Jan. 21, 2003
Briefs
SBPM Receives $1.6 Million Software Grant
from OPNET
Jerald Feinstein, an assistant professor of information systems in the
School of Business and Public Management (SBPM), received a $1.6 million
software and training grant from OPNET Technologies, Inc., a pioneer
and leading provider of Intelligent Network Management software, to
support Internet2 research and classroom activities. The work covered
in this grant enables Feinstein to continue research previously sponsored
by SBPM’s Department of Management Science.
The grant includes licenses of OPNET’s IT Guru — a product
with the ability to isolate application performance and network configuration
problems. It also includes training to support his research in developing
virtual networking laboratories for conventional information systems
courses, as well as for those taught in a collaborative and distributed
environment over Internet2.
Elliott School Programs Land MacArthur
Award
GW’s Space Policy Institute and the Security Policy Program received
an award from the The John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation.
The programs, both part of the Elliott School of International Affairs,
will receive a two-year, $200,000 grant to establish a Security Space
Forum.
The forum will comprise a variety of formats and agendas to help facilitate
the exchange of ideas between the experts. Luncheon discussions, already
in progress, will form the centerpiece. At each of these meetings a
commissioned paper on a specific topic in national security space policy
will be discussed.
GW and Montgomery County Schools Form
Partnership
A team of researchers from the Graduate School of Education and Human
Development and the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences is collaborating
with science educators at Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland
on a five-year study entitled “Scaling Up Highly Rated Science
Curriculum Units for Diverse Populations.” The $5.2 million grant
is funded by the Interagency Education Research Initiative and administered
by the National Science Foundation.
Faculty/Staff Bowling League Begins
Looking to pick up a 7–10 split? Then join the newly formed faculty
and staff bowling league, which begins competition Jan. 30 at the Marvin
Center’s Hippodrome. Faculty and staff members with a team of at
least four people can register for the eight-week league. Cost per team
is $100. Games will occur on Thursdays between 12:30 and 6:30 pm to
accommodate team schedules. Registration forms can be found at the Hippodrome
front desk. Call 994-7471 or send an E-mail to mchippo@gwu.edu
with any questions.
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