Online Media Guide: Press Release Archive 1999

1999

December

December 22 GW Staff Increases Its Annual Participation in Adopt-A-Family Program
December 22 GW's Hamilton Fish Institute Teams With the Regional Alternative Education Program in Fredericksburg, VA to Reduce Violence in America's Schools
December 17 GW Student Among 40 Marshall Scholars
December 16 GW President Awards President's Medal to Japanese Ambassador at Large Nobuo Matsunaga
December 15 Board of Zoning Okays GW at Mount Vernon Campus
December 10 GW Announces Smadar Ohlbaum Traveling Fellowships
December 10 Next GW Y2K Program to Address Impacts of Y2K, Pre and Post January 1, 2000
December 9 Jack Morton Contibutes $1 Million to GW's New Media and Public Affairs Building
December 6 Poll Finds that Voters Seek "Best Practices" in Campaign Websites
December 3 GW Earns Full NCAA Division I Certification
December 2 IRS and GW to Present 12th Annual Institute on Current Issues in International Taxation
December 1 GW's Democracy Online Project to Release Poll on Internet Use in Politics, Guide to Best Online Campaigning Practices
December 1 The Sixth Annual Politics Online Conference Issue Advocacy on the Internet

November

November 30 GW Releases First Research Report on D.C. Public Charter Schools
November 30 Susan M. Phillips, Dean of the George Washington University School of Business and Public Management, Elected to Chicago Board Options Exchange Board of Directors
November 23 GW Center for Excellence in Municipal Management to Receive National Bridge Builders Award
November 17 Conference on Preventing Severe Mental Illnesses Scheduled at GW November 19 and 20
November 17 Robert and Jan Davidson Contribute $500,000 to Support GW's Center for Distance and Mediated Learning
November 16 GW Given Truman Foundation Honor Institution Award for Outstanding Support
November 15 Talk Show Host Larry King Endows $1 Million to GW's School of Media and Public Affairs
November 15 One Million Dollar Bequest From GW Alumna Mei Yuen Hoover to Establish Scholarships for Disabled Students
November 15 GW Elliott School Alumnus Admiral Joseph W. Prueher is Unanimously Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to The People's Republic of China
November 11 GW to Hold Millenium Convocation November 16
November 11 GW's Music Department to Present the Faculty Artist Series Concert Nov. 22
November 9 GW Y2K Conference Series To Focus On High Risk And High Harzard Sectors
November 9 FEMA Representative To Speak At GW Institute For Crisis, Disaster And Risk Management Forum Nov. 18
November 8 GW to Host DC 5th Intenrational Improvisation Plus+ Festival Dec. 1 - 4
November 6 GW's Graduate School of Political Management Seeking Goldon Dot Award Nominees for Excellence in Online Politics
November 4 GW's Romance Languates and Literatures to Hold Ceremony Honoring the Embassy of Spain for its Bequest of Cervantes Works
November 4 Third Annual Lura Bradfield Foundation Lecture And Awards Ceremony To Be Held At GW Nov. 10
November 3 GW Global Aviation Summit Wraps With Call for Task Force to Address Future Infrastructure Growth
November 1 "Dutch" Author Edmund Morris to Appear at Book Signing at GW

October

October 29 GW To Host Turkish Earthquake Relief Fund Benefit Concert
October 27 GW Joins DC Mayor Anthony Williams In Launching Neighborhood Action Initiative
October 27 Charles Manatt And Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., To Establish Professional Lectureship In Political Management At GW
October 26 GW Fall Dance Concert To Showcase Works By Joseph Mills And Student Choreographers
October 25 GW Professor And Choreographer Maida Withers To Be Guest Artist In International Dance Festival
October 22 GW To Host The D.C. 5th International Improvisation Plus+ Festival Dec. 1 - 4
October 22 GW Students Can Go Online To Register For Spring 2000 Classes
October 22 GW To Hold Global Summit On International Aviation Infrastructure Oct. 31 - Nov. 3
October 20 Scottish Rite To Fund 10 Scholarships For GW Graduate Students Pursuing Public Service Careers
October 20 Dimock Gallery to Present Annual Student Show
October 18 Co-Host of "Crossfire" to Discuss 2000 Elections at GW Oct. 26
October 18 Holocaust Survivor Laszlo N. Tauber, Md, To Be Honored At GW's "Tauber Walk" Dedication, Oct. 27
October 15 Counselor to the President, Ann Lewis, to Speak at GW at Mount Vernon College Nov. 1
October 14 GW Launches Two New Programs Designed To Tackle Cybercrime And Risk Management
October 14 WRGW Celebrates Grand Opening of New Studios with Series of Live Performances
October 13 GW Co-Sponsors Conference on Internet as Tool for Measuring Public Opinion
October 13 GW Unveils Redesigned Media Guide at www.media.gwu.edu
October 12 GW And Ray Suarez to Host Annual World Food Day Teleconference Oct. 15
October 12 GW Centuries Campaign Reaches Historic Highs
October 12 GW And CBS Collaborate On Radio Series With Walter Cronkite
October 11 GW Named Top Environmental Management School For Second Consecutive Year
October 11 New GW Center Aims To Help Governments, Businesses And Non-Profits Consider Greener Solutions
October 11 School Of Education And Human Development Receives $173,000 Grant To Assist Teacher Preparation
October 8 GW To Hold Kogan Plaza Dedication Ceremony
October 8 GW To Hold Personal Safety Seminar
October 6 GW's Hamilton Fish Institute Assists New York's Governor In Making Schools Safer
October 5 Theatre And Dance Department To Perform William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
October 4 Bob Woodward To Address GW Parents At Family Weekend 1999
October 4 Pioneering Study Seeks Citizen Views Of Online Politics

September

September 28 GW At Mount Vernon College To Honor Cnn Correspondent Judy Woodruff
September 27 GW At Mount Vernon College Book Party To Celebrate 1999 Gleebooks Prize Winner Diane Bell Oct. 4
September 24 GW Announces Conference to Examine Implications of Regional Market Integration in NAFTA and European Union in the 21st Century Transatlantic Marketplace
September 23 Global Summit On International Aviation Infrastructure Draws Sponsorships From Top Aviation Industry Leaders
September 23 New Study Questions Existence Of Airfare Hub Premiums
September 20 English Department Announces Updated Fall Lineup of Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series
September 20 Graduate School of Political Management to Host Alumni Reception in New York City Sept. 23
September 17 Community Counseling Services To Offer Free Screenings For Depression And Manic-Depression Oct. 7
September 16 Japan's Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga Joins Dean Harry Harding At National Press Club to Celebrate Establishment of Japan-U.S. Relations Chair
September 16 Third Annual SASSTival Celebration and "All Aboard" Event to Unveil new GW Trolley
September 16 Student Services Rolls Out New Gw Trolley
September 16 GW's Program Board to Host "West Wing" Premiere Party
September 15 Student Association Sponsors Softball Tournament to Benefit Turkish Earthquake Victims
September 14 Theatre and Dance Dapartment to Perform "Baby With The Bathwater"
September 14 Generic Theatre Company Announces The Production of "All in the Timing", by David Ives
September 14 Generic Theatre Company Announces Fall 1999 Season
September 13 GW Unveils Redesigned Web Presence At WWW.GWU.EDU
September 9 GW Filmmaker Receives Emmy Award
September 9 GW Experts Available to Comment on Media Mergers
September 7 GW to Host First of Two-Part Conference to Look at Before and After Effects of Y2K
September 8 Graduate School Of Education And Human Development to Kick Off Fall Semester With Annual New Directions Conference Sept. 25
September 7 New Book Explores "The Color of School Reform"
September 2 School Of Business And Public Management And Nasdaq-Amex Form Premier Partnership
September 1 GW Announces Events For Inaugural Robert P. Maxon Lecture
September 1 Freeman Foundation Extends Grant for Asian Mid-Career Fellowships at GW's Elliott School

August

August 27 GW Aviation Expert, Darryl Jenkins, Available For Comment On Recent Surge In Airport Delays
August 27 GW Announces Events For Inaugural Robert P. Maxon Lecture
August 25 GW's Computer Science Program Recieves Top Re-Accreditation From The Computer Science Accreditation Commission
August 24 GW's Sigur Center For Asian Studies Receives Nippon Foundation Grant
August 23 GW Students Available To Give Personal Accounts Of The Earthquake In Turkey
August 18 CNN Features The Watergate 723 Community And GW On Inside Politics
August 18 GW To Open Historic Hall In Watergate History
August 18 GW Freshmen Forego Cigarettes, Alcohol And Drugs For Healthy Living
August 16 GW President Names John F. Williams, MD, EdD Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences
August 13 GW Law School Dean Michael K. Young Named Vice Chair Of New U.S. Commission On Internatonal Religious Freedom
August 13 GW To Provide Free Newspapers To Students Living On Campus
August 11 GW To Expand Course Offerings In New Food Studies Program
August 11 GW Law School Names Jonathan Weiss As Executive Director Of Sustainability And Regional Growth Initiative
August 9 GW's Dimock Gallery Opens Exhibit Season With "Japonisme' And Japanese Printmaking" Sept. 9
August 4 GW's Elliott School Announces 1999 Freeman Fellows
August 4 GW's Elliott School Awards First C.V. Starr Fellowships
August 2 GW Releases New Research Report On Grading Students' Classroom Writing
August 2 GW Graduate Awarded Shapiro Scholarship To Attend University Of Oxford
August 2 GW Enters Partnership Agreement With Al-Akhawayn University In Morocco
August 2 GW's Elliott School In Final Week Of Cold War History Seminar
August 2 Two GW Graduates Awarded Bender Scholarships To Attend The University Of Cambridge

July

July 29 Virginia Williams To Speak At GW July 30
July 28 GW To Implement Parental Notification Policy In Fall Semester
July 23 Polio Documentary By GW Filmmaker Nominated For 3 Emmys
July 23 GW To Host Y2K Conference July 26-30
July 18 GW To Host Opera International's Production Of Puccini's "Tosca"
July 16 Evening Panel To Discuss Y2K Nuclear Power Plan Safety And The Electric Power Grid July 28
July 16 OMB Task Force Director Carol Thompson Cole To Speak To Graduates Of GW's Municipal Management Program July 23
July 13 JMCQ Article Reports Increase of Sexually Explicit Advertising
July 12 GW Releases New Research Report On Student Assessment In Higher Education
July 8 GW Hosts Public Hearing For The Presidential Special Oversight Board For Department Of Defense Investigations Of Gulf War Chemical And Biological Incidents

June

June 30 GW's National Security Archive Posts DECLASSIFIED CIA, STATE, NSC Documents On Chile On Website
June 29 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Receives Honorary Degree At GW
June 29 Tony Coelho, Chairman Of Gore 2000 To Speak At Graduate School Of Political Management Commencement On July 24
June 25 GW's Elliott School Prepares State And Local Officials For Globalization Challenge
June 22 Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak To Receive GW Honorary Degree June 29
June 21 Panel To Discuss Y2K And The Electric Power Grid
June 15 GW School Of Engineering And Applied Science To Hold Open Houses At GW Virginia Campus, June 21, 22, 23, 24
June 14 Estate Gift Establishes Robert C. Weintraub Professorship
June 10 GW Professor Testifies About Report Showing Global Increase Of Cryptography Products
June 9 NATO And Kosovo Experts At GW Available For Comment
June 9 GW's Charles Toftoy Selected As Greater Washington Entrepreneur Of The Year
June 7 Media Advisory
June 4 GW Professor Presents Major New Findings On The Mapping Of Mars' Upper Atmosphere
June 3 GW Presidential Fellow Leads Fundraising For Filipino-American Congressional Candidate
June 3 GW Professor Selected For Prestigious George Washington Professorship Program
June 3 GW's Elliott School Names Gordon Adams Visiting Professor
June 2 Public-Private Partnership Conference Held At GW June 2
June 2 GW To Offer Saturday Sessions On Planning For Your Retirement Beginning June 12
June 2 GW's Elliott School Selects Mike Mochizuki For Prestigious Japan-U.S. Relations Chair

May

May 30 D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams Challenges GW Law School Grads To Continue University's Commitment To Community Service
May 28 GW And The American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation Honor Alexander Pushkin
May 28 Experts On International Law And The War Crimes Tribunal
May 28 GW Buys Former Howard Johnsons
May 28 GW To Host Public-Private Partnership Conference
May 27 50th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Awards To Be Presented By GW
May 26 GW To Offer Food Studies Program This Summer
May 25 D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams To Address George Washington University Law School Commencement On Sunday, May 30
May 25 GW's Mount Vernon Campus To Hold Book Party Mar. 29
May 25 China Experts At GW's Elliott School Available To Discuss Cox Report That Alleges China Stole U.S. Nuclear Secrets
May 19 Distinguished Economists To Meet At GW To Discuss Economic Consequences Of Inmate Unemployment May 21
May 19 GW'S Y2K Group To Discuss National And Local Y2K Initiatives And What Additional Actions Are Needed
May 18 GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg To Receive Honorary Degree From Boston University On May 23
May 17 Former Rep. Norman Mineta, Acting Assistant Secretary of Transportation Bradley Mims and GW Executive Director of Aviation Darryl Jenkins to Speak about the Global Summit on International Aviation Infrastructure
May 17 GW To Offer Free Technology Workshops For Faculty
May 16 South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu Addresses GW Graduates At May 16th Commencement
May 14 GW Graduate School Of Education And Human Development To Host Education Symposium May 20
May 13 UPI's Helen Thomas To Address Graduates At Mount Vernon College'S Last Commencement May 16
May 13 Joseph Prueher To Address Elliott School Graduates May 14
May 10 South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu To Address GW Graduates At May 16th Commencement
May 7 British Ambassador And Lady Meyer To Host Washington's Elite At Annual Fundraiser For GW's Mount Vernon Campus Jun. 5
May 5 GW Graduate School Of Education And Human Development Public Colloquia Series Continues With Discussion Of Technology-Based Learning March 25
May 5 GW's Class Of 1999 And President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg To Dedicate Senior Class Gift
May 4 GW And The Washington Post Company Team Up For Y2K Panel Program
May 4 GW's Virginia Campus To Hold Information Sessions About 15-Month Master�s Programs In Information Systems
May 4 Seven Members Of GW Community To Be Honored With "GW Award" During Commencement Ceremony May 16
May 3 Key Academic Peer Group Reaffirms Accreditation For GW's School Of Business And Public Management
May 1 Media Advisory

April

April 27 GW's Generic Theatre Company Announces A One-Night Only Production Of William Shakespeare's "Romeo And Juliet"
April 27 PART II of GW's Spring Colloquia On Indigenous Peoples And Energy Resources On A Small Planet Scheduled For Apr. 29
April 27 Former Defense Secretary Robert Mcnamara And Co-Authors Will Visit GW April 29 To Discuss Their New Book On Vietnam
April 23 Anxiety Screenings To Be Available At GW Community Counseling Services May 5
April 23 GW School Of Business And Public Management Award Luncheon And Program Set For April 29
April 22 GW MBA Students Compete To Design Marketing Strategy For Home Appliance Manufacturers And Department Of Energy
April 22 Member Of European Central Bank To Speak At GW April 28
April 21 GW'S President Trachtenberg To Honor Terry W. Hartle With President's Medal Award Apr. 28
April 21 Seminar On Business Opportunities In Taiwan To Be Offered At GW Virginia Campus, Apr. 29
April 20 GW To Host The Spring Colloquium: Indigenous Peoples And Energy Resources On A Small Planet
April 16 Politics Returning To Its Roots - The Grassroots
April 16 Shaw Spring Jam Scheduled For May 8
April 14 ABC News Correspondent Cokie Roberts To Be Featured Speaker At GW/MVC Women's Leadership Event Series Apr. 26
April 14 Indigenous Peoples Film Festival Scheduled For April 17
April 12 GW's Gelman Library To Announce Winners In Student Collectors Contest Apr. 15 At Cafe Gelman
April 8 GW Hearts Go Out To Community At Dimock Gallery Valentine's Day Tea
April 8 GW's Faculty Authors Signing Reception To Showcase The Works Of Four GW Authors Including President Stephen Trachtenberg
April 6 GW'S Department Of Theatre And Dance To Present A Weekend Focus On The Works Of Vaclav Havel
April 6 GW Department Of Music's April 1999 Performance Calendar
April 6 GW To Hold Poetry Reading Featuring Acclaimed African-American Poets Apr. 15
April 2 Distinguished Lecturer To Address Management Effectiveness In The 21st Century
April 2 GW Community Counseling Services To Offer Free Alcohol Abuse Screenings Apr. 8
April 1 GW's Dimock Gallery Celebrates Its M.F.A. Spring Thesis Candidate Shows

March

March 31 GW's Top Musicians To Perform At Student Honors Recital
March 30 GW Law School To Host William Ginsberg In Panel Discussion Of "Lawyering In The Glare Of The Media," Apr. 6
March 29 GW Law School To Host Third Annual Environmental Law Conference
March 26 GW Press Release: Public Lecture By GW Welling Professor John Kingdon To Focus On Monica Lewinsky's Impact On The American Political System
March 24 GW Jazz Festival Set For March 28
March 24 Holder Of New Rabin Chair At GW To Hold First Public Lecture
March 22 GW To Award $1,040,000 In Full Scholarships To Eight DCPS Students
March 22 Two Experts To Focus On Y2K At GW This Week
March 22 GW Spring Dance Concert To Showcase Works From Guest Artists And Student Choreographers Apr. 8-10
March 19 Newly-Formed "DC Technology Council" Issues Call To Membership
March 19 GW Hosts Unique "Case Competition" For Top Mba Schools
March 19 Founding CEO Of America Online To Speak At GW March 23
March 16 Education Policy Leaders To Discuss National Standards And Tests At GW Mar. 23
March 16 Mayor Williams To Speak To Graduates Of GW's Municipal Management Program On March 20
March 12 GW And The Greater Washington Board Of Trade To Hold Second In A Series Of Three Business Seminars On Opportunities In Asia
March 6 Marking the Millennium at GW
March 5 The Revolutions Of '89 In History, Memory And Culture
March 5 GW's Dimock Gallery To Open "Annual Awards Show" Mar. 30
March 3 GW Mock Trial Squads Advance To National Tournament
March 3 Goodbye Comrade: Images From The Revolution Of '89 And The Collapse Of Communism
March 2 GW To Host A Colloquium On The DC/Baltimore 2012 Olympic Bid
March 2 The Festival Of The Arts To Be Held At GW Mar. 26 & 27

February

February 25 GW To Host Unity Week '99: A Road To A Better World
February 25 GW Center For History In The Media Receives Grant
February 24 "In Series'" Sixth Annual Festival Of Women Artists To Feature Music And Dance Performances In March
February 24 GW Names John Kingdon As Newest Welling Professor
February 22 GW Professor To Issue White Paper Calling On The Federal Government To Set Up A Special Action Office To Address Y2K
February 18 Association Of Turkish American Scientists To Hold Science And Education Conference At GW Feb. 26-27
February 18 GW Professor Helps History Channel Follow The Trail Of Freedom
February 18 GW's Women's Studies Program To Celebrate 25th Anniversary
February 12 Groundbreaking Set For New GW Health And Wellness
February 12 Tuition/Fee Increase Approved By GW Board
February 5 GW To Host An Evening Of One-Act Operas
February 5 GW And The Greater Washington Board Of Trade To Launch Series On Business Opportunities In Asia On February 18
February 5 New Forum At GW To Probe Ethics In Politics
February 4 Get Plugged In - Find Out What's Happening At CIRC
February 3 GW's Troubadours To Be Featured On Cbs "Sunday Morning" Segment Feb. 7
February 1 Admiral William J. Crowe To Deliver Final Public Lecture As GW's Elliott School Shapiro Professor

January

January 29 GW'S Nina Seavey Wins Prestigious Documentary Award
January 29 GW To Sponsor Problem Gambling Conference Feb. 5
January 29 GW Department Of Music Presents The Faculty Artists Series Program At Western Presbyterian Church Jan. 29
January 26 Free Dance Lecture/Demonstration By Taylor 2 With Artistic Director Mary Cochran To Be Held Feb. 10 At Lisner Auditorium
January 26 Panel Program On Y2K To Focus On Embedded Systems
January 26 "GW Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition" To Open At The Dimock Gallery
January 21 J. Brian Atwood, Head Of USAID, Launches Prominent Speakers Series At The Elliott School On Jan. 22
January 19 Forum Addresses Latest Issues On Gays In The Military
January 15 February Conference To Focus On Problem Gambling
January 14 GW's Third Annual Scholars Showcase To Feature Research And Scholarly Work By Faculty And Graduate Students Jan. 26
January 12 GW's Hamilton Fish Institute On School And Community Violence Releases Report On Student Sexual Harassment
January 11 Spring 1999 Events From GW At Mount Vernon
January 7 GW Theatre And Dance Departments Start The New Year With Agatha Christie'S Whodunit "The Hollow

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