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At A Glance
Undergrad Business Program Honored
In the 2007 edition of U.S. News & World
Report’s annual “America’s
Best Colleges” survey, GW’s undergraduate
business program ranks 42nd, up five spots from
2006. The undergraduate international business
specialty places No. 20 in this year’s survey.
This is the seventh consecutive year GW’s
undergraduate business program has ranked among
the top 50 out of more than 480 accredited undergraduate
business programs.
SEAS Receives Gift from Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce, world-leading provider of power
systems and services, has donated a 501-K5A Industrial
Turbine to GW’s School of Engineering and
Applied Science. Engineering students will use
the gas turbine to develop a finite element computer
model and conduct analysis in jet engine failure
preventions, as well as a range of other topics.
They also will use digitized data from the 501-K5A
to help create a generic engine model. The engine
is housed on GW’s Virginia Campus at the
National Crash Analysis Center, a collaborative
effort among the Federal Highway Administration,
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
and the University.
Trachtenberg Leads Service Task Force
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg recently
was asked to serve as chair of the new American
Jewish Committee’s National Service Task
Force. The task force, proposed by E. Robert Goodkind,
president of the American Jewish Committee, will
prepare a plan, in coalition with other groups,
to develop a permanent voluntary national service
program for Americans between the ages of 18 and
22.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson Fellowships
Three GW professors were awarded fellowships
at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars. Gordon Adams, professor of the practice
of international affairs; Bruce J. Dickson, professor
of political science and international affairs;
and Cynthia McClintock, professor of political
science and international affairs, will use their
fellowships to advance research in their respective
fields. Michael Yahuda, visiting scholar at GW’s
Sigur Center for Asian Studies, also was selected
for a fellowship.
GW and Washington Post Radio
GW’s award-winning cultural and public
affairs radio programming now airs on Washington
Post Radio each Saturday from 8 to 10 p.m. and
Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m. The programs include
The Kalb Report, From the Nation’s Capital,
and Beyond Category. “Washington
Post Radio is presenting the most substantive
and creative new format in decades,” says
Vice President for Communications Michael Freedman,
who oversees the University’s broadcast
partnerships and productions and serves as executive
producer for radio programming. “It’s
the perfect home for our weekly programs, which
educate and enlighten in areas ranging from press
and public policy to the performing and visual
arts, American history, and Washington’s
hidden treasures.”
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