President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and Provost John F. "Skip" Williams

GW Names John F. “Skip” Williams New University Provost, Three Vice Presidents Promoted

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president of The George Washington University, has announced the appointment of John F. “Skip” Williams, M.D., Ed.D., to the newly reinstated position of University provost and the promotion of three other top administrators. Williams, whose appointment was effective Jan. 1, becomes the first person to serve as provost of GW in 14 years. READ

• Jan. 16 Washington Post: “GWU Gets New Provost”

Rabin Forum Explores Terrorism

Jeffrey Goldberg, public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center and staff writer of The New Yorker, along with Martin Kramer, Wexler-Fromer Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and editor of Middle East Quarterly, discussed “The Terrorism of Hizbollah: Ideology, Scope and Threat,” at this morning's forum hosted by GW and the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor Walter Reich at today's forum.

From left to right, COPS Director Carl Reed, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, ATF Special Agent in Charge Jeff Roehm, U.S. Attorney Roscoe Howard, D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey, and GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg

GW Hosts Gun Conference

GW hosted a citywide gun conference at the Marvin Center on Jan. 8 featuring local police agencies discussing ways to remove guns from neighborhoods. Among those speaking at the conference were D.C Mayor Anthony Williams, D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey, and GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. READ

• Jerrold Post, CNN, Jan. 8
• Rodney Johnson, New York Times, Jan. 6
• Nina Gilden Seavey, New York Times, Jan. 6
• Darryl Jenkins, Detroit News, Jan. 5
• Shawn McHale, Washington Post, Jan. 4

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