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Featured Event

$ Dec. 4 at 8 a.m.- 6 p.m.
2009 Turning a New Leaf Conference
The Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council
Various campus locations
This conference is for professionals in the landscaping industry, government and education and focuses on sustainable landscaping techniques and business practices. Director of GW's Office of Sustainability Meghan Chapple-Brown will introduce the keynote speaker, former D.C mayor Anthony Williams. The conference is co-sponsored by GW's Landscape Design Program.  For more information, please click here.

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Events

November

Nov. 5-Jan. 22
Exhibition: Clothing the Rebellious Soul: Revolution 1963-1973
The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
Media and Public Affairs Building
805 21st Street, NW
The exhibition features clothing, decorative arts, photographs, archival documentation, ephemera and artifacts recalling a decade that commenced with peace and love and ended in conflict and anger. Gallery hours are Tuesday– Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
All-Voice Recital “Musique Francaise”
The United Church
1920 G St., NW
http://www.theunitedchurch.org/

$ Nov. 22 at 4 p.m.
The GWU Chamber Choir and Women’s Chorus Performing:
Handel’s Messiah and Vivaldi’s Gloria
Western Presbyterian Church
4101 Virginia Ave, NW
http://www.westernchurch.net/

December

Dec. 1 at 5 p.m.
Elliot School Book Party
Linder Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E Street, NW
For more information, please go to http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott/research/books/
Please send RSVP to rsvpesia@gwu.edu.

Dec. 1 at 6:30- 8 p.m.
A Conversation with Awista Ayub
Room 213
1957 E. St., NW
Awista Ayub, author of However Tall the Mountain, will discuss her new book and the remarkable challenges and opportunities facing girls of Afghanistan. A reception and book signing will follow. Sponsored by the GW Social Enterprise Forum Institute for Global and International Studies and the Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Sorority and Fraternity Graduate Program in International Affairs. Please RSVP to gwsocialenterprise@gmail.com.

Dec. 3 at 4-6 p.m.
We are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and Other Minorities
Room 602
Linder Family Commons
1975 E. St., NW
The Institute for Middle East Studies and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco present a special event featuring an introduction by Moroccan Ambassador Aziz Mekouar and a book discussion with Anouar Majid, who will speak about his newest book, We Are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and other Minorities. Sponsored by The Institute for Middle East Studies and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco. Please RSVP to rsvpesia@gwu.edu.

$ Dec. 4 at 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
2009 Turning a New Leaf Conference
The Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council
Jack Morton Auditorium and Marvin Center
This conference is for professionals in the landscaping industry, government and education and focuses on sustainable landscaping techniques and business practices. Director of GW's Office of Sustainability Meghan Chapple-Brown will introduce the keynote speaker, former D.C mayor Anthony Williams. The Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council is a coalition of individuals and organizations dedicated to researching, promoting, and educating the public about conservation-based gardening and landscaping practices in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The conference is co-sponsored by GW's Landscape Design Program. For more information, please click here. 

Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 5 at 3 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi
Opera in One Act
Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre
800 21st St., NW
http://www.gwu.edu/~music/index.html

$ Dec. 5-6 at 2 p.m., Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m.
$ Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 13 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
The Washington Revels present The Christmas Revels
Lisner Auditorium
730 21st St., NW
Join the acclaimed Washington Revels Company, comprised of more than 75 performers ages 8-70, on this colorful journey to seasons past in their 27th annual celebration of the winter solstice. Tickets are $12-$45 by calling 1-800-595-4849 or clicking here.

Dec 6 at 7:30 p.m.
All-Piano Concert
Phillips Hall B-120
801 22nd St.,NW
http://www.gwu.edu/~music/index.html

$ Dec. 18-19 at 8 p.m.
$ Dec. 20 at 3 p.m.
Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington presents: Snow White and 175 Faeries
Lisner Auditorium
730 21st St., NW
Wonderful winter music paired with the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington’s musical twist on the popular fairy tale. Tickets are $20-$50 at the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington’s Web site.

$ denotes cost.

Faculty and Staff Book Discussion

The Green @ Work committee, in partnership with the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) community, invites staff and faculty to participate in a book discussion of this year’s GW Freshman Reading Program selection  

The GW Experience

Students

All in the Family

Greg and Heather Hachenburg talk about their undergraduate experience at GW, one of many sibling pairs to share in the Colonials legacy.

Creating Next Generation Leaders

GW program helps female students connect with leading women across a variety of fields and develop their roles as future women in leadership.

Where the City is a Classroom

Freshman volunteers experience life beyond Foggy Bottom...

Faculty

Fighting Neglected Diseases

GW professor works to eradicate diseases that affect the health, education and economic development of the world's poorest people.

Building the Super Computer

Pioneering lab puts GW at the forefront of high-speed computing and offers GW students unprecedented access to science and skills of the future.

Blast From the Past

Students map an ancient—and dramatic—eruption as part of a geological research program in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains.

Alumni

Giving Back to the District of Columbia

D.C. public health director calls GW education the foundation of his career.

GW Opens Doors

A chance encounter with a GW alumna helped give one GW undergraduate, an aspiring broadcast journalist from Texas, his big break.

The Legend Lives On

The $2 million bequest commitment caps a lifetime of philanthropy and service to GW, establishing the Elyse B. and Donald R. Lehman Endowed Professorship in Theoretical Physics.