Press releases from 2004 are available below. If you are interested in releases from past years, please visit the Press Release Archive.

December 2004

• December 22    GW to Work with D.C. Office of Planning and Community on Planning Process
  
  

• December 22    GW Selects Development Partners to Help Define Options for Square 54, Former GW Hospital Site
  
  

• December 20    GW's Student Health Service Relocates to New Facility in Spring Semester
  
  

• December 3    The New York Times Reporter Michael Gordon to Discuss "How Fallujah Became Fallujah: The United States Predicament in Iraq" Dec. 8
  
  

• December 3    Dr. Jerrold Post Speaks on Psychocultural Foundations of Terrorism Dec. 6
  
  

• December 2    GW's Elliott School of International Affairs Hosts Taiwan and Cross-Strait Relations Symposium Dec. 3
  
  

• December 2    Taiwan Studies Resource Center Opens at GW's Gelman Library Dec. 3
  
  

November 2004

• November 30    GW Virginia Campus Hosts Northern Virginia Technology Council's Sixth Annual Tech Talk, Dec. 3
  
  

• November 29    Distinguished Maori Writer, Witi Ihimaera, to Become GW's 2005 Writer in Residence
  
  

• November 29    GW's Elliott School Hosts Renowned Scholar Niall Ferguson to Discuss the Question "Can America be a Successful Empire?" Dec. 1
  
  

• November 24    Leon Wieseltier to Present a Welling Presidential Fellowship Lecture at GW, Dec. 2
  
  

• November 24    GW Announces Lineup of New Legal Lecture Series for Members of the GW Community
  
  

• November 22    New Senate Minority Leader, Harry M. Reid, J.D. '64, Latest GW Graduate to Reach the Highest Levels of Washington Politics
  
  

• November 18    GW Names Elizabeth Amundson as New University Registrar
  
  

• November 18    Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Uses New and Innovative Programs to Enhance Undergraduate Education
  
  

• November 18    IMF Executive Director Shares Peruvian Economic Perspectives at GW, Nov. 22
  
  

• November 12    Community Living and Learning Center Announces Reorganized Office of Campus Housing and Occupancy Management
  
  

• November 12    Thomas Blanton of GW's National Security Archive to Lecture on Freedom of Information and Democracy Nov. 16
  
  

• November 12    Hugh Agnew of GW's Elliott School Discusses His Latest Book
  
  

• November 11    Law School Hosts Conference on Workplace Discrimination and the Law in North America, Nov. 18 & 19
  
  

• November 11    GW Receives "High Quality" Peer Review for its Prescriptive Decision Programs
  
  

• November 11    The George Washington Law Review Presents a Symposium on Law and Democracy on Nov. 15
  
  

• November 11    Trachtenberg Delivers "State of D.C. Business" at D.C. Chamber of Commerce First-Ever Business Summit on Economic Growth Nov. 15
  
  

• November 11    Values, Religion, Politics, and the Media on Tap at Nov. 15 Kalb Report
  
  

• November 10    Department of Theatre and Dance Presents Danceworks Fall '04 Featuring Guest Artists, Faculty, and Students, Nov. 17
  
  

• November 10    The GW Department of Music Presents the University Symphony Orchestra, Nov. 14
  
  

• November 9    GW Chamber Choir in Concert at the Kennedy Center on Nov. 20
  
  

• November 9    Israeli Poet and Filmmaker Haim Gouri Presents Excerpts From His Trilogy on the Holocaust Nov. 11
  
  

• November 5    Representatives from Eight Law Enforcement Agencies Converge on GW for College of Professional Studies Police Science Convocation, Nov. 8
  
  

• November 4    GW Announces Second Year for Fixed Tuition and Unique Guaranteed Student Financial Aid Initiative
  
  

• November 4    Student and Academic Support Services Creates Director of Customer Service Initatives
  
  

• November 4    GW Leads Nation in Percentage of Engineering Doctoral Degrees Awarded to Women
  
  

• November 4    Muslim and Jewish Groups Come Together for an Iftar, Ceremonial Meal for Breaking the Ramadan Fast
  
  

• November 3    GW-Battleground 2004 Poll Accurately Predicted Final Popular Vote
  
  

• November 3    The 2004 Presidential Elections: What Happened, Why did it Happen and What are the Implications? Nov. 4
  
  

• November 2    20th Century Legacy Art Exhibition Opens at GW's Elliott School Nov. 4
  
  

• November 2    GW-Battleground Pollsters Announce their Predictions
  
  

• November 1    Discovery Health Channel and GW Deparment of Forensic Science Bring Students an Opportunity to Meet and Examine the Life of a Medical Examiner, Nov. 5
  
  

• November 1    Election Bash 2004 at GW Nov. 2
  
  

October 2004

• October 29    Prime Time Kalb Report Forums Featuring Lehrer, Franken, Liddy to Air this Weekend on WHUT-TV, Channel 32 in Washington
  
  

• October 29    Bush Holds Five-Point Lead In GW-Battleground 2004 Poll
  
  

• October 29    More GW Students are Registered to Vote than Ever Before Thanks to Successful Student-Run GW Votes Initiative
  
  

• October 26    Bush Holds Four-Point Lead in GW-Battleground 2004 Poll
  
  

• October 25    GW-Battleground 2004 Poll Results Announced Oct. 29
  
  

• October 25    Student Voices Project Receives $25,000 Grant from The Herb Block Foundation
  
  

• October 25    GW Hosts Cyber Security Awareness Day Nov. 1
  
  

• October 21    Management Science Professor and IBM Colleague Publish Book to Help Readers Enhance IT Quality Through CMMI Process
  
  

• October 21    Psychological Portraits of President George W. Bush Oct. 25
  
  

• October 21    GW School of Business Appoints Christine M. Kiely Director of its Executive M.B.A. Program
  
  

• October 21    Franken, Liddy, and Bohannon Square Off on The Kalb Report Sunday on 1260 AM WRC Radio and Monday on XM Satellite Radio
  
  

• October 21    Globalization and the Informal Sector the Subject of GW Film Festival and Panel Discussions, Oct. 22-23
  
  

• October 21    GW Student Association Continues Annual Tradition of Foggy Bottom Clean-Up Day, Oct. 23
  
  

• October 20    Previewing the Main Event: What Will Happen on Election Day and How Will it Change America? October 22
  
  

• October 20    Department of Music Presents the Washington String Quartet Nov. 7
  
  

• October 19    Spain's Ambassador to the U.S. Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza to Headline GW Law Enrichment Lecture
  
  

• October 19    GW Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet to Host Under the Radar & Over the Top: Online Political Web Videos in the 2004 Election, Oct. 20
  
  

• October 19    John Lienhard to Present a Welling Professorship Lecture on Invention and Innovation, Oct. 20
  
  

• October 18    Bush Maintains a Three-Point Lead in GW-Battleground 2004 Poll
  
  

• October 14    Elliott School Hosts Common Ground Filmfest Oct. 19 - 28
  
  

• October 13    "The George Washington University Community Collects" Comes to Brady Art Gallery Through Dec. 10
  
  

• October 13    Al Franken, G. Gordon Liddy and Jim Bohannon to Analyze Impact of Talk Radio on the 2004 Presidential Election on The Kalb Report, Oct. 18
  
  

• October 12    GW is Only University Honored with Best Practices in Enterprise Management Award at Enterprise Management World Conference
  
  

• October 12    GW Hosts Free Interactive Workshop About Job Accommodation
  
  

• October 11    Day at the Vern Sunday, Oct. 24
  
  

• October 11    Dimock Gallery Hosts Master of Fine Arts Student Lost Light Thesis Exhibition Oct. 12-22
  
  

• October 11    Professors Release Report That Finds Serious Rifts in Conservative and Liberal Diplomatic Agendas Oct. 18
  
  

• October 11    GW-Battleground 2004 Poll Shows Bush Holding A Three-Point Lead
  
  

• October 11    Trachtenberg to Award Two President's Medals to Education Scholars Oct. 15
  
  

• October 11    GW's Elliott School Hosts Alumnus/Author Ivan Eland Oct. 12
  
  

• October 8    New GW Spring Term Program Invites College Juniors From Across Country to Live and Learn in Washington
  
  

• October 8    Ambassador Gnehm to Speak at GW Colonials Weekend Welcome
  
  

• October 8    GW Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development Oct. 15
  
  

• October 7    Department of Theater and Dance and the Department of Music Present City of Angels Oct. 27-31
  
  

• October 7    World Tourism Organization and School of Business Co-Host Forum to Analyze Policy Issues Facing Global Tourism
  
  

• October 7    Lura Bradfield Annual Lecture and Awards Ceremony
  
  

• October 7    Law School to Host Second National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Oct. 7-10
  
  

• October 6    Virginia Secretary of Education to Give Keynote at 29th Annual New Directions Conference October 16
  
  

• October 3    GW-Battleground 2004 Poll Shows Bush Holding Seven-Point Lead
  
  

• October 1    $10.5 Million Pledged to Redesign Urban Teacher Education Program at GW's Graduate School of Education and Human Development
  
  

• October 1    GW Creates Office of D.C. and Foggy Bottom/West End Affairs
  
  

• October 1    GW Hosts Viewing of "Fog of War" with Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara Oct. 5
  
  

September 2004

• September 30    "GW Presents From the Nation's Capital..."
  
  

• September 30    Law School Receives Grant to Help Fund Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project
  
  

• September 30    GW's Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet Announces Advisory Board Members
  
  

• September 29    GW Faculty Authors Host Book Signing Reception at Gelman Library, Sept. 30
  
  

• September 29    GW Hosts Line-up of Presidential Debate Day Events, Sept. 30
  
  

• September 29    Community Counseling Services Center to Offer Free Screenings for Depression October 7
  
  

• September 28    Patti LaBelle and Dana Carvey Headline Colonials Weekend Oct. 15-17; Tickets on Sale to General Public for Singer/Songwriter LaBelle
  
  

• September 28    Hess Featured in Two-Part Series for PBS Newshour on How America's Editorial Cartoonists View Presidential Campaigns
  
  

• September 28    GW Business Alumna Wins 2004 Best M.B.A. Paper Award on Corporate Citizenship
  
  

• September 28    M.B.A. Program Ranks 37th in Wall Street Journal Report of Recruiters' Top Picks
  
  

• September 28    GW Teams with XM Satellite Radio and Exploring the Arts, Singer Tony Bennett's Foundation for Education and the Arts, to Produce Unique Weekly Radio Series
  
  

• September 27    Eckles Library to Host Opening Reception for Shalom/Salaam Exhibit Oct. 5
  
  

• September 27    GW-Battleground 2004 Poll Shows Bush Holding a Five Point Lead
  
  

• September 24    The Kalb Report "A Conversation with Jim Lehrer" to Air this Sunday on 1260-AM WRC Radio and XM Satellite Radio
  
  

• September 23    Futrell Named U.S. Laureate of the UNESCO Comenius Medal for Her Advocacy of Quality Education for All
  
  

• September 22    South Korean Ambassador to Speak at GW Sept. 23
  
  

• September 21    GW-Battleground 2004 Poll Shows Bush Slightly Ahead
  
  

• September 21    Department of Theatre and Dance Announces Fall 2004 Performance Schedule
  
  

• September 17    Tourism Professor Receives Fulbright Scholarship
  
  

• September 17    Department of Music Announces Fall 2004 Performance Schedule
  
  

• September 17    Helen Caldicott to Discuss the New Nuclear Danger, Sept. 21
  
  

• September 17    GW-Battleground 2004 Poll Results Announced Sept. 21
  
  

• September 16    President of Peru to Speak at GW Sept. 21
  
  

• September 15    SPJ Names The GW Hatchet Best Non-Daily Student Newspaper in the Nation
  
  

• September 15    GW's Department of Music Presents "Trios with a Twist" Sept. 21
  
  

• September 15    PBS News Anchor Jim Lehrer to Discuss the State of Network News and the Presidential Campaign on The Kalb Report, Sept. 20
  
  

• September 14    Fall 2004 Career Campaign Continues Through Sept. 30
  
  

• September 14    Education in Korea Featured During GW's 11th Annual Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium Oct. 23
  
  

• September 14    GW to Host National Conference on School Violence Prevention Oct. 27-29
  
  

• September 14    Airline and Government Policymakers to Discuss Plight of U.S. Airlines and the Government's Role Sept. 21
  
  

• September 14    GW Alumna to Compete in Miss America Pageant
  
  

• September 14    Living and Learning Communities at GW Host Kick-Off Activities
  
  

• September 13    GW to Host Town Hall Meeting on U.S.-Islamic Relations September 14
  
  

• September 9    GW Business Professor Named Editor of Prestigious Journal
  
  

• September 8    Statement Regarding the Death of GW Sophomore Susan Shin
  
  

• September 7    The Kalb Report Receives Grant from Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation; New Season Begins Sept. 20 with Guest Jim Lehrer
  
  

• September 3    GW Opens New Residence Hall Ivory Tower
  
  

• September 3    GW School of Business Marks Fifth Consecutive Year in Top 50 of U.S. News & World Report's Annual Best Colleges Rankings
  
  

• September 3    Two GW Business Faculty Members Honored for Outstanding Research Contributions
  
  

• September 2    Law School Senior Associate Dean Thomas Morrison Appointed to American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel
  
  

• September 1    GW's Elliott School of International Affairs Announces New Faculty
  
  

August 2004

• August 31    English Department Announces Fall Semester Schedules for Jenny McKean Moore and Local Writers Initiative Reading Series
  
  

• August 30    Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Plants Washington White Ash To Commemorate Centennial of GW's Name Change to
  
  

• August 29    GW Alumnus and WTOP Political Commentator Mark Plotkin BA '69 to Address the Class of 2008 at Freshman Convocation on August 31
  
  

• August 27    "Fritz Scholder" Comes to GW's Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Sept. 7-24
  
  

• August 27    GW Legal Music Program Promotes Services For Mac and PC Platforms
  
  

• August 27    School of Media and Public Affairs Awarded Knight Grant to Revitalize and Diversify Journalism Programs in D.C. Area High Schools
  
  

• August 27    Renowned Washington Scholar Stephen Hess to Join GW as Distinguished Research Professor of Media and Public Affairs
  
  

• August 26    GW-Battleground 2004 Poll Continues to Find Divided Electorate
  
  

• August 25    GW Announces Visiting Professional Fellowship
  
  

• August 23    GW-Battleground 2004 Poll Shows Divided Electorate
  
  

• August 20    GW President Receives Two Honorary Degrees in South Korea
  
  

• August 16    James Scott Named Dean of School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  
  

• August 12    GW Law Unveils Interactive Exhibition Highlighting its History as the Oldest Law School in Washington, Aug. 30
  
  

• August 12    Second Annual Les Halles Cup Serves Up Grand Slam Opportunity for Area Youth
  
  

• August 12    GW Named the Hottest University for Political Junkies in 2005 Kaplan/Newsweek Guide
  
  

• August 11    GW School of Business Announces New Faculty
  
  

• August 11    Business Professor Receives Fulbright Scholar Award
  
  

• August 11    Finance Professor George Jabbour Publishes Strategy Handbook for Options Traders
  
  

• August 11    GW Announces Executive Committee and Five New Trustees
  
  

• August 10    Five GW Athletes to Compete at 2004 Olympics in Athens
  
  

• August 10    Alberto Benitez Becomes First GW Law Professor Appointed to American Bar Association Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice and Pro Bono
  
  

• August 9    GW Alumnus and Student Receive Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Study
  
  

• August 5    GW Launches Knowledge and Innovation Management Graduate Certificate Program
  
  

• August 5    Election Countdown: The Race for the White House and Congress and the STate of the Democratic Party, Aug. 6
  
  

• August 4    New Report Looks Back at Online Politics in 2000 and Urges Renewed Attention to Political Information Online
  
  

• August 3    GW Receives $1.5 Million Grant from W.M. Keck Foundation to Develop Innovative New IN VIVO Protein Microscope
  
  

• August 2    GW's Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet to Issue Report Analyzing Online Politics, August 4
  
  

July 2004

• July 30    American Psychological Association Honors Department of Psychology for Recruitment, Retention and Training of Ethnic Minority Ph.D. Students
  
  

• July 26    Ken Mehlman, Campaign Manager for Bush-Cheney '04, to Headline GW's Graduate School of Political Management Commencement Ceremony, July 31
  
  

• July 23    Two GW Students Awarded Pickering Fellowships
  
  

• July 21    Two Professors Named to Roster of Law School Deans
  
  

• July 21    Doctoral Candidate John Hnatio Becomes First Student to Win the Navigator Award for His Work in Science and Technology Policy
  
  

• July 14    The GW Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet Releases "The Political Consultant's Online Fundraising Primer"
  
  

• July 13    GW Documentary Center Film Earns Emmy Nomination for Best Director
  
  

• July 9    GW and Houghton Mifflin Show Commitment to Technology with Launch of E-Learning Companion
  
  

• July 6    Mount Vernon Campus Hosts Special Outdoor Screenings of Political Classics
  
  

• July 1    GW Student Awarded Prestigious Rangel International Affairs Fellowship
  
  

• July 1    GW Students Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Scholarships
  
  

June 2004

• June 30    Graduate School of Education and Human Development Adds Computer Science Concentration to Secondary Education Master's Degree Program
  
  

• June 29    "GW-Battleground 2004 Poll" Reveals Split Electorate
  
  

• June 25    School of Media and Public Affairs to Host Journalism Camp for Multi-Cultural High School Students
  
  

• June 25    National Public Radio Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin Receives Shapiro Fellowship to School of Media and Public Affairs
  
  

• June 25    Media Advisory: GW-Battleground 2004 Poll
  
  

• June 23    GW's Elliott School Hosts "Governing in the Global Age" Forum for State and Local Leaders June 24-26
  
  

• June 22    National Journal Names Two GW Law Professors Among Nation's Leading Experts on Church-State Relations
  
  

• June 21    Dance Professor Maida Withers Creates Social/Political Site-Specific Works in Russia
  
  

• June 17    "The Kalb Report" Named Best Public Affairs Radio Program in the Nation's Capital
  
  

• June 17    GW to Host Discussion Television Program "America and Turkey: The Road Ahead," June 24
  
  

• June 17    GW's Space Policy Institute and the Embassy of France Co-Host Symposium on "Space Exploration and International Cooperation" June 22
  
  

• June 16    GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Receives Hannibal Club USA Award for Advancing Awareness of Arabic Culture and Interfaith Tolerance
  
  

• June 14    GW Announces Launch of Margaret and Edward Gnehm Summer Honors Program in Arabic Language Studies
  
  

• June 14    President Trachtenberg and the GW Alumni Association Announce Recipients of Alumni Service Awards
  
  

• June 14    Hydrogen Fuel Alternatives Topic of Two GW Conferences
  
  

• June 14    GW's Space Policy Institute Hosts Release of the "Mars to Moon" Commission's Report June 16
  
  

• June 10    GW Hosts Free Workshop for Local Business Leaders About the Merits of Hiring a Person with a Disability, July 21
  
  

• June 10    Jacob Burns Law Library Wins Publication Award
  
  

• June 8    GW Names Roger Trangsrud as Law School Interim Dean
  
  

• June 8    The George Washington University to be Closed Friday, June 11
  
  

• June 1    Former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger to Address U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium at GW June 2
  
  

• June 1    Former Dean for America Campaign Manager Joe Trippi Gives Sneak Preview of New Book at GW Journalism Conference on 2004 Election June 4
  
  

May 2004

• May 27    Six GW Faculty Members to be Honored with 2004 Bender Teaching Awards
  
  

• May 27    Best and Brightest in Federal Government Service Named Winners of Arthur S. Flemming Awards
  
  

• May 27    Schario Joins GW as Director of Media Relations
  
  

• May 26    GW Graduate School of Education and Human Development Dean Discusses Report Showing Schools Still Separate and Unequal 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education
  
  

• May 26    "GW Presents American Jazz" Salutes the Music and Sounds of World War II this Weekend on WRC-1260 AM
  
  

• May 26    "Assessing Change for the Boards of Contract Appeals," A Special Colloquium Hosted by GW's Law School, June 8
  
  

• May 26    Hamilton Fish Institute Opens Registration for 2004 School Violence Prevention Conference Oct. 27-29
  
  

• May 26    School of Public Policy and Public Administration to Host Workshops on the Federal eRulemaking Initiative June 2-4
  
  

• May 26    Manheim Probes the Progressive Left Attack on Corporations in His Latest Book
  
  

• May 26    Mark L. Gerchick Appointed Director of Airline Management Certificate Program at GW's School of Business
  
  

• May 24    America's Commitment to the Rule of Law, Human Rights and Democracy Among the Topics Assessed by Judge Thomas Buergenthal at GW Law School Commencement
  
  

• May 19    GW's Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet Announces 2004 Visiting Fellows
  
  

• May 18    "Deadly Networks: The Nexus Between Organized Crime and Terrorism," Conference Examines Transnational Security Threats May 20
  
  

• May 18    GW Professor Robert Cutler to Discuss and Sign His New Book, MacKay's Flying Fortress: The History of America's Worst Aviation Disaster in the Southwest Pacific WWII, June 1
  
  

• May 13    "50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education, the Ongoing Role of Racism in a 'Colorblind' Society," a Lecture Series Hosted by GW
  
  

• May 13    "50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education, the Ongoing Role of Racism in a 'Colorblind' Society," A Film Series Hosted by GW
  
  

• May 13    FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey to Keynote GW SEAS Graduation Celebration May 14
  
  

• May 12    GW's Commencement on the Ellipse, Sunday, May 16 Media Logistics Advisory
  
  

• May 11    GW M.F.A. Students Present Complementary Visions through Ceramics and Painting in Thesis Show, "Sticks and Stones"
  
  

• May 11    GW's International NGO Team to Host "The Role and Effectiveness of NGOs in Implementing the Millennium Development Goals" May 12-13
  
  

• May 11    GW Alumnus Andrew Thompson to Address Elliott School Graduates May 14
  
  

• May 10    GW Enlists Industry Professional to Conduct Curriculum Review of Event Management Certificate Program
  
  

• May 7    U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Edward Gnehm Appointed Shapiro Professor at GW's Elliott School of International Affairs
  
  

• May 7    From Research to Reality: GW Hosts Symposium on Pervasive Computing in the Smart Home, May 20
  
  

• May 7    National Society of Collegiate Scholars Celebrates 10th Anniversary and Launches NSCS-GW Alumni Endowment Campaign
  
  

• May 6    Sen. Joseph Lieberman to Keynote GW's Interfaith Baccalaureate Service May 14
  
  

• May 6    GW and the Smithsonian Associates Present "D-Day Remembered..."This is Richard C. Hottelet, CBS News, Reporting," June 6
  
  

April 2004

• April 30    Seven Presidential Administrative Fellows Named from GW Class of 2004
  
  

• April 30    Statement by GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg on Law School Dean Michael Young's Appointment as the President of Utah
  
  

• April 30    GW Announces Co-Winners of Inaugural Manatt-Trachtenberg Prize Recognizing Undergraduate Leadership
  
  

• April 29    Nobel Laureate and Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Among Four Honorary Degree Recipients to Address 20,000 Graduates and Guests at GW's Commencement on the Ellipse May 16
  
  

• April 29    Three GW Professors Awarded 2004 Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Prizes
  
  

• April 29    Melinda Knight Named Executive Director of GW's University Writing Program
  
  

• April 29    GW Launches Accelerated M.B.A. Program at University's Virginia Campus in Loudoun County
  
  

• April 29    GW's Soundtrack Living and Learning Community to Host "Zoink! Rock the Roof" May 1
  
  

• April 28    Judge Thomas Buergenthal of the International Court of Justice to Keynote Law School Commencement May 23
  
  

• April 28    "Oscar Bluemner: A Daughter's Legacy" Comes to GW's Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, May 13-June 30
  
  

• April 27    GW to Host Journalism Conference on New Campaign Finance Laws and the Role of the Internet in Elections June 4-5
  
  

• April 23    GW's Department of Music Presents The Washington Spring Quartet, April 24
  
  

• April 22    Elliott School Hosts Middle East Expert Bernard Lewis April 29
  
  

• April 22    GW to Honor Members of the University Community with
  
  

• April 21    Management Scholar Pierre Guillet de Monthoux Visits GW to Discuss his Latest Book, April 26
  
  

• April 21    Estee Lauder Executive Edward M. Straw to Speak at School of Business Celebration May 15
  
  

• April 19    Statement Regarding the Tragic Death of GW Student Hasan Hussain
  
  

• April 19    Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) to Discuss Iraq, the Presidential Campaign and Health Care at April 20
  
  

• April 18    GW Hosts Panel to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Ruling April 21
  
  

• April 18    GW to Announce the Arrival of New GW Data Center at the Virginia Campus with Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony April 20
  
  

• April 16    Professor Walter Reich Awarded 2004 Human Rights Award by American Psychiatric Association
  
  

• April 16    "Danceworks: Spring 2004" to be Presented By the GW Department of Theatre and Dance, April 21-24
  
  

• April 16    Luther W. Brady Art Gallery to Host Annual Awards Show Through April 30
  
  

• April 15    Gelman Library Celebrates National Library Week April 18-24
  
  

• April 15    College of Professional Studies Announces New Undergraduate Degree Program in Police Science and Walter Washington Scholarships for Police Professionals
  
  

• April 14    "GW-Battleground 2004 Poll" Reveals Sharply Divided Electorate
  
  

• April 14    Walter E. Washington Memorial Arch to Be Dedicated on GW Campus, April 15
  
  

• April 12    GW Hosts Globalization Week 2004 April 12-23
  
  

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• April 9    M.F.A. Student in Photography to Present Thesis Show Based on Gender
  
  

• April 9    Elliott School Hosts Cold War Historian John Lewis Gaddis April 15
  
  

• April 8    Body Image is a Significant Predictor of Sexual Satisfaction According to a New GW Study
  
  

• April 8    Trachtenberg and GW Alumni Association Announce Recipients of 68th Annual Distinquished Alumni Achievement Awards
  
  

• April 8    Center for Latin American Issues to Host Conference on Organization of American States' Future April 15
  
  

• April 8    Office of Greek Affairs Welcomes CNN Anchor Judy Woodruff to Campus April 13
  
  

• April 7    GW Welcomes World Renowned Medieval Italian Literature Scholar to Campus April 22
  
  

• April 7    GW to Celebrate Jackie Robinson Week April 12-17
  
  

• April 7    GW to Sponsor 2004 Battleground Poll
  
  

• April 6    Political Science Student Awarded Prestigious Truman Scholarship
  
  

• April 6    Biology Student Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
  
  

• April 5    Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Announces New World Literature Residency Program
  
  

• April 2    Graduate Programs in Public Affairs, Law, Education, Health Disciplines and Business Rank in Top 25 According to U.S. News Survey
  
  

• April 2    Graduate School of Education and Human Development Ranks 24th in U.S. News Survey
  
  

• April 1    GW Awards Annual Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholarships to 10 Outstanding D.C. Public School Seniors
  
  

March 2004

• March 31    Chairman, Founder and Former CEO of MedImmune, Inc., and Current President of MedImmune Ventures, to Be Honored as School of Business CEO of the Year
  
  

• March 30    GW Professors Discuss and Sign Their Books April 2 at Gelman Library
  
  

• March 30    Synopsis and Commentary on the Pew Global Attitudes Project Report: A Nine-Country Survey on Attitudes Toward America April 2
  
  

• March 30    GW Hosts Gelber Prize Winners Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay to Discuss Their Award-Winning Book,
  
  

• March 29    Independence Air/ACA CEO to Receive "CEO of the Year" Award from GW's Executive Master of Business Administration Program, April 2
  
  

• March 26    GW and Montgomery County Public Schools Release Preliminary Findings from Grant Studying the Scale-Up of Highly Rated Science Curriculum Units in a Diverse Student Population
  
  

• March 26    GW Hatchet Celebrates 100 Years
  
  

• March 26    College of Professional Studies and Virginia Tech Announce New Educational Partnership
  
  

• March 25    GW to Host Sports and Event Marketing Conference April 16-17
  
  

• March 25    Stanford Business Professor and Author Jerry I. Porras to Deliver Business School's Robert P. Maxon Lecture on April 13
  
  

• March 24    Correspondents Covering 2004 Presidential Campaign Discuss Nuts and Bolts of Life on the Trail at March 29 Kalb Report
  
  

• March 23    Hall of Fame Sportscaster Ernie Harwell Ushers in the Baseball Season with a One Hour Radio Special this Weekend on Sportstalk 1260-AM WRC
  
  

• March 23    SEC Commmissioner Roel Compos to Keynote GW Law School Panel on Careers in Corporate Law & Corporate Responsibility, March 24
  
  

• March 22    GW School of Media and Public Affairs Reorganization Moves to Next Phase
  
  

• March 22    "How I Learned to Drive," Pulitzer-Prize Winning Play from Washington-Area Playwright Paula Vogel, to be Presented by GW Department of Theatre and Dance, March 31-April 4
  
  

• March 17    Elliott School Reorganizes in Response to Rapid Growth
  
  

• March 17    GW Experts to Discuss Preliminary Findings of Study on the Effectiveness of Highly Rated Science Curriculum Units in Montgomery County Public Schools March 26
  
  

• March 17    Newsweek Contributing Editor Eleanor Clift to Keynote GW's 2004 Women's Leadership Conference March 26
  
  

• March 17    Transcript of Sen. John Kerry's Remarks at GW, March 17, 2004
  
  

• March 17    Argentine Ambassador to Discuss the Kirchner Administration at GW Center for Latin American Issues Event, March 23
  
  

• March 17    Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson to Headline the Paul O'Dwyer Forum on Ethics in Politics, March 18
  
  

• March 15    GW's Dimock Gallery Presents an M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, March 31-April 9
  
  

• March 12    Elliott School Renames Two Graduate Programs
  
  

• March 10    National Public Radio the Focus of 11th Annual GW/KPMG M.B.A. Case Compeition, March 19 - 20
  
  

• March 10    GW Hosts 13th International Summit on Aviation Safety & Security
  
  

• March 10    Former Costa Rican President Miguel Rodriguez to Deliver Shapiro Lecture on Consolidating Democracy and Reducing Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean March 11
  
  

• March 9    GW Greek Community Presents "Masquerade," a Fashion Show Fundraiser Benefiting the GW Mammovan, March 10
  
  

• March 5    GW Law Presents 50th Anniversary of Brown V. Board of Education Lecutre and Book Signing Featuring Harvard Law's Charles Ogletree, March 18
  
  

• March 5    GW Students to Study the International Media in London
  
  

• March 5    White House Drug Czar John Walters Kicks Off "STAND" Campaign at GW's Elliott School, March 9
  
  

• March 5    FAA Administrator Marion Blakey Headlines GW's 13th International Summit on Aviation Safety & Security, March 8
  
  

• March 2    New Manatt-Trachtenberg Prize to Recognize Undergraduate Leadership
  
  

February 2004

• February 27    Bush-Cheney 2004 Campaign Manager Ken Mehlman and Former Dean for America Campaign Manager Joe Trippi to Keynote 2004 Politics Online Conference, March 19
  
  

• February 27    Ten New Members Elected to GW Parents' Association Advisory Council
  
  

• February 26    Election Countdown: The Race for the White House and Congress, March 1
  
  

• February 25    "The Kiln God Show (The Spiritual Journey of A Ceramic Artist)" on Display at GW's Dimock Gallery, March 3-12
  
  

• February 25    Faculty Authors Discuss and Sign Their Books at Gelman Library March 5
  
  

• February 24    Critically Praised New Music Collective Makes Washington Debut at GW Feb. 28
  
  

• February 23    Brazilian Ambassador to Discuss U.S. - Brazil Relations at GW Center for Latin American Issues Event Feb. 27
  
  

• February 23    Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Visits GW to Mark DHS Anniversary
  
  

• February 23    GSEHD to Host Diversity Summit March 31
  
  

• February 19    "Art Works For Eric Marlow, Artworks by Eric Marlow," On Exhibit at GW's Gelman Library Through Feb. 29
  
  

• February 19    Happy 272nd Birthday George!
  
  

• February 19    GW Welcomes the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, Feb. 22
  
  

• February 17    GW Receives $300,000 Grant from Space Shuttle Children's Fund to Study Astronaut Safety
  
  

• February 13    GW's Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet Places Call for Golden Dot Award Nominations
  
  

• February 13    NAFTA at Ten Years: The Mexican Perspective," a GW Law School Enrichment Lecture, Feb. 25
  
  

• February 12    Law School and Oracle Corporation Co-Sponsor Patent Law Symposium March 19
  
  

• February 12    "The Gospel Truth About the Negro Spiritual," a Lecture/Recital Led By Two GW Community Members, Feb. 24
  
  

• February 12    D.C. Tourism Recovery Strategy Post September 11 to be Focus of Industry Forum at GW, Feb. 17
  
  

• February 12    Law School Welcomes Treasury Secretary John W. Snow as 24th Annual Manual F. Cohen Memorial Lecturer March 3
  
  

• February 10    "Strategies and Tactics for Ability: Taking the 'Dis' Out of Disability," A Free Business Workshop Sponsored by GW, April 22
  
  

• February 9    GSEHD Displays Archival Exhibit Commemorating 100th Anniversary
  
  

• February 9    GW School of Business and Public Management Now Known as School of Business
  
  

• February 9    University Accepting Nominees for 2004 George Washington Award
  
  

• February 9    Career Center to Sponsor Spring Career Campaign, Feb. 9 - March 9
  
  

• February 9    GW Records Largest Jump in Rank of Top 100 Universities Receiving NIH Funding
  
  

• February 6    New Fixed-Rate Tuition Plan for Incoming Freshmen to Eliminate Uncertainty
  
  

• February 5    New GW Study Finds People Involved in Politics Online are Much More Likely to Be Influential Opinion Leaders Than the Average American
  
  

• February 5    .Lessons from Iraq: Creating Security,. a Discussion by Walter Slocombe, Former Senior Advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority February 10
  
  

• February 4    GW Hits 20,000 Applications!
  
  

• February 3    Two GW Undergraduates Honored by American Advertising Federation as "Most Promising Minority Students"
  
  

• February 3    GW Ranks 7th Nationally on Peace Corps' List of Top Volunteer-Producing Medium-Size Colleges and Universities
  
  

• February 2    "Getting to the Heart of Disability Employment from the Business Perspective," A Free Business Workshop Sponsored by GW, Feb. 11
  
  

• February 2    "Tunisian Paintings: A Cultural Perspective" at GW's Luther W. Brady Art Gallery Through Feb. 20
  
  

• February 2    Two Encyclopedias Edited By GW Professors Named Outstanding Reference Sources for 2004
  
  

• February 2    GW Law School Announces Two Appointed Faculty Professorships
  
  

• February 2    Serbia and Montenegro Economic Development to be Focus of GW Forum, February 4
  
  

January 2004

• January 30    University Relations Unveils "Ask GW" Forum
  
  

• January 30    GW Community Living and Learning Center Launches .One-Stop Shopping. Customer Service Desk for Residence Life and Campus Housing Matters
  
  

• January 30    Former U.S. Diplomat to Discuss U.S.-European Relations in the U.N., February 3
  
  

• January 29    GW Law School Moot Court Board Presents 2003-2004 Jacob Burns Van Vleck Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition, Feb. 5
  
  

• January 28    Political Forecasters Look Ahead to Next Round of Primaries at Capitol Hill Panel Discussion, Jan. 30
  
  

• January 28    Tennessee Williams' Work Brought to Life with the GW Department of Theatre and Dance's Production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Feb. 25-29
  
  

• January 27    GW Law Professor Robert Cottrol Awarded 2003 Langum Project for Historical Literature Prize
  
  

• January 23    GW Researchers Analyze Atmosphere on Mars and Reconstruct Trajectory of Mars Rover "Spirit"
  
  

• January 23    Former CIA Director James Woolsey Among Experts to Discuss the War on Terrorism at GW Town Hall Meeting January 27
  
  

• January 23    William R. Baber Appointed Associate Dean for Research and Director of Doctoral Programs at GW's School of Business and Public Management
  
  

• January 21    Local Writers to Visit GW and Give Public Readings of Their Work
  
  

• January 21    GW Unveils New School of Public Policy and Public Administration
  
  

• January 21    The George Washington University and BearingPoint Launch The Center for Innovation in Public Service
  
  

• January 21    GW Finance Professor Appointed to Second Term as Director with Baltimore Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
  
  

• January 21    .The Special Hemispheric Summit: A Post-Summit Assessment. Slated for Jan. 22
  
  

• January 20    GW Teams with Private Information Technology Firms to Analyze U.S. Department of Justice Information Sharing System
  
  

• January 19    GW Professor Walter Reich Honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science for his Contribution to Human Rights
  
  

• January 16    "A Day On, Not a Day Off" for GW and DC Community Members at District's Largest MLK Day Service Project, Jan. 19
  
  

• January 16    Student Artists from Loudoun County Public Schools Exhibit Work at GW Virginia Campus Through February 25
  
  

• January 15    Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to Discuss New Book, .Madam Secretary: A Memoir,. at GW.s Elliott School January 20
  
  

• January 15    GW's First Outdoor Ice Skating Rink Headlines Welcome Week Festivities
  
  

• January 15    Political Prognosticators to Dust Off the Crystal Ball and Preview the Upcoming Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire Primary, January 16
  
  

• January 14    GW to Launch School of Public Policy and Public Administration at January 21 Ceremony
  
  

• January 13    GW College of Professional Studies and the Hildebrandt Institute Announce New Educational Partnership
  
  

• January 13    GW Law Professor Awarded Inaugural Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professorship
  
  

• January 7    GW and WTOP Radio to Host Democratic Presidential Candidate Debate, Jan. 9
  
  

• January 6    GW/NASA Researchers Discover a New Member in Exotic Class of Neutron Stars
  
  

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