In Photos

Spring 2025 in Photos

The NEXT Extravaganza drew more than 1,000 attendees to the opening of the annual arts exhibition that showcases the theses of graduating students in the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design

  CARA TAYLOR

GW graduates in the Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Corps are commissioned as officers at a ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial.

  WILLIAM ATKINS

WNBA superstar and George Washington University basketball legend Jonquel Jones, B.A. ’19, headlined the Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2025 on the National Mall on May 18.

  FLORENCE SHEN

The Division for Student Affairs sponsored Buff & Bloom week in April to celebrate community at GW. 

  LILY SPEREDELOZZI

Students and other members of the GW community enjoyed a tailgate on the Mount Vernon Campus during lacrosse and softball games on March 29. 

   SARAH HOCHSTEIN

GW's Center for Interfaith and Spiritual and DSA hosted an interfaith Iftar after sundown on March 27. 

  SARAH HOCHSTEIN

GW’s second annual Kosher Food Festival took place on March 26. 

  CARA TAYLOR

Fam Fest 2025, GW's first-ever spring families weekend, took place Jan. 31-Feb. 2. 

  JORDAN TOVIN

GW Palooza, a student-organized series of events and competitions, brought the GW community together from Feb. 21-23 with exciting activities that gave student organizations the chance to win money for their group. 

  LILY SPEREDELOZZI

As part of GW’s Black Heritage Celebrations, Soul Revue brought the community together for music, dance, spoken word, fashion and other creative mediums on Feb. 8.

   WILLIAM ATKINS

The GW community celebrated the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, with events on the Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses in February. The events featured lion dances, traditional food and giveaways.

  WILLIAM ATKINS

GW held its eighth Inaugural Ball at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Northwest Washington, celebrating the university’s politically active campus in the heart of Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19. 

  SARAH HOCHSTEIN