Oct. 15, 2002

News Briefs

News From Around Campus

Sigur Center Hosts Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium
The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies announce the Ninth Annual Hahn Moo-Sook (HMS) Colloquium in the Korean Humanities under the theme, “Text and Context of Korean Cinema: Crossing Borders.”

The two main speakers are Professor Hyangsoon Yi of the University of Georgia Department of Comparative Literature, who will speak about the innovative films the old masters have produced, and Professor Chris Berry of the Film Studies and Dramatic Art Department at the University of California, Berkely, who will discuss Korean cinema’s success story.

The HMS Colloquium in the Korean Humanities at GW provides a forum for academic discussion of Korean arts, history, language, literature, thought, and religious systems in the contexts of East Asia and the world. The colloquium series is made possible by an endowment established by the estate of Hahn Moo-Sook, one of Korea’s most honored writers, in order to uphold her spirit of openness, curiosity, and education.

Presented in cooperation with the Cultural Information Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea and the Freer Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian Institution, it will be held at GW’s Media and Public Affairs Building, room 309, on Oct. 26 from 9 am–1 pm. The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited and reservations are required. Please contact Young-Key Kim-Renaud, professor of Korean language and literature and international affairs, at 994-7106 or at korea@gwu.edu. For further details on the colloquium visit www.gwu.edu/~call/special/.

GW Student Earns Udall Scholarship
The Morris K. Udall Foundation announces that GW student Tara O’Hare is one of 80 students awarded a Udall Scholarship for the 2002–03 academic year.

The Udall Scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit and were nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide. The scholarship is open to undergraduate sophomores and juniors studying fields related to the environment and to Native American and Alaska Natives in fields related to health care or tribal public policy.
O’Hare, from Derry, NH, is majoring in environmental studies, business economics, and public policy.

Established by Congress in 1992 to honor Rep. Morris King Udall and his legacy of public service, the Morris K. Udall Foundation operates an educational scholarship program designed to provide opportunities for outstanding US students with excellent academic records.

Library Consortium Expands
Georgetown University has joined the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC), a regional organization that allows member institutions to share library resources.

As a WRLC member, Georgetown teams up with GW, American University, The Catholic University of America, Gallaudet University, George Mason University, Marymount University, and the University of the District of Columbia.

“We are very excited about this opportunity,” says Artemis Kirk, University Librarian at Georgetown. “I think our participation will not only benefit the greater Washington community by expanding access to our resources but also assist our own students, faculty, and staff, who will now be able to access many services at several schools in the DC area.”
The WRLC was established in 1987 to enhance the library and information services of its member universities. For more information, see www.wrlc.org.

GW Report Links Endometriosis with Other Disabling Conditions
Two researchers from the GW Medical Center are among the authors of a new report in Human Reproduction, Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal, showing that women with endometriosis are significantly more likely than other women to suffer from a number of additional distressing or disabling conditions; including a variety of auto-immune diseases, allergies, asthma, hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue syndrome, and fibromyagia.

The research team from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, the School of Public Health and Health Services at GW, and the Endometriosis Association in Milwaukee carried out and analyzed a survey of 3,680 members of the Endometriosis Association, 90 percent of whom were of reproductive age and all had surgically diagnosed endometriosis.

The results, which confirmed there was a typical 10-year delay between the onset of symptoms and a diagnosis of endometriosis, have prompted the researchers, especially those taking care of adolescents, to consider a diagnosis of endometriosis in girls and women complaining of pelvic pain and to watch out for other potentially serious conditions in patients.

Alumna Lerman Named MacArthur Fellow
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named GW alumna Liz Lerman as one of 24 new MacArthur Fellows, who will each receive $500,000 in “no strings attached” support over the next five years.
Nobody may apply for the fellowship. To be considered, a person must be nominated by one of several hundred nominators appointed each year. Nominators, who serve anonymously, are chosen across many fields and are challenged to identify people who demonstrate exceptional creativity and promise.

Lerman, who earned her MFA from GW in 1982, was recognized for her work as a gifted teacher, choreographer, and performer. Through her contemporary dance performance company, the Dance Exchange — which includes men and women ranging in age from the 20s through the 70s and from all walks of life — she challenges the assumption that only professionals can create dance that is aesthetically pleasing and appreciated by audiences.

GW Hosts DC Historical Studies Conference
The 29th Annual Conference on Washington, DC, Historical Studies, a three-day public forum on the diverse urban history of Washington, will be held at GW’s Media and Public Affairs Building Oct. 17–19.

The conference is sponsored by the Gelman Library, The Historical Society of Washington, DC, and the Washingtonia Division of the District of Columbia Public Library. The public is invited to join historians, preservationists, neighborhood researchers, students, and history buffs in this free annual learning fest.

Among the panels offered is a presentation examining architecture in early Washington, in particular a look at the career of George Hadfield, the architect who designed such federal buildings as the Marine Barracks, the Executive Offices, and private commissions like Arlington House. In addition there will be a walking tour of Historic Foggy Bottom.
Registration is at the door. For more information call 785-2068, x100.

SEAS Hosts Chief WTC Engineer
Leslie Robertson, the man responsible for the structural design of the World Trade Center and hundreds of other buildings, will present the SEAS-sponsored Frank Howard Lecture on Oct. 30, at 7 pm in the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom. The lecture will be free and open to the public.

 

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