Summer 1992

Features

George Washington Crosses the Anacostia
University programs help high school students feel pride in their community
William H. Woodwell, jr.

Right from the Start
Parents of premature infants get valuable training from GW educators
Jamie L. Freedman

The Write Stuff
Workshops taught by remarkable writers draw aspiring local authors
Faye Moskowitz

Tomorrow's Doctors
Teenagers at a Hispanic clinic in D.C. learn about health care
Ruth Jordan

Potrait of the Artist as a Washingtonian
Brad Stevens, GW alumnus and art instructor, paints D.C. in a different light
Robert Guldin

GW's Urban Outreach
A profusion of programs through which GW people serve their community
Mark Lilback, '95

Departments

GW News

• Three Make the Dean's List (Linda Salamon - Arts and Sciences; David Fowler - SBPM; Gideon Frieder - Engineers)
• GW celebrates "Monumental Commencement" on the Ellipse
• Six Trustees Join Board (Edgar E. Smith, William P. Rutledge, Lawrence A. Hough, Dennis D. Shepard, Dennis Joseph Patterson, and Mary A. Conneely)
• All Aboard for Study Abroad
• WETA, GW Announce Joint Enterprise Plans
• Racing with the Sun
• You Say You Want a Revolution? (University Symposium)
• Trachtenberg Receives NCJW's Solomon Award
• Shapiro Trust Awards $3 Million to GW
• Mummy Dearest (X-rays of Egyptian mummies taken by Medical Center)
• How Do We Rate? (School of Medicine, National Law Center graduate schools ranked among best in country by U.S. News)
• Soviet No More (Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies changes its name)
• At a Glance

Alumni Newsmakers

• Norma Fleischman, MPA'77 (founder of Art From the Heart of the City, a program that brings art to disadvantaged Washingtonians)
• David A. Clarke, BA'65 (Former D.C. City Council member helps shape the face of the city)
• Edith Petersilia Mayo, BA'61, MA'70 (Curator of Smithsonian's First Ladies Exhibit)

Speak Out and Viewpoint

• Middle Class Parents Fail Their Kids, Too
  Harry Pitt, BS '51, MA '55, EDD '65
• Reader's Forum: Guns, Drugs, and Violent Crimes
  Professor William Chambliss Answers His Critics

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