Office of Media Relations: 2002 Press Releases

Press releases from 2002 are available below. If you are interested in releases from past years, please visit the Press Release Archive.

December 2002

December 20 Former INS Commissioner James W. Ziglar Joins GW Law Faculty
December 18 Four GW Professors Receive Awards at AOL University Research Day
December 13 GW Business School Awarded $1.6 Million Software Grant From OPNET Technologies, Inc., to Study Use of Next Generation Internet for Diverse Students
December 12 GW and Montgomery County Public Schools Partner to Study Effectiveness of Highly Rated Science Curriculum Units for Diverse Students
December 10 Improving American Journalism Subject of Next "Kalb Report" December 16
December 10 GW's Dimock Gallery Presents Interior Design Students Graduate Thesis Projects December 11-20
December 10 GW�s Space Security Program Lands $200,000 MacArthur Award
December 9 GW's Lisner Auditorium Hosts Third Annual D.C. Flamenco Festival January 28-February 7, 2003
December 9 Two Open Source Experts Join GW's Cyber Security Policy and Research Instititue
December 5 New GW Professor Wins National Award for Best Ph.D. Dissertation
December 5 GW Department of Statistics Hosts Seminar on Decision Making in the New U.S. Department of Homeland Security December 6
December 4 GW is Host Site for First Campus Law Enforcement Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism December 4-5
December 3 Political Analysts and Practitioners Discuss Past, Present and Future of Internet Politics at GW Forum December 11

November 2002

November 25 GW/DoD Science and Engineering Apprentice Program Brings Qualified High School Students into Government Laboratories to Assist With Research
November 25 Thomas Homer-Dixon Warns of Multiple Stresses on Global Systems
November 22 GW MPA Student Named Best Public Administration Student in 2002
November 20 GW Awarded $122,250 Grant From Microsoft Business Solutions
November 20 GW Executive Business Program to Hold Executive MBA Test Drive at Virginia Campus December 7
November 19 Farmers Market at GW Brings Fall Harvest to Campus November 20
November 18 GW�s Hamilton Fish Institute Announces Premiere Issue of School Violence Prevention Newsletter
November 18 GW Shapiro Fellow and Former NBC Correspondent John Dancy to Discuss Global Effects of Communication Technology November 20
November 18 International Conference at GW to Analyze Prospects for a Free Trade Area of the Americas
November 14 Election of Brazil's First Labor Party President the Focus of GW Symposium November 15
November 14 GW Shapiro Professor Leon Fuerth to Discuss How to Prepare for New Threats and the Future of U.S. National Security November 21
November 14 From the Classroom to Congress: GW Political Management Professor Tom Cole Elected to Congress
November 13 The GW Law School and The Internal Revenue Service Present 15th Annual Institute On International Taxation December 12 - 13
November 12 GW University Club to Host Panel Discussion on "Modernity and Islam: Experiences of Turkish Women" November 20
November 11 GW to Host Regional ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest November 16
November 8 GW Professor Kenneth R. Bowling to Discuss New Book, "Peter Charles L'Enfant: Vision, Honor and Male Friendship in the Early American Republic" November 19
November 7 GW Law School's Immigration Clinic Wins Freedom for Man Wrongfully Detained by INS
November 6 GW's Department of Theatre and Dance Presents "Danceworks" November 20-23
November 5 GW Appoints Joan Ozdogan as Advancement Director at Virginia Campus
November 5 GW Gelman Library's Africana Research Center to Host "Art of the Negro Spiritual" Concert November 14
November 5 GW to Host Discussion on "Human Trafficking, the Holocaust of the Millennium: Tots, Traffikers, Terrorists" November 7
November 5 Save Zimbabwe: Opposition Leaders Call on the International Community to Help Restore Democracy November 12
November 5 GW/NASA Researchers Find Direct Evidence of New Type of Star
November 1 Student Artists from Loudoun County Public Schools Exhibit Work at GW Virginia Campus November 12, 2002 - January 7, 2003
November 1 GW Public Administration Faculty Members Win Prize for Research

October 2002

October 30 GW Hosts 8th DC International Improvisation Festival December 6-7 and December 14-15
October 30 GW Taps Marisela E. Martinez to Lead Multicultural Student Services Center
October 30 Environment Experts Discuss Loudoun County Air Quality at GW Virginia Campus Public Policy Forum November 14
October 30 GW's Gelman Library Celebrates Freedom of Literary Expression with Special Collections Exhibit October 21-December 20
October 30 Eileen Claussen to Discuss Global Climate Change and the Difficulties of Crafting a Workable Framework at GW November 6
October 29 Miguel Angel Rodriquez, Former President of Costa Rica, to be Featured Speaker at GW Law School Enrichment Lecture Series November 14
October 29 U.S. University Delegation Reaches Out to Arab Students During 11-Country Middle East Tour
October 29 National Experts to Discuss Transportation Security at GW Virginia Campus November 1
October 29 GW Artists Featured in the 2nd Annual Student Show October 29-November 27
October 28 GW Center for Globalization Grants GW Faculty $215,000 in Research Awards
October 28 GW Center for Globalization Showcases Research with the �Occasional Paper Series�
October 25 Miss America, Erika Herold, to Join GW Students for National Make a Difference Day October 26
October 25 Four GW Professors to Present and Sign Their Latest Works at Faculty Authors Signing Reception November 1
October 25 GW Students Celebrate �A Night to Give Back� with Community Service Events October 25
October 23 Three GW Faculty Receive Fulbright Scholarships; University to Host 10 Foreign Fulbright Scholars
October 23 GW's Luther W. Brady Art Gallery Presents "A Perfect World" October 31-December 6
October 23 GW Virginia Campus to Host Society for Organizational Learning's 3rd Research Greenhouse Conference October 28 - 29
October 23 GW's Department of Music Presents Amahl and the Night Visitors November 8-10
October 23 GW's Department of Music Presents Lecture By Marta Robertson October 28
October 22 GW Professor William Chambliss is Recognized for His Excellence in Communicating to Americans the Issues of Crime
October 22 GW to Host a Conversation with Former Chase Manhattan CEO David Rockefeller November 1
October 22 U.S. Foreign Policy Experts to Discuss America�s Strategy in the New World of Terror at GW October 30
October 22 GW Law School International Law Review to Host the Steven L. Cantor International Tax Symposium November 8
October 18 GW Breaks Ground on Ric and Dawn Duques Hall
October 18 �Kalb Report� Forum to Examine Media Failures, Successes and Responsibility in Serial Sniper Coverage October 21
October 18 GW Law School Unveils New National Center for State Courts' Courtroom Demonstration Center and Classroom October 23
October 18 �Selecting Federal Judges: Whose Advice, What Kind of Consent?� October 22
October 18 Beverly Caffee Glenn Selected to Lead GW Hamilton Fish Institute Devoted to Preventing School Violence
October 17 Students Plan Inaugural Farmers Market on GW Campus October 23
October 16 GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Delivers Message of Mutual Prosperity for the University and the District of Columbia
October 16 GW to Host Global Forum 2002 October 17-18
October 16 GW Law School's Vaccine Injury Clinic Wins Multi-Million Dollar Compensation Victory
October 15 GW Alumnus Jon Helmrich to Speak on Today�s Television Landscape and the Challenges of Entering the Workforce October 31
October 15 Panel of Political Experts to Forecast Battle for Congress at GW Capitol Hill Event October 21
October 15 Former Director-General of the WTO, Mike Moore, to Speak on the WTO and Globalization's Implications and Limitations October 24
October 14 Afghanistan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah to Speak at GW About the Current Situation in his Country October 21
October 14 Leslie E. Robertson, Internationally Known Structural Engineer, Visits GW for a Lecture on the Structural Design of the World Trade Center and Other Tall Buildings October 30
October 14 GW's Professor Cline Presents Lecture: Jerusalem Besieged: Ancient Conflicts, Modern Propaganda October 16
October 11 GW's Department of Theatre and Dance Presents Lear and Her Children October 31-November 3
October 10 GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Publishes Third Book in Series on Critical Issues in Higher Education
October 9 GW Study Finds Media Coverage of Political Money Transformed by the Internet
October 8 Colonials Weekend Welcomes GW Alumni, Family and Friends October 10-13
October 7 Open Source Conference Co-hosted by GW, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program October 16-18
October 7 GW�s Department of Music Presents a Faculty Artist Series Performance Featuring Elizabeth Field
October 3 GW Survey Reveals Decline in Trust in Government and Change in Sources of Trust
October 1 GW�s School of Media and Public Affairs Professor to Engage Washington, D.C. Youth in Local Politics

September 2002

September 30 �Technology in K-12: Finally, Impact is Literally at Hand� October 9
September 30 Robyn Walensky, GW Alumna and Editor of Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11, Returns to GW for Book Signing October 11
September 30 GW to Host Lura Bradfield Foundation Annual Lecture and Awards as Part of Domestic Violence Month October 9
September 26 GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Addresses Association of Tunisian Parliamentarians with Message for Peace Entitled "All Abraham's Children� October 12
September 26 GW and the Smithsonian Associates to Host Legendary Journalist Richard C. Hottelet for Discussion of The Murrow Boys and The Golden Age of CBS Radio News October 10
September 23 GW Graduate School of Education and Human Development to Host 27th Annual New Directions Conference Focusing on �Keeping Ahead of the Wave of Change� October 12
September 23 GW Graduate School of Education and Human Development Leads Initiative to Advance Teacher Preparation in Ethiopia
September 23 Korean Cinema the Topic of GW's 9th Annual Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities October 26
September 23 GW�s Dimock GAllery Presents �Summer Ceramics, some are others,� Recent Works by MFA Candidates in Painting and Ceramics September 25 � October 18
September 20 Education Experts from Around the Country Unite for Roundtable to Explore the Future of Teacher Preparation Programs in the U.S. September 23 - 24
September 18 �A Strike on Iraq: International and Domestic Law Perspectives� September 23
September 18 GW Globalization Center to Host Conference on "Rethinking Paradigms of Global Human Security" September 20
September 17 GW Law School Professor Ira C. Lupu Presented with Newly-Established F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professorship
September 17 �Is There a Crisis in U.S. Foreign Relations?�
September 13 GW to Feature Renowned Ethics Lecturer, Andrew Sable at the Paul O'Dwyer Forum on Ethics in Politics September 17
September 12 GW Charters Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute
September 10 Madeleine Albright, Cardinal McCarrick, Elie Wiesel and Susan Eisenhower Reflect on the Nation During September 11 "Kalb Report" at National Press Club
September 10 Peru President Alejandro Toledo to Keynote Symposium Marking First Anniversary of the Inter-American Democratic Charter September 16
September 10 The GW Department of Theatre and Dance Presents �Learning Curves,� A Comedy in Two Acts October 9 � 13
September 6 GW and Smithsonian Associates to Host a Conversation with Walter Cronkite September 22
September 6 D.C. Hotel Industry has Recovered Since September 11, According to New GW Report
September 6 The George Washington University Law School Announces New and Visiting Faculty
September 6 Independent Online Media and Video Producer Daniel Mydlack Joins School of Media and Public Affairs as Visiting Professor
September 4 GW Student Association Hosts First Democratic Mayoral Debate in 2002 DC Election at The George Washington University
September 3 NEWSWEEK Interactive Founder Peter McGrath to Teach at GW's School of Media and Public Affairs
September 3 GW Dining Services Promotes Healthy Behavior with Bike Giveaway

August 2002

August 30 Spend an Afternoon with Celebrated Musician-Songwriter Jean Ritchie September 19
August 30 Press Release Archive: Unity and Diversity Sewn Together by two GW Students with Unveiling of "The Freedom Quilt" on the National Mall September 12
August 30 "Remembering September 11: A Reuters Pictorial Tribute" at GW September 18
August 27 GW Department of Music Presents a Faculty Chamber Music Concert September 22
August 27 GW School of Business and Public Management Announces 13 New Faculty Members
August 26 GW is �Hot,� Says Popular College Guide
August 22 GW to Hold Cornerstone Ceremony for the New Elliott School of International Affairs and Residence Hall Building September 5
August 21 GW Photo Exhibition Chronicles 75 Years of CBS Broadcast History September 3 � October 18
August 21 GW to Enhance Campus Safety and Security Through New Partnership with Sprint
August 21 GW Gears Up for Student Move-in
August 19 GW Graduate School of Political Management to Host �Democracy Day� September 17
August 12 GW Department of Theatre & Dance Announces 2002-2003 Mainstage Performance Season
August 7 Joint Statement from Presidents Trachtenberg and Swygert on the Bombing at Hebrew University
August 7 GW Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet Releases Online Campaigning 2002
August 6 GW Takes Groundbreaking Step Toward More Student Housing
August 6 Air Quality in Loudoun County the Topic of Public Forum Hosted by GW Loudoun County Environmental Indicators Project November 14
August 6 GW and National University of Singapore Establish the World's First Summer International Trade Law Academy
August 5 New Report Says Space-Based Observation System Could Enhance Protection from Terrorist Attacks
August 2 Panel of Experts to Analyze Data Gathered on Sociological Changes in a Post-9/11 American Society at National Press Club Forum Presented by GW�s Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies September 5

June 2002

July 29 Highly-Acclaimed Investigative Reporter Mark Feldstein Joins Faculty of GW's School of Media and Public Affairs
July 26 American Jazz Salutes Broadway this Weekend on WRC-1260 AM
July 25 Jack Oliver, Deputy Chairman of the Republican National Committee, to Headline GW�s Graduate School of Political Management Commencement Ceremony July 27
July 23 GW Graduate School of Education and Human Development Teaching Fellow Named Best First-Year High School Teacher in D.C.
July 22 Cathy M. Zeljak Appointed Head of Eckles Library at The GW Mount Vernon Campus
July 18 Top High School Sophomores from Around the World Converge at GW for 2002 HOBY World Leadership Congress July 20-26
July 16 GW Graduate School of Education and Human Development Prepares Area Youth for Success in College
July 12 GW Hosts Conference on "Systems Approach to Terrorism" June 15 - 16
July 11 GW Receives $1.7 Million Grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute for Undergraduate Biological Sciences Programs
July 10 GW Graduate School of Education and Human Development Receives Unprecedented Interest in Immigrant Experience Summer Course

June 2002

June 27 GW�s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery Displays the Works of the 2002 Presidential Scholars
June 27 GW is First Four-Year University to Join FAA�s Collegiate Training Initiative
June 27 GW Economics Professor Awarded �Kuznets Prize" for Best Paper Published in Three Year Period
June 26 GW�s University Police Department Announces the Retirement of Anthony "Rocky" Roccogrande and the Promotions of James Isom, Frank Demes and Darrell Johnson
June 24 Four Students Named Presidential Administrative Fellows at GW
June 24 GW and MdBio Announce MBA Consulting Partnership
June 20 GW University Professor Amitai Etzioni to Guide Discussion on Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor
June 19 GW's Elliott School and the World Affairs Council Host U.S. Teachers for Intensive Summer Institute
June 19 GW to Host �Boot Camp� for Women Entrepreneurs
June 19 GW Engineering Student Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
June 14 States Consider Strategies for Dealing with Globalization at GW�s �Governing in the Global Age� Forum June 20-22
June 12 washingtonpost.com to Hold Forum on 30th Anniversary of Watergate, Featuring Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee June 17
June 11 GW Department of Theater and Dance Announces New Professor of Dance, Dana Tai Soon Burgess
June 10 National Conference on School Violence Prevention to be Held in Monterey, CA June 19-21
June 7 New GW Business School Building Named in Honor of Alumni Henry �Ric� and Dawn Duques
June 7 A "Party Animal" Stampede on GW's Campus� Donkey and Elephant Move in on Hippo's Turf!
June 6 Twelve Outstanding Public Servants Representing the Best and Brightest in Federal Government to be Honored at 53rd Annual Arthur S. Flemming Awards Presented by GW June 11
June 5 GW Named a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education
June 5 GW Statements Regarding the Death of Daniel R. Krug
June 3 GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Named �Father of the Year 2002� by the Father's Day Council and American Diabetes Association

May 2002

May 30 GW Graduate School of Education and Human Development Administrator Abbie Oliver Smith Receives Training Officers Conference Top Award
May 26 Transcript of Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell's Remarks at GW Law School Commencement, May 26, 2002
May 24 New Report by GW Aviation Expert Darryl Jenkins Exposes Bias at Travel Websites
May 24 MEDIA LOGISTICS ADVISORY: Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell to Deliver Keynote at GW's Law School Commencement Sunday, May 26
May 22 GW�s Dimock Gallery Presents "The Journey," the Final M.F.A. Exhibition
May 22 GW President Stephen Joel Tracthenberg to Keynote the University of New Haven's Spring Commencement
May 22 GW Teams with Riggs Bank, Fannie Mae and D.C. Housing Finance Agency to Launch the �GW Home Program�
May 20 The GW Democracy Online Project Announces Golden Dot Awards for Best Online Issue Advocacy
May 16 GW�s Commencement on the Ellipse Sunday, May 19
May 16 FAA Administrator to Deliver Commencement Address at GW�s School of Engineering and Applied Science Ceremony
May 16 First Data Chairman Henry �Ric� Duques and Teledesic Co-CEO and Vice Chairman, Retired Admiral William Owens to Speak at GW�s Management School Celebration
May 15 GW Announces William Frawley as the New Dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
May 13 GW Elliott School Experts to Host Briefing on President Bush�s Upcoming Trip to Russia May 20
May 13 Experts Debate Impact on Internet Politics of New Campaign Finance Law and Use of Political Spam at 8th Politics Online Conference
May 13 Emmy Award-Winning NBC News Correspondent John Dancy Receives Shapiro Fellowship to GW�s School of Media and Public Affairs
May 13 Ambassador David H. Shinn, B.A. �63, to Speak at GW�s Elliott School Recognition of Achievement Ceremony
May 7 Hugh O�Brian Youth Leadership's World Leadership Congress Returns to GW July 20-26
May 6 GW to Honor Six Members of the University Community with "GW Award" at Commencement Ceremony May 19
May 6 GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg to be Honored by D.C. Building Industry Association May 9
May 3 GW Donates 15-Passenger Bus to the St. Mary�s Court Housing Development
May 3 Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell to Keynote GW Law School Commencement May 26
May 3GW's Dolores Stafford Elected First-Ever Woman President of International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators
May 2 GW Alumni Association Announces Recipients of 65th Annual Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards May 18
May 1 GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Elected to Nation's Preeminent Learned Society -- The American Academy of Arts & Sciences
May 1 Three GW Students Receive Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarships for Graduate Study

April 2002

April 30 GW's Gelman Library Announces Plan to Establish Africana Research Center
April 29 First African-American President of an Ivy League Institution, Ruth J. Simmons, to Keynote GW�s Commencement on the Ellipse May 19
April 29 Twenty-Nine Members of GW Community to be Honored at 3rd Annual �Wall of Fame� Signing Ceremony May 2
April 26 Members of U.S. Congress and Japenese Diet to Discuss U.S. � Japanese Relations April 30
April 26 NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe to Discuss Transformation of NASA at Policy Address May 1
April 24 Twelve Outstanding Public Servants Representing the Best and Brightest in Federal Government Named Winners of 2002 Arthur S. Flemming Awards
April 23 Baltimore Ravens Coach Brian Billick to Discuss Management Philosophy and NFL Human Resources at GW April 25
April 22 GW Research Report Details Residential Discrimination in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area
April 22 Movie, Music and High Tech Executives to Testify at Hearing on Protecting Intellectual Property and Software Piracy
April 19 GW Hillel Hosts Ambassador Dennis B. Ross to Speak on Middle East Peace April 28
April 18 The Monterrey Summit: Achievements and Implications for the Americas April 22
April 18 Venezuelan Ambassador Luis Herrera Marcano to Speak at A Symposium Hosted by GW�s Center for Latin American Studies and Latin American Studies Program
April 18 University Committee on the Status of Women Faculty and Librarians to Discuss this Faculty Governance at Annual Spring Event April 23
April 17 Coolidge Quartet to Perform at GW's Mount Vernon Campus April 27
April 16 U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and Senator Joseph Lieberman Join Others at GW for Official Launch of the "Call to Serve" Initiative April 22
April 15 GW Virginia Campus to Host Aviation Safety and Security Symposium April 17 - 18
April 12 USA Freedom Corps Director John Bridgeland, GW University Professor Amitai Etzioni and Other Experts to Discuss Future of Volunteerism April 22
April 11 "Communicating in an Age of Terrorism," a Lecture by GW Shapiro Fellow Peter D. Hannaford April 16
April 9 Free Trade Economist to Speak on the Advantages of Globalization April 17
April 9 Results of Five-Year Study on School Violence Prevention to be Released at Upcoming National Conference June 19-21
April 9 GW's Hamilton Fish Institute to Host National Interactive Videoconference on School Safety to Help Educators, Law Enforcement, and Government Officials April 11
April 9 Elliott School Reappoints Leon Fuerth as Shapiro Professor
April 8 Tokyo Stock Exchange Representative Speaks on Global Markets April 10
April 5 GW Graduate Programs in Law, Education, Public Affairs and Health Disciplines Among Nation's Best According to U.S. News' Popular "America's Best Graduate Schools" Survey
April 5 Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to Discuss War and the Tension Between the Press and the Pentagon During April 10 Kalb Report
April 5 An Art Odyssey: Mildred Lachman-Chapin's 30-Year Personal and Professional Journey as an Artist and Art Therapist May 17
April 4 GW�s Dimock Gallery Presents "Calm and Chaos" Works by Reem Bassous and Jody Biggers April 10 � April 15
April 4 GW Department of Forensic Sciences Taps New Chair
April 4 GW Professor and Terrorism Expert Jerrold Post Discusses U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan at GW Speakers Series, April 9
April 3 Comedian Jay Leno Kicks Off Colonial Weekend 2002, October 12
April 2 GW Hispanic Law Students Association Finishes in Top Three at National Moot Court Competition
April 2 GW Names Elliot Soloway as Welling Professor
April 1 African Treasures on Display at GW's Gelman Library
April 1 GW Shows Support and Appreciation to Student Workers with National Student Employment Week, April 7-13, 2002

March 2002

March 29 GW to Host Visiting Welling Professor Ustun Erguder Discussing Islam and the Turkish Secular Model April 2
March 29 GW Hosts First Annual Nikolay Novoselov Memorial Forum on U.S.-Russia Relations After September 11 April 8
March 27 GW Shapiro Professor Steven V. Roberts Headlines Columbian Women Fundraiser for Student Scholarship Fund April 4
March 28 GW Awards Annual Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholarships to Nine Outstanding D.C. Public School Seniors
March 27 GW Students Take Part in Intramural Basketball Tournament to Raise Money for Three Area Shelters
March 27 GW'S Dimock Gallery Presents the Ceramics of Nahed Turkestani
March 26 GW Law School Hosts Panel on Immigration Careers in the Federal Government April 1
March 25 University of Pittsburgh Wins 9th Annual GW/KPMG MBA Case Competition
March 25 GW Professor Co-Authors 3rd Edition of "Newcomer's Handbook for Washington D.C."
March 25 GW's Department of Theatre and Dance Presents "One Flea Spare"
March 22 GW Law School Welcomes ABA President Robert E. Hirshon to Lecture on Meeting The Challenges of Legal Practice, April 2
March 20 Danish Prime Minister to Receive Honorary Degree at The George Washington University, March 27
March 20 MBA Students Pitch Strategies for American Red Cross at 9th Annual GW/KPMG Case Competition
March 19 GW Chemistry Professor Honored as "Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences"
March 19 Can Globalization Have a Positive Effect on Global Poverty? GW's Center for the Study of Globalization to Host Student Forum April 2
March 19 GW�s Roger Kapoor is Named to USA TODAY�s All Academic Team
March 18 South American Energy and Investment Conference Hosted by GW's Center for Latin American Issues and the Organization of American States; March 19
March 13 Mount Vernon Shuttle Stop Location Change Beginning Monday, April 1
March 12 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Associate Legal Counsel Keynotes D.C. Business Leadership Network's Quarterly Meeting at GW, April 18
March 11 100-Year-Old Robert St. John to Receive Honorary Doctorate for his Legendary Work as Journalist, Author, and Pioneer Broadcaster March 17
March 11 University Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr Lectures GW Community on "Islam and the West: Yesterday and Today" March 25
March 5 Costa Rican President Miguel Rodriquez Named Shapiro Professor at GW�s Elliott School of International Affairs
March 5 Brazilian Ambassador Addresses the Economic and Political Health of South America at University Club's Speakers Series, March 26
March 4 The Honorable Antonin Scalia to Present Keynote Address for New GW Law School �Cornerstone� Addition March 8
March 1 Role-Playing Exercise at GW to Teach High Schoolers How to Manage an International Crisis, March 5

February 2002

February 28 GW to Host Daniel Yergin, Noted Energy Expert and Pulitzer Prize Winner, to Discuss the Future of Globalization, March 12
February 28 GW's Welling Visiting Professor John Lewis Gaddis to Discuss What's New in Cold War History, March 13
February 28 Tragedy of Daniel Pearl and its Impact on Global News Coverage to be Discussed on Next Kalb Report, March 4
February 28 GW Elliott School to Host First Counselor, Embassy of Italy, to Discuss Immigration Policy in the European Union, March 5
February 27 CNN's "Crossfire" Moves to GW! Unprecedented Partnership Brings Expanded One-Hour Live Network Program To GW's New Media and Public Affairs Building
February 27 Foreign Policy Experts Max Boot, Morton Halperin, and Charles Kupchan Join GW University Professor Amitai Etzioni for a Dialogue on U.S. Peacekeeping Missions March 15
February 26 GW Professor John Forrer Examines Globalization and How it Affects Government, Business and Daily Life; February 28
February 26 GW Law School Participates in Establishment of the South Asia Legal Education Consortium
February 25 Corporate Law and Ethics to be Discussed at George Washington Law Review Colloquium February 28
February 21 GW Unveils New Visual Identity on George Washington's Birthday -- Celebration Coincides with GW's 90th Anniversary in Foggy Bottom February 22
February 21 Having a Ball at the Watergate: GW Celebrates 90 Years in Foggy Bottom; All the Mayors of Modern Washington Join GW Students, Faculty, Staff and Foggy Bottom Neighbors For Black-Tie Event on February 23
February 21 Five-Year, Joint-Degree Program Launched by GW's School of Media and Public Affairs and the Graduate School of Political Management
February 20 Assistant Secretary of State John Turner to Discuss Science, Technology, and the Environment in International Diplomacy March 6
February 20 "Happy Birthday Dear George, Happy Birthday to You!" GW to Celebrate George Washington's 270th Birthday February 22
February 20 GW Elliott School's Ambassador Inderfurth to Discuss "Afghanistan: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" at University Club's Speakers Series, March 4
February 19 Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Commissioner James Ziglar to Lecture at GW Law School February 26
February 15 Law School Students Converge at GW to Debate President Bush's Order for Military Tribunals February 24
February 14 GW Aviation Institute Launches New Airline Management Certificate Program
February 12 GW's Own "Dangerous Liaisons" February 28 � March 3, 2002
February 8 GW Board of Trustees Approves 4.5% Overall Increase in Full-Time Undergraduate Costs for 2002-2003 Academic Year
February 8 The Case of Enron: Who is to Blame? GW Faculty and MBA Students to Discuss Collapse of Energy Giant at Public Forum February 13
February 7 GW's College of Professional Studies Announces Appointment of Two Associate Deans
February 7 GW Scholar Guides Journey Through African America
February 7 Does the Constitution Stop at the Border? The Rights of Terrorists and Alien Detainees Discussed at GW Forum February 22
February 5 GW Welcomes Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Bach February 11
February 5 U.S. News & World Report Journalist Gloria Borger Talks Politics at GW Club's Speakers Series
February 4 GW's Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor Walter Reich to Host Rabin Forum on State Sponsored Terrorism February 25
February 1 War Correspondents from World War II to Afghanistan to Discuss Their Experiences and Changes in How Conflicts are Covered by the Press
February 1 Chief Justice Rehnquist Appoints Law School Dean Michael K. Young to Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission
February 1 GW Career Center to Sponsor 20th Annual Career Week

January 2002

January 31 GW Professor Honors "The 54th"
January 31 GW Students to Study Security, Event Management at 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
January 31 Punxsutawney Phil at GW ?!?!
January 29 GW�s Elliott School Marks 30th Anniversary of Nixon�s Trip to China with Discussion by Members of his National Security Council February 4
January 29 NPR�s Award-Winning Correspondent, Nina Totenberg to Lecture at GW Law School January 24
January 28 GW To Offer Summer Excitement, Challenges, Creativity, Recreation, and Fun in Four-Week Co-Ed Enrichment and Recreational Day Camp Programs
January 28 GW President Trachtenberg to Address Forum on "American Education: Prospects and Challenges�
January 23 GW University Professor Amitai Etzioni Honored with Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
January 23 Rep. Marty Meehan to Discuss the Future of Campaign Finance Reform and to Share His View of President Bush's Upcoming State of the Union Address, January 29
January 23 Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth Appointed as Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at GW's Elliot School of International Affairs
January 23 September 11 Has Not Reduced School Violence, as Previously Thought, According to GW's Hamilton Fist Institute
January 18 GW to Host Special Sneak Preview Screening of "Keep the Faith, Baby," the Story of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. January 24
January 17 Common Cause CEO Scott Harshbarger Kicks Off 2002 Enrichment Lecture Series at GW Law School January 24
January 15 GW University Professor Amitai Etzioni, Center for Immigration Studies Executive Director Mark Krikorian and Other Experts to Discuss the Future of U.S. Immigration at Public Forum January 18
January 15 GW Elliott School's Ambassador David Shinn Lectures on "The Horn of Africa and International Terrorism: Is Somalia the Next Afghanistan?" January 29
January 10 Last Evening Performance for this Spring! Coolidge Quartet to Perform at GW's Jack Morton Auditorium, February 9
January 10 Mid-Day Music of the Renowned Coolidge Quartet: Wednesday, January 30, 2002
January 9 GW Law School Names Richard J. Pierce Jr. as New Associate Dean for Faculty Development
January 9 CNN's Bill Press to be "Caught in the Crossfire" at GW Book Signing January 23
January 8 Jazzing It Up In 2002! GW's University Club to Offer Live Jazz Every Thursday Night with Matt Ascione and the Sound of the "Shapes"
January 8 GW's Jean Folkerts Named as 2001 Kansan of Distinction in Media and Journalism by the Topeka Capital-Journal
January 4 GW Graduate School of Political Management Joins Participate America, A Coalition to Promote Civic Participation, to Honor the Memory of September 11
January 4 GW Campus 'Ful' . . . with Fourteen Fulbright Scholars
January 3 GW Names Donna Scarboro New Assistant Vice President for Special Academic Programs