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After facing scrutiny from students who deemed the school's mascot name as offensive, George Washington University made the swap to change their nickname from the "Colonials" to "Revolutionaries."

The school announced the new moniker Wednesday in a video on Instagram featuring “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd, who’s a GW alumnus.

George Washington University's sports teams will now be known as the Revolutionaries, the school announced Wednesday.

Raphael Warnock, Maxwell Frost, and Savannah Guthrie will also speak at area graduation ceremonies.

As Washington University in St. Louis prepares for its 162nd Commencement, look back at the wise words shared in past years by some of America's most powerful and inspiring voices.

Bhubaneswar : The KIIT-DU has signed an MoU with George Washington University (GWU) in the United States for students and faculty exchange programmes. The MoU was signed recently between Prof. Sasmita Samanta, VC, KIIT DU and Christopher Bracey, Prov

From the blog of Cary Nelson at The Times of Israel

“I don't doubt for one second that [WashU’s Pell-eligible] numbers would have improved as much if the New York Times had not blasted it as the worst in the country when it came to socioeconomic diversity,” James Murphy, deputy director of higher-education policy at Education Reform Now, said. In 2014, the New York Times (NYT)

Around 150 students and community members protested George Washington University’s decision to begin arming campus police officers, marching on Monday afternoon to F Street House, the residence of GWU president Mark S. Wrighton, with signs reading, “We keep us safe” and “Guns ≠ public safety.”

The university's president said the school remains focused on safety.