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The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private 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.
The campus of the George Washington University (GW), originated on College Hill, a site bounded by 14th Street, Columbia Road, 15th Street and Florida Avenue, NW in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. After relocating to the downtown financial district in the 1880s and then to Foggy Bottom in 1912, GW now has three campuses.
The President's Office at George Washington University, built 1892. George Washington University (GWU) is located in Foggy Bottom. Public schools in Foggy Bottom are part of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) system. The neighborhood elementary and middle school located in Foggy Bottom is School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens. [19]
The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (known as Columbian College or CCAS) is the college of liberal arts and sciences of the George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. CCAS is the largest school at George Washington University, with around 5,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students, and 42 academic departments, representing a significant portion of the University's ...
The Milken Institute School of Public Health (known as School of Public Health, Milken School, or SPH) is the school of public health of the George Washington University, in Washington, DC. U.S. News & World Report University Rankings ranks the Milken SPH as the 11th best public health graduate program in the United States.
The Center for the Connected Consumer (CCC) at the George Washington University School of Business is co-directed by Donna Hoffman and Tom Novak, both professors of marketing at GW. [17] The CCC says that it "is dedicated to understanding how consumers interact with smart devices in post-social media environments." [17]
The George Washington University Law School was founded in the 1820s but closed in 1826 due to low enrollment. [7] The law school's first two professors were William Cranch, chief justice of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia and second reporter of the U.S. Supreme Court, and William Thomas Carroll, a descendant of Charles Carroll the Settler and clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court ...
The George Washington University Hospital has routinely served the medical needs of presidents of the United States and members of the U.S. Congress. [4] GW Medicine is one of the most selective medical schools in the U.S. based on the number of applicants, with the fifth-lowest acceptance rate of any medical school in the United States.