.gwu.edu" /> Each academic unit has a distinct identity within the broader university. The Graduate School of Political Management and the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design were organized outside of the university, later to join in 1987 and 2014, respectively.
====Columbian College of Arts and Sciences====
{{Main|Columbian College of Arts and Sciences}}
The [[Columbian College of Arts and Sciences]] (CCAS) is the oldest and largest college in the university. It was founded in 1821; at the beginning of the university's history, there was no distinction between this college and the university. <!-- [[The Graduate School of Political Management|Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM)]] GSPM has belonged to the College of Professional Studies since January 1, 2006 --> The School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA), and the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration (SPPPA) belong to this college, although they are run separately. The Columbian College was among the first American institutions to grant a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (Ph.D.), in 1888.<ref name="ccasdegree">{{cite web |url = http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php/Columbian_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences |title = Columbian College of Arts and Sciences |publisher = George Washington University |access-date = October 26, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080323054919/http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php/Columbian_College_of_Arts_and_Sciences |archive-date = March 23, 2008}}</ref> The Columbian College is notable for its academic diversity, and offers a wide range of majors and courses of study.<ref name="ccasdegree" /> The Columbian College contains the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, the School of Media and Public Affairs, and the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. The Columbian College is primarily housed in Philips Hall, Rome Hall, Smith Hall of Art, MPA Building, Monroe Hall, Hall of Government, 1922 F Street, Corcoran Hall, Bell Hall, Samson Hall, Lisner Hall, and many other places around campus. The college is also present on the Mount Vernon and Virginia Campuses.
=====Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration=====
{{Main|Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration}}
The [[Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration]] is a graduate school in the [[Columbian College of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name="columbian.gwu.edu">{{cite web|url=http://columbian.gwu.edu/departments-programs|title=Departments & Programs – Columbian College of Arts & Sciences|publisher=gwu.edu|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108194153/http://columbian.gwu.edu/departments-programs|archive-date=January 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Consistently ranked as one of the top [[Public Affairs Schools]] in the United States, it is ranked 11th nationwide by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]].'' The Trachtenberg School offers [[Master of Public Policy]], [[Master of Public Administration]], and [[PhD]] degrees in [[Public Policy]] and [[Public Administration]]. The school works in partnership with the [[Elliott School of International Affairs]], the [[George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services|School of Public Health and Health Services]], and the Graduate School of Education & Human Development to offer a variety of concentrations for its graduates.[[File:George Washington University Law School Buildings.JPG|thumb|[[Stockton Hall]]]]
=====School of Media and Public Affairs=====
{{Main|George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs}}
The [[George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs|School of Media and Public Affairs]] (SMPA), although run separately, belongs to the Columbian College of Arts in Sciences.<ref name="columbian.gwu.edu" /> It offers two undergraduate degrees, Journalism and Mass Communication and [[Political Communication]] and a master's degree in Media and Public Affairs. It is housed in the same building as the [[The Graduate School of Political Management|Graduate School of Political Management]]. The Public Affairs Project at GW, part of SMPA, is responsible for the creation and production of the [[PBS]] special, [[Planet Forward]]. School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) was the first in the nation to offer a bachelor's degree in Political Communication. The program boasts a faculty of retired and current professionals – including CNN correspondents, journalists, political analysts, and campaign professionals. The school is consistently ranked in the top 10 programs in the nation.
=====Corcoran School of the Arts and Design=====
[[File:Interior - Corcoran Gallery of Art - DSC08269.JPG|thumb|The [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design|Corcoran School]] in the former [[Corcoran Gallery of Art]]]]
{{Main|Corcoran School of the Arts and Design}}
The [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design]] is one of the oldest [[Visual arts education|arts education]] institutions in the United States. It is a school of the [[Columbian College of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name="columbian.gwu.edu" /> It is housed in the [[Corcoran Gallery of Art]], the oldest private cultural institution in [[Washington, D.C.]]
Formerly an independent institution, known as the Corcoran College of Art and Design, the institution later merged the college operations with the George Washington University. The school retained over 20 full-time faculty members, and the college will continue to function as a separate entity within the university. The school has a historic building facing the White House on 17th Street.
====School of Business====
{{Main|George Washington School of Business}}
The [[George Washington School of Business]] was established in 1928 with a $1 million gift by the [[Supreme Council, Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction, USA)|Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php?title=Business_and_Public_Management%2C_School_of |title=Business and Public Management, School of – GWUEncyc |publisher=Encyclopedia.gwu.edu |access-date=June 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423084649/http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php?title=Business_and_Public_Management%2C_School_of |archive-date=April 23, 2012}}</ref> On February 6, 2006, the chairman and CEO of [[FedEx]], [[Frederick W. Smith]], opened a new complex for the school called Ric and Dawn Duquès Hall, which today houses the business school along with the Norma Lee and Morton Funger Hall.<ref name="gwsb">{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php/Business%2C_School_of_-_History |title=History of the School of Business |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=October 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323054915/http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php/Business,_School_of_-_History |archive-date=March 23, 2008}}</ref>
{{as of|2018|January}}, GW's undergraduate business program was ranked 42nd nationally and its International Business program was ranked ninth by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-international |title=2018 Best Undergraduate International Business Programs |access-date=January 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227195603/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/business-international |archive-date=February 27, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
====School of Medicine and Health Sciences====
{{Main|George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences}}
Founded in 1824, the [[George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences|School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS)]], or simply the George Washington School of Medicine, was the first school of medicine in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwumc.edu/smhs/about/history.html |title=About the School |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=November 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115012023/http://www.gwumc.edu/smhs/about/history.html |archive-date=November 15, 2007}}</ref>
In 1981, [[George Washington University Hospital]] became the center of the national spotlight when President [[Ronald Reagan]] was rushed to the emergency room after an attempted assassination.
GW Hospital's emergency department was later renamed the Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine. Other politicians, such as former Vice President [[Dick Cheney]], come to GW for routine and emergency procedures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/03/22/News/Vice-President.Dick.Cheney.Visits.Gw.Hospital.For.2nd.Time.In.A.Month-2786549.shtml |title=Vice President Dick Cheney visits GW hospital for second time in a month |work=GW Hatchet |access-date=November 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324134004/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/03/22/News/Vice-President.Dick.Cheney.Visits.Gw.Hospital.For.2nd.Time.In.A.Month-2786549.shtml |archive-date=March 24, 2008}}</ref> Cheney and wife [[Lynne Cheney]] helped to start the [[Cheney Cardiovascular Institute|Richard B. and Lynne V. Cheney Cardiovascular Institute]] in 2006. Others notable patients include former First Lady [[Laura Bush]], who was treated for a pinched nerve. SMHS is primarily housed in the [[George Washington University Hospital|GW Hospital]], Ross Hall, and many other centers along K Street and throughout the city.
GW was once home to the '''George Washington Dental College''', but this department would close in 1921 due to budget constraints.<ref>Noted in a [https://library.gwu.edu/former-gw-schools-and-departments list of former departments] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513054210/https://library.gwu.edu/former-gw-schools-and-departments |date=May 13, 2022 }}, accessed May 18, 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Proceedings of the National Association of Dental Examiners |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ME8dAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22George+Washington+Dental+College%22&pg=PA56 |access-date=May 18, 2022 |page=56 |date=1905 |archive-date=July 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707192116/https://books.google.com/books?id=ME8dAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22George+Washington+Dental+College%22&pg=PA56 |url-status=live }}</ref>
====School of Engineering and Applied Science====
[[File:M1A1 Bazooka electrical components.png|thumb|University faculty developed the recoilless anti-tank rifle, popularly known as the [[bazooka]]]]
{{Main|George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science}}
The [[George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)]] was founded on October 1, 1884, as the Corcoran Scientific School of Columbian University. The school separated from the Columbian College in 1962 and was one of the first to accept women for degree candidacy in engineering.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~bygeorge/womensleadership/engineering.html |title=Engineering Change, One PhD at a Time |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=November 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323053610/http://www.gwu.edu/~bygeorge/womensleadership/engineering.html |archive-date=March 23, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[bazooka]] was invented at the SEAS in 1942.<ref name="seas">{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php/Engineering_and_Applied_Science%2C_School_of |title=School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=October 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323054924/http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php/Engineering_and_Applied_Science%2C_School_of |archive-date=March 23, 2008}}</ref> The school moved into the new Science and Engineering Hall in D.C. in March 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/george-washington-university-opens-science-and-engineering-hall-largest-building-its-kind-dc |title=The George Washington University Opens Science and Engineering Hall, Largest Building of Its Kind in D.C. |access-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218152800/https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/george-washington-university-opens-science-and-engineering-hall-largest-building-its-kind-dc |archive-date=February 18, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
====Elliott School of International Affairs====
[[File:Elliott School from Park.JPG|thumb|The [[Elliott School of International Affairs]], one of the world's most highly ranked schools of [[international relations]] and the largest in the U.S.]]
{{Main|Elliott School of International Affairs}}
The [[Elliott School of International Affairs]] (ESIA) was founded in 1898, as the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy. Under President Lloyd Elliott, the school separated from Columbian College. On September 3, 2003, alumnus [[Colin Powell]] opened a new complex for this school at 1957 E Street NW in front of the [[Department of State]].<ref name="esia">{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php/Elliott_School_of_International_Affairs |title=Elliott School of International Affairs |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=October 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323053535/http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php/Elliott_School_of_International_Affairs |archive-date=March 23, 2008}}</ref> {{as of|2015|2}}, its undergraduate program was ranked eighth globally by ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine, while the graduate program is currently ranked seventh in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/03/top-twenty-five-schools-international-relations/ |title=The Best International Relations Schools in the World |work=Foreign Policy |date=February 3, 2015 |access-date=February 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729093926/http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/03/top-twenty-five-schools-international-relations/ |archive-date=July 29, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> ESIA is primarily housed in Elliott Hall at 1957 E St.
==
{{Main|George Washington University School of Nursing}}
The history of nursing education at GW spans more than 100 years. In 2002, Jean Johnson, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, then senior associate dean for Health Sciences, met with the nursing faculty to assess GW's capacity to create GW's degree programs. The faculty moved forward to develop an MSN in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences with programs in adult [[nurse practitioner]], family nurse practitioner, nursing leadership and management, and clinical research administration. The first MSN class was admitted in 2004.<ref name="nursing.gwu.edu">{{cite web|url=http://nursing.gwu.edu/history|title=History – SON – School of Nursing|work=gwu.edu|access-date=January 16, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217163708/http://nursing.gwu.edu/history|archive-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref>
Meanwhile, approval was also obtained to develop a Department of Nursing Education. As the first and only chair of the department, Ellen Dawson, Ph.D., RN, ANP, led the MSN program to accreditation in time for the graduation of the first class in 2006. Also, she spearheaded the development of both the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program and the 15-month (four consecutive semesters) accelerated second-degree bachelor of nursing science (ABSN) program located in Ashburn, VA. The first classes for these degrees were admitted in 2007 and 2009, respectively.<ref name="nursing.gwu.edu" /> In 2010, the GW School of Nursing was re-established and is now the university's tenth academic institution, with Jean Johnson and Ellen Dawson as the founding deans.<ref name="nursing.gwu.edu" />
====Law School====
{{Main|George Washington University Law School}}
[[File:Gwlaw.jpg|thumb|[[George Washington University Law School]], the oldest law school in the nation's capital]]
The [[George Washington University Law School]] was established in 1826 and is the oldest law school in the [[District of Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.gwu.edu/About/A+Brief+History.htm |title=A Brief History |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=November 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115004950/http://www.law.gwu.edu/About/A+Brief+History.htm |archive-date=January 15, 2008}}</ref> Supreme Court Justices [[Clarence Thomas]], [[William Strong (Pennsylvania judge)|William Strong]], [[David J. Brewer]], [[Willis Van Devanter]] and [[John Marshall Harlan]] were among those who served on its faculty.<ref name="gwlaw">{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php?title=Probing_the_Law_School%E2%80%99s_Past:_1821-1962 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617042113/http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php?title=Probing_the_Law_School%E2%80%99s_Past:_1821-1962 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2010 |title=Probing the Law School's Past: 1821–1962 |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=April 19, 2009}}</ref><ref name="GW Hatchet">{{cite news |url=http://www.gwhatchet.com/2011/09/08/supreme-court-justice-joins-faculty |title=Supreme Court justice joins faculty |newspaper=GW Hatchet |access-date=October 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128012921/http://www.gwhatchet.com/2011/09/08/supreme-court-justice-joins-faculty/ |archive-date=January 28, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Chief Justice [[John G. Roberts|John Roberts]], Justice [[Sonia Sotomayor]], Justice [[Samuel Alito]], and Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] presided over its [[moot court]] in 2006, 2007 and 2009, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roberts judges moot court competition|url=http://www.gwhatchet.com/2006/02/13/roberts-judges-moot-court-competition/|work=Gwhatchet.com|date=February 13, 2006|access-date=July 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723220828/http://www.gwhatchet.com/2006/02/13/roberts-judges-moot-court-competition/|archive-date=July 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Moot Court Competition |url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/191127-1 |publisher=[[C-SPAN]] |access-date=January 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102215843/http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/191127-1 |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The law school is located primarily on the east side of University Yard.
====Graduate School of Education and Human Development====
Although teacher education has been offered since the university's founding in 1904, the education division would only become a separate school in 1909 as the Teachers' College, which then became the School of Education in 1928. In 1994, the school became the Graduate School of Education and Human Development to reflect its increased focus on graduate education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About The Graduate School of Education and Human Development |url=https://gsehd.gwu.edu/about |access-date=March 22, 2025 |website=The George Washington University}}</ref>
====College of Professional Studies====
The George Washington University College of Professional Studies (CPS) was founded during the Trachtenberg Presidency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~cps/ |title=GW College of Professional Studies |publisher=Gwu.edu |access-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019110502/http://www.gwu.edu/~cps/ |archive-date=October 19, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[The Graduate School of Political Management]] is included within the college.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~gspm/ |title=Graduate School of Political Management |publisher=Gwu.edu |date=June 12, 2012 |access-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009231902/http://www.gwu.edu/~gspm/ |archive-date=October 9, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> CPS offers courses on the Foggy Bottom and Virginia campuses.
=====Graduate School of Political Management=====
{{Main|The Graduate School of Political Management}}
[[The Graduate School of Political Management]] (GSPM) is an academic unit of the College of Professional Studies. GSPM offers graduate degrees in legislative affairs, political management, and other related disciplines. The current director is [[Lara Brown]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://gspm.gwu.edu/dr-lara-brown |title= Dr. Lara Brown |work= Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) at the George Washington University |access-date= November 17, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181118122741/https://gspm.gwu.edu/dr-lara-brown |archive-date= November 18, 2018 |url-status= live}}</ref>
====Milken Institute School of Public Health====
[[File:Milken Institute School of Public Health, from Washington Circle.jpg|thumb|The [[Milken Institute School of Public Health]] on [[Washington Circle]]]]
{{Main|Milken Institute School of Public Health}}
Established in July 1997, and renamed in March 2014, the [[Milken Institute School of Public Health]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/gwu-to-receive-80-million-for-public-health-donors-are-milken-and-redstone/2014/03/10/1cd9289c-a88a-11e3-8d62-419db477a0e6_story.html|title=GWU to receive $80 million for public health; donors are Milken and Redstone|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028033634/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/gwu-to-receive-80-million-for-public-health-donors-are-milken-and-redstone/2014/03/10/1cd9289c-a88a-11e3-8d62-419db477a0e6_story.html|archive-date=October 28, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> brought together three longstanding university programs in the schools of medicine, business, and education that have since expanded substantially. Today, more than 900 students from nearly every U.S. state and more than 35 nations pursue undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral-level degrees in public health. Its student body is one of the most ethnically diverse among the nation's private schools of public health.
The School also offers an array of joint degree programs, allowing students to couple a [[Juris Doctor]] (JD) with the [[Professional degrees of public health|Master of Public Health]] (MPH), or to combine an MPH with a [[Doctor of Medicine]] (MD) or an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in International Affairs. An MPH/Physician Assistant program, the first in the world, is available at the Milken Institute SPH, as is the opportunity to serve as a [[Peace Corps]] volunteer while pursuing an MPH.
==Academics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:2em; margin:10px;"
|+ Demographics of the Student Body (2023)<ref>{{cite web |year=2023 |title=Enrollment by Ethnic Group, Sex, Level, and School |url=https://www.gwu.edu/~ire/enrollment.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831092922/https://www.gwu.edu/~ire/enrollment.htm |archive-date=August 31, 2016 |access-date=May 29, 2024 |publisher=George Washington University – Office of Institutional Research & Planning}}</ref><ref>See [[Demographics of the United States]] for references. The 2020 Census percentages provided in the Race / Ethnicity section (first table) are used because they are mutually exclusive in the same way that the university measures the categories.</ref>
! !! Undergraduate !! Graduate !! U.S. (2020)
|-
!White
| 49.29% || 41.29% || 57.84%
|-
! Asian
| 14.95% || 11.11% || 5.92%
|-
! Hispanic
| 13.09% || 7.83% || 18.73%
|-
!Black
| 7.65% || 12.06% ||12.05%
|-
!Two or More Races
|5.48%
|2.95%
|4.09%
|-
!American Indian
| 0.05% || 0.17% ||0.68%
|-
!Pacific Islander
|0.07%
|0.13%
|0.19%
|-
!International
| 7.68% || 19.19% || N/A
|-
!Unknown
| 1.73% || 5.28% || N/A
|-
!Male
| 36.80% || 39.50% ||49.50%
|-
!Female
| 63.20% || 60.50% ||50.50%
|}
[[File:Clinton Frist Health Policy.jpg|thumb|[[Hillary Clinton]] presenting the [[Clinton health care plan of 1993]] at [[George Washington University Hospital|GW Hospital]]; [[Dorothy Howell Rodham|her mother]] died at the hospital in 2011.]]
[[File:President Barack Obama tapes an interview for "The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert" at Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (cropped).jpg|thumb|A conversation between U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] and [[Stephen Colbert]] held at [[Lisner Auditorium]] in 2014]]
[[File:Trump's First Year (24053975498).jpg|thumb|"Trump's First Year," a 2017 [[School of Media and Public Affairs]] event with [[White House]] press secretary [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]] and chief correspondents from ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[CNN]], [[Fox News]], and the president of the [[White House Correspondents' Association]]]]
[[File:Cleveland Abbe House.jpg|thumb|The former home of [[James Monroe]]]]
=== Admission ===
GW is the largest higher education institution in Washington, D.C.<ref name="gwfacts" /> There are approximately 10,000 full-time undergraduates studying at George Washington University, and 14,000 graduate students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gwu.edu/university-facts|title=GW by the Numbers|publisher=George Washington University|access-date=May 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427215833/http://www.gwu.edu/university-facts|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> These students come from all 50 states and over 120 countries.<ref name="gwfacts">{{cite web|url=http://www.gwu.edu/sites/www.gwu.edu/files/VPER_1415_2_GWFactSheet_Jan15.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213065426/http://www.gwu.edu/sites/www.gwu.edu/files/VPER_1415_2_GWFactSheet_Jan15.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 13, 2015|title=George Washington University Fact Sheet|date=January 2015|publisher=George Washington University|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> Nearly 900 students participate in GW's Study Abroad Programs each semester in 50 countries.<ref name="studyabroad">{{cite web |url=http://gwired.gwu.edu/adm/classroom/studyabrd_frm.html |title=The George Washington University – Admissions |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=February 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209073500/http://gwired.gwu.edu/adm/classroom/studyabrd_frm.html|archive-date=December 9, 2006}}</ref> {{as of|2015}}, George Washington University no longer required the [[SAT]] and [[ACT (test)|ACT]] test scores for applicants in order to boost the enrollment of disadvantaged students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/07/28/top-university-ditches-sat-boost-enrollment |title=One of America's Top Universities Is Ditching the SAT to Boost Student Enrollment |publisher=TakePart |date=July 28, 2015 |access-date=October 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017202219/http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/07/28/top-university-ditches-sat-boost-enrollment |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> GW [[Tuition payments|tuition]] was guaranteed to remain at the freshman rate for up to ten continuous (full-time) semesters of undergraduate attendance at the university. GW no longer offers fixed tuition. The 2021–2022 academic year tuition rate was $59,780.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Undergraduate Tuition {{!}} GW Student Accounts Office {{!}} The George Washington University|url=https://studentaccounts.gwu.edu/undergraduate-tuition|access-date=November 1, 2021|website=studentaccounts.gwu.edu|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101145442/https://studentaccounts.gwu.edu/undergraduate-tuition|url-status=live}}</ref> Students were awarded $308.1 million in financial-aid during the 2017–2018 academic year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts and Dashboards {{!}} Institutional Research {{!}} The George Washington University|url=https://irp.gwu.edu/facts-and-dashboards|access-date=November 1, 2021|website=irp.gwu.edu|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101161002/https://irp.gwu.edu/facts-and-dashboards|url-status=live}}</ref> For the FY2011 cohort of students, the student loan default rate was 1.4, one of the lowest in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds/nslds_SA/defaultmanagement/cohortdata_3yr.cfm |title=Cohort Data|access-date=June 6, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> For the 2010–2011 school year, the freshman retention rate was 94.3%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/ep.htm |format=PDF |title=Office of Institutional Research & Planning : Enrollment and Persistence |publisher=Gwu.edu |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716001404/http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/ep.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{update inline|date=October 2020}} GW requires that students live on campus for their first two years of enrollment as undergraduates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://living.gwu.edu/housing-residency-requirement|title=Housing Residency Requirement – GW Housing – Division of Student Affairs – The George Washington University|access-date=July 18, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630160655/https://living.gwu.edu/housing-residency-requirement|archive-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref> According to self-provided data by George Washington University, as of the 2011–2012 academic year, the acceptance rate for the [[George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences|Medical School]] was 3%, receiving 10,588 applications. [[George Washington University Law School|GW Law School]]'s acceptance was 23%, receiving 10,021 applications. GW's Undergraduate studies' acceptance rate was 32%, receiving 21,433 applications.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://finance.gwu.edu/sites/finance.gwu.edu/files/downloads/2012-2013%20GW%20Annual%20Report.pdf |title=The George Washington University Financial Report 2012-2013 |publisher=Finance.gwu.edu |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525183308/https://finance.gwu.edu/sites/finance.gwu.edu/files/downloads/2012-2013%20GW%20Annual%20Report.pdf |archive-date=May 25, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Lauren |title=Acceptance rate drop brings GW closer to peer schools: experts |url=https://gwhatchet.com/2023/12/11/acceptance-rate-drop-brings-gw-closer-to-peer-schools-experts/ |access-date=December 18, 2023 |website=The GW Hatchet |archive-date=December 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218144849/https://gwhatchet.com/2023/12/11/acceptance-rate-drop-brings-gw-closer-to-peer-schools-experts/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In September 2013, ''[[The GW Hatchet]]'' reported that the university had a [[Need-blind admission|need-aware admissions policy]], even though it claimed to have a need-blind policy at the time. The university subsequently admitted that its admissions policy was, in fact, need-aware.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Peralta|first1=Eyder|title=George Washington University Misrepresented Its Admission Policy|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/21/239277520/george-washington-university-misrepresented-its-admission-policy|website=npr.org|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403130144/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/21/239277520/george-washington-university-misrepresented-its-admission-policy|archive-date=April 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Enrollment===
During the 2013–2014 academic year, there were 5,015 undergraduates enrolled in the [[Columbian College of Arts and Sciences]], 2,005 in the [[Elliott School of International Affairs]], 1,566 in the School of Business, 774 in the [[George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science]], 367 in the [[George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences]], 174 in the [[George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services|Milken Institute School of Public Health]], and 153 in the School of Nursing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/ethnicity_e13.htm |format=PDF |title=Fall 2013 Enrollment by Group, Gender, Level, and School |publisher=Gwu.edu |access-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605231352/http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/ethnicity_e13.htm |archive-date=June 5, 2014}}</ref>
Students come from all 50 [[United States|U.S.]] states. The top states include [[New York (state)|New York]], [[California]], [[New Jersey]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Florida]], [[Illinois]] and [[Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/duts_e07.htm |format=PDF |title=Domestic Undergraduate Enrollment Ranked by Top 20 States |publisher=Office of Institutional Research & Planning |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043729/http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/duts_e07.htm |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
George Washington University has many international students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. During the 2013–2014 academic year, there were over 130 countries represented among the student body. The most represented countries represented were [[China]], [[South Korea]], [[India]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Canada]], [[Mexico]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Turkey]], [[France]], [[Nigeria]], [[Pakistan]], [[Japan]], [[Iran]], [[Germany]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], and [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/iscl_e13.htm |format=PDF |title=International Students by Country and Level Unduplicated Headcount |publisher=Office of Institutional Research & Planning |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628133623/http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/iscl_e13.htm |archive-date=June 28, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Rankings and reputation===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Wamo_NU = 28
| USNWR_NU = 63
| USNWR_W = 245 (tie)
| THE_WSJ = 70
| Forbes = 67
| QS_W = 358 (tie)
| THES_W = 201–250
| ARWU_W = 301–400
}}
GW was ranked tied for 63rd by U.S. News and World Report in 2024 on its National University list.<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Washington University |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/george-washington-university-1444 |access-date=March 29, 2025 |website=U.S. News and World Report}}</ref>
GW was ranked 28th in "2024 National University Rankings" in ''[[Washington Monthly]]''.
''[[Forbes]]'' ranked GW 67th in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forbes America's Top Colleges List 2025 - Best US Universities Ranked |url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/ |access-date=March 29, 2025 |website=Forbes |language=English}}</ref>
;Misreported admissions data
In 2012, the university received national attention when GW officials announced that they had misreported admissions data on their student body for over a decade, overstating the number of students who had graduated from high school in the top ten percent of their classes due to a "data reporting error".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.gwhatchet.com/newsroom/2012/11/08/university-finds-flaws-in-admissions-data/ |title=University admits it misreported data for more than a decade |work=GW Hatchet |date=November 8, 2012 |access-date=December 9, 2012 |author=Weinberg, Cory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118085317/http://blogs.gwhatchet.com/newsroom/2012/11/08/university-finds-flaws-in-admissions-data/ |archive-date=November 18, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Weinberg|first=Cory|title=GW under scrutiny for inflated admissions data|url=http://www.gwhatchet.com/2012/11/12/gw-under-scrutiny-for-inflated-admissions-data/|access-date=December 10, 2012|newspaper=GW Hatchet|date=November 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126223328/http://www.gwhatchet.com/2012/11/12/gw-under-scrutiny-for-inflated-admissions-data/|archive-date=November 26, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Consequently, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' removed the school from its rankings and altered the GW's entry to being unranked for the 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=George Washington University |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/george-washington-university-1444#blurb |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=December 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206085458/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/george-washington-university-1444#blurb |archive-date=December 6, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> The university was reinstated a year later in the 2014 rankings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/u-s-news-releases-2014-best-college-rankings/|title=U.S. News Releases 2014 Best College Rankings|date=September 10, 2013|publisher=CBS|access-date=May 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703074358/http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/09/10/u-s-news-releases-2014-best-college-rankings/|archive-date=July 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Weinberg|first=Cory|title=U.S. News kicks GW out of rankings after data misreporting|url=http://blogs.gwhatchet.com/newsroom/2012/11/14/u-s-news-kicks-gw-out-of-rankings-after-data-misreporting/|access-date=December 10, 2012|newspaper=GW Hatchet|date=November 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117121745/http://blogs.gwhatchet.com/newsroom/2012/11/14/u-s-news-kicks-gw-out-of-rankings-after-data-misreporting/|archive-date=November 17, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kingkade|first=Tyler|title=George Washington University Loses U.S. News 'Best Colleges' Ranking Over Data Inflation|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/george-washington-university-us-news-ranking_n_2131891.html|access-date=December 10, 2012|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=November 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120030357/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/george-washington-university-us-news-ranking_n_2131891.html|archive-date=November 20, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
;Program rankings
[[The Princeton Review]] ranked GW first for "Top Colleges or Universities for Internship Opportunities."<ref>{{cite web|date=February 3, 2016|title=GW ranks No. 1 for student internships|url=http://blogs.gwhatchet.com/newsroom/2016/02/03/gw-ranks-no-1-for-student-internships/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122142410/http://blogs.gwhatchet.com/newsroom/2016/02/03/gw-ranks-no-1-for-student-internships/|archive-date=November 22, 2016|access-date=February 21, 2018|work=GW Hatchet}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Best Schools for Internships|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=top-internship-opportunities|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202120946/https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=top-internship-opportunities|archive-date=February 2, 2017|access-date=February 21, 2018|publisher=The Princeton Review}}</ref> GW is consistently ranked by The Princeton Review in the top "Most Politically Active" Schools.
''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranks GW's [[international business]] program as eighth best in the world, its [[MBA]] program as 51st best, and its [[undergraduate]] business program as 38th best.<ref name="rankingsandreviews1">{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/gwu-1444/overall-rankings|title=George Washington University – Best Colleges Overall Rankings|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220201903/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/gwu-1444/overall-rankings|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Financial Times]]'' ranks GWSB as the 47th best business school in the United States.<ref name="rankings1">{{cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/george-washington-university/global-mba-ranking-2016#global-mba-ranking-2016|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times|work=FT.com|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328192330/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/george-washington-university/global-mba-ranking-2016#global-mba-ranking-2016|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
''[[Foreign Policy]]'' ranks the Elliott School's [[Masters in International Affairs]] as the seventh best in the world in its 2018 "[[Inside the Ivory Tower]]" annual report.<ref name="foreignpolicy.com" /> ''Foreign Policy'' ranks the [[Elliott School of International Affairs|Elliott School]] as being the eighth in the "Top U.S. Undergraduate Institutions to Study International Relations 2018."<ref name="foreignpolicy.com">{{cite news|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/20/top-fifty-schools-international-relations-foreign-policy/|title=The Best International Relations Schools in the World|work=Foreign Policy|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328183225/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/20/top-fifty-schools-international-relations-foreign-policy/|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranks the [[Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration]] as the 10th best [[Public policy|public affairs]] school in the United States and as having the 6th best Global Policy program, 11th best [[public management]] program, the 14th best [[health policy]] program, and the 20th best [[social policy]] program in the U.S.
The 2020 ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranks [[GW Law School]] as fifth best in the U.S. for its [[international law]] program, fifth best for [[Intellectual property|intellectual law]], second best for part-time law, and as the 22nd best law school in the United States.<ref name="USNWR Profile">{{cite web|title=George Washington University|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/george-washington-university-03031|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316092157/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/george-washington-university-03031|archive-date=March 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[National Law Journal]]'' ranked GW Law 21st for law schools that sent the highest percentage of new graduates to NLJ 250 law firms, the largest and most prominent law practices in the U.S.<ref name="NLJ Go To">{{cite web|title=Explore the Data Behind the Go-To Law Schools|url=http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202644151133|publisher=National Law Journal|access-date=July 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406043301/http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202644151133|archive-date=April 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
George Washington is ranked 61st for the "Best Global Universities for Social Sciences and Public Health 2018" by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/social-sciences-public-health|title=Best Global Universities for Social Sciences and Public Health|work=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309193706/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/social-sciences-public-health|archive-date=March 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
The ''[[Times Higher Education]]'' ranks GW as having the 64th best law program in the world in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/george-washington-university|title=About George Washington University|date=March 25, 2019|website=Times Higher Education|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328182418/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/george-washington-university|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Research==
[[File:H. B. Burns Memorial Building - corner.JPG|thumb|The [[H.B. Burns Memorial Building|Burns Building]], which houses several medical research centers]]
[[File:George Washington University Hospital - 2012.JPG|thumb|[[George Washington University Hospital]], which houses several medical programs and occasionally serves the [[President of the United States|U.S. President]]'s medical needs]]
George Washington University is the largest research university in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biggest Colleges in District Of Columbia 2021 – CollegeStats.org |url=https://collegestats.org/colleges/district-of-columbia/largest/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009065513/https://collegestats.org/colleges/district-of-columbia/largest/ |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=collegestats.org}}</ref> According to the [[National Science Foundation]], the university spent $260 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 89th in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18 |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |website=ncsesdata.nsf.gov |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]] |access-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611114022/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, GW was invited to join the [[Association of American Universities]].<ref name=":0" />
===
{{main|List of centers and research institutes at George Washington University}}
George Washington University has many research centers, including:<ref name="gwu.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.gwu.edu/centers-and-institutes|title=Centers and Institutes – The George Washington University|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716093053/http://www.gwu.edu/centers-and-institutes|archive-date=July 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="updated-gwu.edu">{{cite web|url=https://research.gwu.edu/chartered-centers-institutes-alphabetical-order|title=Chartered Centers & Institutes – By Alphabetical Order|access-date=February 21, 2023|archive-date=February 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221092432/https://research.gwu.edu/chartered-centers-institutes-alphabetical-order|url-status=live}}</ref>
;Centers
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[Sigur Center for Asian Studies]]
* [[Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology]]
* GW Cancer Center
* Center for Aging, Health, & Humanities
* Center for Equity and Excellence in Education
* GW Institute for [[Biomimetics]] and Bioinspired Engineering
* Center for Otolaryngology Microsurgery Education & Training (COMET)
* [[The Dr. Cyrus & Myrtle Katzen Cancer Research Center]]
* McCormick Genomic and Proteomic Center (MGPC)
* National Crash Analysis Center
* Biostatistics Center
* Regulatory Studies Center
* Center for the Connected Consumer
* [[The Project on Forward Engagement]]
* GW Project on Extremism
* Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project
* Jackie Robinson Project
* First Federal Congress Project
* The Gill-Lebovic Center for Community Health<ref>{{cite journal|date=May 5, 2022|url=https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/gift-to-gwu-establishes-community-health-center-in-latin-america|title=Gift to GWU establishes community health center in Latin America|journal=Philanthropy News Digest|access-date=May 5, 2022|archive-date=April 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419045055/https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/gift-to-gwu-establishes-community-health-center-in-latin-america|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
;Institutes:
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[Institute for International Economic Policy]]
* Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication
* Institute for Security and Conflict Studies
* Institute for International Science and Technology Policy
* Institute for Global and International Studies
* Institute for Disaster and Fragility Resilience
* Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
* Institute for Middle East Studies
* Institute for African Studies
* Institute for Korean Studies
* Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute
* George Washington Institute for Neuroscience
* George Washington Institute for Public Policy
* GW Cancer Institute
* GW Solar Institute
* GW Institute for Biomedical Sciences
* GW Institute for Biomedical Engineering
* Rodham Institute
* Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine
* Space Policy Institute
* Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet
* Institute for Security and Conflict Studies
* Computational Biology Institute
* Institute for Biomedical Engineering
* Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
* Washington Institute of Surgical Education (WISE)
* Global Food Institute
}}
===University press===
The '''George Washington University Press''' was a [[university press]] affiliated with George Washington University. Established in 1934, the press's first publication was the work ''Modern Hispanic America'' (edited by A. Curtis Wilgus).<ref>{{cite news|title='Modern Hispanic America' Subject First Issue from University Press|newspaper=The University Hatchet|pages=1, 4|date=1934|url=https://archive.org/details/gwu_hatchet_19340410/mode/2up?q=%22george+washington+university+press%22|accessdate=February 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Just Between Us|newspaper=The University Hatchet|page=2|date=1934|url=https://archive.org/details/gwu_hatchet_19340522/page/n1/mode/2up?q=%22george+washington+university+press%22|accessdate=February 23, 2013|author=Caminita, Ludwig}}</ref> The last major publication by the press was Elmer Louis Kayser's ''A Medical Center'' (1973).<ref>{{cite news|title=A Medical Center|newspaper=The George Washington University Hatchet|page=9|date=1974|url=https://archive.org/details/gwu_hatchet_19740204/page/n7/mode/2up?q=%22george+washington+university+press%22|accessdate=February 23, 2013|author=Caminita, Ludwig}}</ref>
==Student life==
[[File:GWUCommencement.jpg|thumb|The university's commencement ceremony on the [[National Mall]] in front of the [[United States Capitol|U.S Capitol]]]]
The university is located in downtown Washington, D.C., near the [[Kennedy Center]], embassies, and other cultural events. Students are known as highly politically active; ''[[Uni in the USA]]'' stated that "politics at George Washington is about as progressive as it gets".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uniintheusa.com/usa-unis/mid-atlantic/100019/george-washington-university-washington-dc |title=Top University In USA | Best Universities In USA | University In The USA |publisher=Uniintheusa.com |access-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627125306/http://www.uniintheusa.com/usa-unis/mid-atlantic/100019/george-washington-university-washington-dc |archive-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref>
GW has a [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] athletics program that includes men's baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, soccer, women's softball, swimming, women's tennis, women's volleyball and men's water polo.<ref name="gwathfrensy">{{cite web |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/10/25/Sports/Mens-Basketball.On.Display.At.Open.Practice-3055776.shtml |title=GW Men's Basketball On Display At Open Practice |work=GW Hatchet |access-date=October 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324134019/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/10/25/Sports/Mens-Basketball.On.Display.At.Open.Practice-3055776.shtml |archive-date=March 24, 2008}}</ref> Revolutionaries athletics teams compete in the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]]. The Division II men's and women's Rugby Teams both compete in the Potomac Rugby Union.<ref name="gwrugby">{{cite web |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/04/19/Sports/Rugby.Squad.Scrums.In.D.c-2852641.shtml |title=Rugby Squad Scrums in DC |work=GW Hatchet |access-date=October 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020060640/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/04/19/Sports/Rugby.Squad.Scrums.In.D.c-2852641.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition |archive-date=October 20, 2007}}</ref>
===Student organizations===
Most student organizations are run through the [[George Washington University Student Association|George Washington University Student Government Association]] (SGA). The SGA is fashioned after the federal government with an executive, legislative, and judicial branch.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwstudentassociation.com/about-the-sa/ |title=About the SA |publisher=GW Student Association |access-date=November 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014061812/http://gwstudentassociation.com/about-the-sa/ |archive-date=October 14, 2007}}</ref> There are over 500 registered student organizations on campus. The largest student organization on campus, the GW College Democrats have hosted speakers such as [[CNN]] contributor [[Donna Brazile]] and former [[Democratic National Committee|DNC]] Chairman [[Howard Dean]] among many others. Likewise, the GW College Republicans, the largest CR chapter in the nation, have been visited by politicians like [[John Ashcroft]] former Florida Governor [[Jeb Bush]] and former President [[George W. Bush]].<ref name="presidentbush">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/13/AR2006031301671_2.html |title=Bush's Refrain on Iraq Joined by a Smaller and Smaller Chorus |work=GW Hatchet |access-date=October 26, 2007 |first=Dana |last=Milbank |date=March 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501204950/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/13/AR2006031301671_2.html |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The International Affairs Society (IAS) runs the university's internationally top-ranked Model United Nations team, in addition to hosting yearly high school and middle school Model UN conferences on campus. This organization also hosts various foreign dignitaries, US Government officials, and subject matter experts to further inform and foster international understanding both in the university's student body and the greater D.C. community.[[File:Old Main Career Center GWU.JPG|thumb|Old Main]]There are also several a cappella performance groups on campus. The GW Sons Of Pitch are GW's only tenor/baritone/bass group and have released two EPs. The university's school-sponsored a cappella group, the co-ed GW Troubadours, has been a presence on campus since the mid-1950s. A female group, the GW Pitches, was founded in 1996. The GW Sirens, another all-girls group, and the GW Motherfunkers, a coed top 40 group, were created in 2003 and 2012, respectively. Each year, the groups duke it out at the Battle of the A-Cappella groups, one of the biggest student events on GW's campus. The Sons of Pitch are the Reigning Champions. Additionally, the university is home to the Voice gospel choir, a group that focuses on soulful music.
Another student group, the Emergency Medical Response Group (EMeRG) provides an all-volunteer 24/7 ambulance service for the campus and the Foggy Bottom/West End community at no cost. EMeRG has been active on campus since 1994 and has advanced from bike response into a two-ambulance system that is sanctioned by the District of Columbia Department of Health and DC Fire and EMS (DCFEMS). EMeRG also plays an active role in special events in around the DC area including the Marine Corps Marathon, National Marathon, Cherry Blossom Race, commencement, inauguration, and other events in downtown D.C. and on the National Mall.<ref>{{cite web|last=GWU|first=EMeRG|title=Emergency Medical Response Group|url=http://gwemerg.com/|publisher=GWU EMeRG|access-date=March 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501114330/http://gwemerg.com/|archive-date=May 1, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Greek life===
[[File:Townhouse Row GWU.JPG|thumb|Townhouse Row, home to many of the university's fraternities and sororities]]
GW has a large Greek community with over 3,000 students consisting of just under 27 percent of the undergraduate population.<ref name="Greek community">{{cite web |title=Greek Life Office |url=https://studentlife.gwu.edu/fraternity-and-sorority-life |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225080548/https://studentlife.gwu.edu/fraternity-and-sorority-life |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |access-date=May 11, 2023 |publisher=The George Washington University}}</ref> Greek organizations are divided up between and governed by the Inter-Fraternity Council with 14 chapters, the Panhellenic Association with 11 chapters, the National Pan-Hellenic Council with seven chapters, and the Multicultural Greek Council with seven chapters as well.<ref name="Greek community" /> Other Greek-life, known as "Alternative Greek Life" or simply "Alt-Greek", exists on campus in the form of professional, community-serviced based and honor groups although not under the university's traditional Greek life governing structure but instead are considered separate student organizations.
===Scholarly societies===
There are chapters of many varied academic groups at the university. The local chapter of the Society of Physics Students was at one time under the auspices of world-renowned scientists like [[George Gamow]], [[Ralph Asher Alpher]], [[Mario Schoenberg]] and [[Edward Teller]], who have all taught at the university. The [[Enosinian Society]], founded in 1822, is one of the university's oldest student organizations. Invited speakers included [[Daniel Webster]].<ref name="tellergamow">{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FD81B728B87AE6C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |title=Edward Teller Chronology |work=The Denver Post |access-date=October 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010095657/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FD81B728B87AE6C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Campus media===
{{Further|The GW Hatchet}}
There are four major news sources on campus: the independent student-run newspaper ''[[The GW Hatchet]]'', which publishes articles online daily and a print edition weekly; ''The Rival GW'', an online-only student-run publication;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gw.therival.online/|title=The Rival GW|website=The Rival GW|access-date=April 3, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403011101/https://gw.therival.online/|url-status=live}}</ref> the online-only radio station, WRGW; and the university's official news source, ''GW Today''. GW also publishes a peer-reviewed journal, ''The International Affairs Review'', which is run by graduate students at the Elliott School.
====WRGW====
[[File:Bust of George Washington - George Washington University - Washington DC.JPG|thumb|[[Avard Fairbanks]]'s [[George Washington (Fairbanks)|''Busts of George Washington'']], located on the border of the Foggy Bottom campus]]
WRGW is the student-run radio station of George Washington University. It broadcasts live every day online throughout the school year between 8am and 2am. The studio is in the ground floor of the University Student Center, where it has been located since 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WRGW's History – WRGW |url=https://gwradio.com/history/ |access-date=July 7, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813060020/https://gwradio.com/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> While now only available on the internet, the online broadcasts are named for a [[carrier current]] radio station that first operated on campus in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |last=Leepson |first=Marc |date=Fall 2002 |title=WRGW in the Sixties |url=http://www2.gwu.edu/~magazine/archive/2002_fall/docs/feature_wrgw.html |work=GW Magazine |access-date=July 7, 2023 |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121075952/https://www2.gwu.edu/~magazine/archive/2002_fall/docs/feature_wrgw.html |url-status=live }}</ref> That station was created as a result of efforts by GWU's Radio Club, which was founded in February 1929.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 1, 2004 |title=ESPN's Mike Patrick to headline WRGW's 75th Anniversary Celebration |work=Colonial Cable |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~alumni/news/2004_02/espn.html |access-date=July 7, 2023 |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109105405/http://www.gwu.edu/~alumni/news/2004_02/espn.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Environmental sustainability===
George Washington University was ranked number 12 on The [[Sierra Club]]'s magazine "Cool Schools List" for 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2014-5-september-october/cool-schools-2014/full-ranking |title=Cool Schools 2014: Full Ranking List |date=2014 |publisher=Sierra Club |access-date=July 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812181600/http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2014-5-september-october/cool-schools-2014/full-ranking |archive-date=August 12, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> and was included in the Princeton Review's Guide to 322 Green Schools for 2013. The campus has a campus-wide building energy efficiency program along with nine [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]]-certified buildings<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/07/09/how-urban-institution-can-receive-large-scale-solar-power-affordably |title=George Washington University plans bright future with solar energy |author=Meghan Chapple |date=July 9, 2014 |publisher=GreenBiz |access-date=July 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725014440/http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/07/09/how-urban-institution-can-receive-large-scale-solar-power-affordably |archive-date=July 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> including the Milken Institute School of Public Health building.<ref name="Sustainability">{{cite web |title=Sustainability |url=http://sustainability.gwu.edu/index.html/ |access-date=June 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525045453/http://sustainability.gwu.edu/index.html |archive-date=May 25, 2009}}</ref><ref name="The College Sustainability Report Card">{{cite web|title=The College Sustainability Report Card|url=http://www.greenreportcard.org//|access-date=June 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405103641/http://www.greenreportcard.org/|archive-date=April 5, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, university officials rejected demands by the student body for the university to divest from [[fossil fuels]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gwhatchet.com/2016/03/03/officials-reject-fossil-fuel-divestment/|title=Officials reject fossil fuel divestment|date=March 3, 2016|publisher=GW Hatchet|last=Anapol|first=Avery|access-date=May 12, 2020|archive-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607084010/https://www.gwhatchet.com/2016/03/03/officials-reject-fossil-fuel-divestment/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Religious organizations===
{{Further|Newman Center}}
George Washington University has an active [[Newman Center]] that supports the growing Catholic student community on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2025 |title=Priest preaches on Christ's compassion at youth Mass ahead of 2025 March for Life |url=https://catholicvote.org/priest-preaches-on-christs-compassion-at-youth-mass-ahead-of-2025-march-for-life/|access-date=April 15, 2025 |website=Catholic Vote}}</ref>
GW Hillel serves more than 3,000 Jewish students and is one of the largest campus [[Hillel International]] organizations in the United States. In 2021, a multistory building was erected in the middle of GW's campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Washington University |url=https://www.hillel.org/college/george-washington-university/ |access-date=September 7, 2023 |website=Hillel International |language=en-US |archive-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907130551/https://www.hillel.org/college/george-washington-university/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Athletics==
{{Main|George Washington Revolutionaries}}
{{Further|Hail to the Buff and Blue}}
[[File:George Washington Athletics logo.svg|thumb|GW athletics teams, collectively known as the [[George Washington Revolutionaries|Revolutionaries]]]]
George Washington University is a member of the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]] and most of its teams play at the [[NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] level. All indoor sports play at the [[Charles E. Smith Center]], an indoor arena on the [[Foggy Bottom]] campus. Outdoor events are held at the Mount Vernon campus Athletic Complex. The university's colors are [[buff (colour)|buff]] and [[blue]], with buff sometimes represented as gold or yellow. The colors were taken from the colors of [[George Washington]]'s uniform during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].
The official fight song is "[[Hail to the Buff and Blue]]", composed in 1924 by GW student Eugene F. Sweeney and rewritten in 1989 by Patrick M. Jones.<ref name="hatchet-song">{{cite news |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2003/10/06/100Years/A.Closer.Look.hail.To.The.Buff.And.Blue-519601.shtml |title=A closer look: "Hail to the Buff and Blue" |work=[[The GW Hatchet]] |date=October 3, 2003 |access-date=November 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429192600/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2003/10/06/100Years/A.Closer.Look.hail.To.The.Buff.And.Blue-519601.shtml |archive-date=April 29, 2011}}</ref> The song is tolled twice-daily by bells atop Corcoran Hall, at 12:15pm and 6:00pm.
===Baseball===
{{Main|George Washington Revolutionaries baseball}}
{{Further|Barcroft Park}}
[[File:Women Basketball team - The George Washington University.tif|thumb|GW women's basketball team in 1915]]
The [[George Washington Revolutionaries baseball|GW baseball team]], founded in 1891, is a member of the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]], which is part of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]'s [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]. The team plays its home games at [[Barcroft Park]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia]], and Gregg Ritchie is the team's coach.
===Football===
{{Main|George Washington Colonials football}}
The university had a [[George Washington Colonials football|college football]] team from 1881 to 1966. The team played home games primarily at [[Griffith Stadium]] and later at [[Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium]]. In 1966, the football program was discontinued due to a lack of adequate facilities and the university's desire to develop an on-campus fieldhouse for [[college basketball|basketball]] and other sports.<ref name="gwh">{{cite web |last=Holt |first=David |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/1999/08/30/Sports/When-We.Played.Football.The.Gw.Boys.Of.Fall.18901966-16420.shtml |title=When we played football: the GW boys of fall, 1890–1966 |work=The GW Hatchet |access-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727164627/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/1999/08/30/Sports/When-We.Played.Football.The.Gw.Boys.Of.Fall.18901966-16420.shtml |archive-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref> GW has one alumnus in the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]], [[Tuffy Leemans|Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans]].
===Men's basketball===
{{Main|George Washington Revolutionaries men's basketball}}
The [[George Washington Revolutionaries men's basketball]] team is coached by [[Chris Caputo]], former coach at the [[Miami Hurricanes men's basketball|University of Miami]].
===Men's soccer===
{{Main|George Washington Revolutionaries men's soccer}}
===Softball===
{{Main|George Washington Revolutionaries softball}}
===Spirit programs===
The GW Spirit Program includes a co-ed Cheer Team, the First Ladies Dance team, and the university mascot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spirit.gwu.edu/AboutUs/|title=George Washington Athletics Official Athletic Site|access-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423135812/http://spirit.gwu.edu/AboutUs/|archive-date=April 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Revolutionaries mascot is named George, and is portrayed by a student wearing an outfit inspired by a uniform worn by General Washington.<ref name="gwspirit">{{cite web |url=http://spirit.gwu.edu/AboutUs/Mascots/ |title=GW Spirit Program |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=October 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070730030105/http://spirit.gwu.edu/AboutUs/Mascots/ |archive-date=July 30, 2007}}</ref> In 2012, George took first place at the National Cheerleaders Association Mascot Competition and is the university's first national champion.<ref>{{cite web |author=T.J. Doyle |url=http://dc.sbnation.com/george-washington-colonials/2012/4/14/2948302/photo-gw-george-mascot-wins-2012-nca-nda-national-collegiate-mascot |title=PHOTO: GW George Wins 2012 NCA/NDA National Collegiate Mascot Competition – Half Smokes – SB Nation DC |publisher=Dc.sbnation.com |date=April 14, 2012 |access-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417222442/http://dc.sbnation.com/george-washington-colonials/2012/4/14/2948302/photo-gw-george-mascot-wins-2012-nca-nda-national-collegiate-mascot |archive-date=April 17, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mascotinsider.com/2012-nca-mascot-nationals-results/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801192826/http://www.mascotinsider.com/2012-nca-mascot-nationals-results/|date=August 1, 2012}}</ref> The spirit program also includes the GW Brass, directed by Professor Benno Fritz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spirit.gwu.edu/HistoryandTraditions/Band/|title=GW Spirit Programs|publisher=The George Washington University|access-date=February 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323062916/http://spirit.gwu.edu/HistoryandTraditions/Band/|archive-date=March 23, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Women's basketball===
{{Main|George Washington Revolutionaries women's basketball}}
==Club sports==
The university also has various club sports, which are not varsity sports, but compete against other colleges. Examples include: [[boxing]], [[basketball]], [[volleyball]], [[ice hockey]], [[figure skating]], [[fencing]], [[lacrosse]], [[rugby football|rugby]], [[Association football|soccer]], [[triathlon]], [[tennis]], [[ultimate frisbee]], [[cricket]], [[Brazilian jiu-jitsu]], [[water polo]], [[Equestrianism|equestrian]], and others.<ref>{{cite web |author=The George Washington University |url=http://www.gwu.edu/club-intramural-sports |title=Club and Intramural Sports | Club & Intramural Sports | GW Athletics | Explore | The George Washington University |publisher=Gwu.edu |access-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830033606/http://www.gwu.edu/club-intramural-sports |archive-date=August 30, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Notable people==
===Notable alumni===
{{Main|List of George Washington University alumni}}
{{See also|List of George Washington University Law School alumni|List of Elliott School of International Affairs people|List of Columbian College of Arts and Sciences people|List of The George Washington School of Business people}}<gallery heights="151" class="center" widths="120" perrow="6" caption="Notable George Washington University alumni include:">
File:William Greenleaf Eliot.jpg|[[William Greenleaf Eliot]], founder of [[Washington University in St. Louis]]; Columbian College, 1831
File:Judge Xu Mo.jpg|[[Hsu Mo]], founding judge of the [[International Court of Justice]]; Law School
File:Belva Ann Lockwood - Brady-Handy.jpg|[[Belva Ann Lockwood]], first woman to argue before the [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]]; Law School
File:Rhee Syng-Man in 1956.jpg|[[Syngman Rhee]], first president of [[South Korea]]; Columbian College, '07
File:Hoover-JEdgar-LOC.jpg|[[J. Edgar Hoover]], first [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI Director]]; Law School, '16
File:Senator John Foster Dulles (R-NY).jpg|[[John Foster Dulles]], 52nd [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] and U.S. Senator from [[New York (state)|New York]]; Law School
File:Mrs Kennedy in the Diplomatic Reception Room cropped.jpg|[[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]], former [[First Lady of the United States]]; Columbian College '51
File:L. Ron Hubbard in 1950 (cropped).jpg|[[L. Ron Hubbard]], [[Church of Scientology]] founder; Columbian College
File:Colin Powell (15570753996) cropped.jpg|[[Colin Powell]], General and Secretary of State; School of Business
File:Korea President Park Business Leaders 20130508 01 (cropped).jpg|[[Lee Kun-hee]], Chairman of [[Samsung]] and one of the world's richest people; School of Business
File:Elizabeth Warren, official portrait, 114th Congress.jpg|[[Elizabeth Warren]], Senator from Massachusetts; Columbian College
File:William Barr.jpg|[[William Barr]], U.S. Attorney General; Law School
File:DAVID LYNCH (CannesPhotocall).jpg|[[David Lynch]], Director and Artist; Corcoran School
File:Alec Baldwin (28246306070) (cropped).jpg|[[Alec Baldwin]], Actor; Columbian College
File:Kerry Washington, Deliver Commencement Address GWU (8755052944) (cropped) (cropped).jpg|[[Kerry Washington]], Actress; Corcoran School
</gallery>
Notable [[List of George Washington University alumni|alumni]], [[List of George Washington University faculty|faculty]], and affiliates include [[List of George Washington University alumni#Heads of state and government|16 foreign heads of state or government]], 28 [[United States Senate|United States senators]], 27 [[United States governors]], 18 [[List of George Washington University alumni#U.S. Cabinet|U.S. Cabinet members]], five Nobel laureates, two [[List of American universities with Olympic medals|Olympic medalists]], two [[Academy Award]] winners, and a [[Golden Globe]] winner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GW Alumni Association {{!}} The George Washington University |url=https://www.alumni.gwu.edu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607203004/https://www.alumni.gwu.edu/ |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |access-date=June 6, 2021 |website=www.alumni.gwu.edu}}</ref>
Alumni have included many current and past political figures, both in the United States and abroad. 16 [[List of George Washington University alumni#Heads of state and government|GW alumni have served as foreign heads of state or government]] with four currently serving (as of 2019). Many [[List of George Washington University alumni#U.S. Cabinet|alumni have held U.S. Cabinet positions]], including former [[U.S. Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[William Barr]], former acting [[U.S. Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[Mark Esper]], and former [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] [[David Bernhardt]]. GW is one of the schools with the most alumni that have served in the [[U.S. Congress]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-top-10-colleges-for-members-of-congress?slide=12|title=Top 10 Colleges for Members of College|last=Morella|first=Michael|date=August 16, 2010|work=U.S. News World & Report}}</ref> Notable recent [[List of George Washington University alumni#U.S. Senators|GW alumni members of congress]] include [[Harry Reid]] ([[Party Leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Majority Leader]] for most of the Obama Presidency), [[Elizabeth Warren]] ([[Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign|2020 presidential candidate]]), [[Eric Cantor]] ([[Party Leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]], 2011–2014), and [[Robert Byrd]] ([[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President pro tempore of the Senate]] under President Bush and President Obama). Alumni have served as [[Governor (United States)|governors]] of 19 [[U.S. state]]s, as well as the [[District of Columbia]] and [[Guam]], among others. Some alumni serving in President Trump's [[White House]] include current [[White House Director of Strategic Communications]] [[Mercedes Schlapp]] and [[White House Cabinet Secretary]] [[Bill McGinley]]. Other prominent U.S. politicians include Senator [[J. William Fulbright]], former [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Colin Powell]], former [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI Director]] [[J. Edgar Hoover]], former CIA Director [[Allen Dulles]] and his brother, former Secretary of State [[John Foster Dulles]]. Also, current [[Premier of Bermuda]] [[Edward David Burt]] (youngest in history) and current [[Supreme Court of Bhutan|Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bhutan]] [[Tshering Wangchuk]] are GW alumni. Former associate director for National Preparedness at the United States [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA), [[John Brinkerhoff]] was a GW alumni.
In business, [[Lee Kun-hee]] (MBA), Chairman of [[Samsung]] who is credited with transforming the company into one of the largest electronics manufacturers, [[Scott Kirby]] (MS), CEO of [[United Airlines]], [[Kathy J. Warden]] (MBA), President and CEO of [[Northrop Grumman]] and [[John F.W. Rogers]] (BA), Executive Vice President, Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Board of [[Goldman Sachs]]. Notable company founders include [[Robert A. Altman]] (JD), co-founder of [[ZeniMax Media]], [[Elaine Wynn]], co-founder of [[Wynn Resorts]], and [[Peloton (exercise equipment company)|Tom Cortese]], co-founder of [[Peloton (exercise equipment company)|Peloton]].
Science and technology alumni include [[Julius Axelrod]] (PhD), [[Nobel Laureate]] and medical researcher, [[Ralph Asher Alpher]], [[National Medal of Science]] laureate, physicist and "father" of the [[Big Bang theory]], [[Jack Edmonds]], noted computer scientist and mathematician and one of the creators of [[combinatorial optimization]], [[Walter O. Snelling]], who first identified propane and researched how propane could be liquefied and used as a viable energy resource, [[Charles Browne Fleet]], inventor of [[ChapStick]]. In addition, 7 [[NASA]] astronauts are alumni, including [[Charles Camarda]] and [[Serena Auñón-Chancellor]].
In arts, entertainment and media, writer and filmmaker [[William Peter Blatty]] (MA), author of ''[[The Exorcist (novel)|The Exorcist]]'', which he adapted [[The Exorcist|for the screen]] and won the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]. [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]]-winning actors [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Kerry Washington]] are also alumni, while filmmaker and [[Palme d'Or]] recipient [[David Lynch]], Oscar-winning actor [[Jared Leto]], and portrait painter [[Ned Bittinger]] attended the [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design]]. Journalism alumni include [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner [[Glenn Greenwald]], [[CNN]] commentators [[Dana Bash]] and [[Chuck Todd]], as well as [[NBC News]] reporter [[Kasie Hunt]]. Another notable alumnus in this field is [[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show|talk radio]] host [[Clay Travis]].
Leaders of academic institutions include [[William Greenleaf Eliot]] co-founder of [[Washington University in St. Louis]], [[Derek Bok]] (AM), president of [[Harvard University]], [[Scott Cowen]] (MBA), president of [[Tulane University]], and [[John T. Wilson]], president of the [[University of Chicago]].
Well known athletes and sports personnel include [[Boston Celtics]] coach [[Red Auerbach]] (BA, MA), winner of nine [[NBA championships]] as a head coach with an additional seven as a general manager for grand total of 16 NBA championships. Many players have been drafted into the [[NBA]] such as [[Yinka Dare]] and [[Yuta Watanabe]]. Other notable athletes include [[WNBA]] star [[Jonquel Jones]], [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] running back [[Tuffy Leemans]], and [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medalist [[Elena Myers]]. Several alumni have owned sports teams including [[Ted Lerner]], owner of the [[Washington Nationals]]; [[Abe Pollin]], owner of the [[Washington Wizards]] and [[Washington Capitals]]; and [[Jerry Reinsdorf]], owner of the [[Chicago Bulls]] and the [[Chicago White Sox]].
===Notable faculty===
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{{See also||List of Elliott School of International Affairs people|List of Columbian College of Arts and Sciences people|List of The George Washington School of Business people}}
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File:Edward Teller (1958)-LLNL.jpg|[[Edward Teller]], nuclear physicist known as "the father of the hydrogen bomb"; faculty member
File:Carte de visite portrait of Robert Cutler Hinckley, front view.jpg|[[Robert Cutler Hinckley]], American portraitist known for portraits of eminent Americans; faculty member
File:Jose Andres Puerta 2012 Shankbone 2.png|[[José Andrés]], National Humanities Medal winning chef; faculty member
File:Bragg lab1 1930 (cropped).jpg|[[George Gamow]], physicist known for [[Big Bang]] Theory; faculty member
File:Portrait of David Josiah Brewer.jpg|[[David J. Brewer]], U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice; faculty member
File:Adm William Crowe Jr - cropped.jpg|[[William J. Crowe]], Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman; faculty member
File:Willis Van Devanter.jpg|[[Willis Van Devanter]], former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice; faculty member
File:Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg|[[Al Gore]], former U.S. vice president and climate activist; faculty member
File:Clarence Thomas official SCOTUS portrait.jpg|[[Clarence Thomas]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice; Faculty Member
File:Amy Coney Barrett.jpg|[[Amy Coney Barrett]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice; Faculty Member
File:Ferid Murad.jpg|[[Ferid Murad]], winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine; Faculty Member
File:Jonathan turley 5263504.jpg|[[Jonathan Turley]], Attorney and Commentator; Shapiro Chair of Public Interest Law
File:Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud.jpg|[[Vincent du Vigneaud]], American biochemist and Nobel Laureate; Faculty Member
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[[List of notable George Washington University faculty|Notable GW faculty]] include [[Tom Perez]], former Chair of the [[Democratic National Committee]]; two current [[List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court Justices]], [[Clarence Thomas]] and [[Ketanji Brown Jackson]]; [[George Gamow]], developer of the [[Big Bang theory]]; [[Edward Teller]], "father of the hydrogen bomb"; [[Vincent du Vigneaud]], [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] winner; [[John Negroponte]], first [[Director of National Intelligence]]; [[Thomas Buergenthal]], former [[Inter-American Court of Human Rights#Former Presidents of the Court|President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights]]; [[Masatoshi Koshiba]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] winner; [[Scott Pace]], current [[National Space Council|Executive Secretary of the National Space Council]]; [[Amitai Etzioni]], former President of the [[American Sociological Association]]; [[Marshall Warren Nirenberg]], [[Nobel Prize in Medicine]] winner; [[Edward P. Jones]], [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner; [[Abba Eban]], former [[United Nations General Assembly|Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly]]; [[Dana Perino]], former [[White House Press Secretary]]; and [[Ferid Murad]], [[Nobel Prize in Medicine]] winner.
Other faculty have included [[Frank Sesno]], [[CNN]] former Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief and Special Correspondent; [[James Carafano]], Heritage Foundation national security and homeland security expert; [[Leon Fuerth]], former national security adviser to Vice President [[Al Gore]]; [[James Rosenau]], political theorist and former president of the International Studies Association; [[Steven V. Roberts]], American journalist, writer and political commentator and former senior writer at ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''; [[Nancy E. Gary]], former dean of [[Albany Medical College]], Executive Vice President of the [[Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences]] and Dean of its F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, [[Roy Richard Grinker]], anthropologist specializing in [[autism]] and North-South Korean relations, [[Edward P. Jones]], who won the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for fiction in 2004, novelist [[H. G. Carrillo|Herman "H.G." Carrillo]], historian [[Jessica Krug academic scandal|Jessica Krug]], [[Dagmar R. Henney]], [[Dorothy Evans Holmes]], psychoanalytic thinker known for her work on racial and cultural trauma, [[Mohammad Nahavandian]] (economics), chief of staff of the President of Iran since 2013, and [[Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé]] (MBA), president of Togo since 2005, [[Blake R. Van Leer]], president of Georgia Tech, Colonel and Civil Rights advocate.
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