1998

December

• December 19 Starr Foundation Awards Grant to GW's Elliott School for Mid-Career Scholars Program
• December 9 Japanese Firms Give $1 Million to Help Create Japan-U.S. Relations Chair in GW's Elliott School of International Affairs
• December 8 GW Makes Black Enternainment Magazine's List of Top 50 Colleges for African Americans
• December 7 Bolz Receives Jaffe Foundation Creative Writers Award
• December 4 "Collections/Patrons" Exhibit to Open at Dimock Gallery
• December 3 ALPA's John O'Brien To Receive First GW Aviation Safety Award Dec. 4

November

• November 25 GW Receives Top Award From EPA for Improving Environment
• November 25 GW to Host Creativity and Aging Conference Dec. 4
• November 24 Rep. Barney Frank to Address GW College Democrats Nov. 30
• November 17 Potomac Regional Education Partnership to Hold First Conference at GW
• November 11 GW Seminar to Address Application of Tax Laws in Cyberspace
• November 10 GW to Establish Campus Task Force on Alcohol Abuse
• November 9 Women's Issues Now to Host "Take Back the Night" Rally November 12
• November 6 Lynch to Direct New GW Center for Distance Learning
• November 5 Dalai Lama to Speak at GW November 10
• November 6 College for Kids to Hold Graduation at GW November 7
• November 3 Founder of Rand Construction to Give Hoffman Lecture November 5

October

• October 28 Candidates in Tight Races Flock to Internet
• October 20 GW Libraries Accepted into Association of Research Libraries

July

• July 14 Smithsonian's Assistant General Counsel, Ildiko P. Deangelis, Moves To GW To Direct Museum Studies Program
• July 8 School Violence Prevention Program Names New Director
• July 6 GW's Center For Excellence In Municipal Management To Graduate First Class Of City Executives July 11
• July 1 Jonathan Turley Named J.B. And Maurice C. Shapiro Professor In GW Law School

June

• June 15 GW And Shenandoah University To Launch Joint Accelerated Higher Education Administration Doctoral Program
• June 15 GW Law School Names New Dean
• June 9 GW Joins Forces With Metropolitan Police Second District To Open New Community Policing Center In Foggy Bottom June 11
• June 1 GW Will Celebrate Life And Times Of David A. Clarke With Memorial Plaque To Be Dedicated June 4

May

• May 14 George Washington University Law School Commencement Speaker: Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder
• May 13 GW To Dedicate America's Gate At Ceremony Honoring Trustee Emilio A. Fernandez On May 15
• May 13 GW Announces 1997 Arthur S. Flemming Award Recipients
• May 11 GW'S 1998 Commencement On The Ellipse May 18 To Honor Sen. Bob Dole And Over 3,500 GW Graduates
• May 8 Sen. John Glenn To Discuss His Return To Space On Shuttle Discovery During Space Day Symposium At GW May 21
• May 8 Mount Vernon College To Host 11TH Annual Celebrity Tennis Tournament May 30
• May 7 Sen. Bob Dole To Address Graduates At The George Washington University Commencement On The Ellipse May 17
• May 7 D.C. Council Chair Linda W. Cropp To Address Graduates At Mount Vernon College Commencement On May 10
• May 5 1998 Trachtenberg Teaching Prize Awarded To GW Religion Professor Harry Yeide
• May 5 1998 Trachtenberg Prize For University Service Awarded To GW Statistics Professor Arthur Kirsch
• May 4 New Research Report From GW Probes Faculty Equity Issues
• May 4 Dr. Susan Phillips, Federal Reserve Board Of Governors Member, Named Dean Of GW School Of Business And Public Management

April

• April 29 Free Mental Health Screenings At GW Counseling Services May 6
• April 28 GW Professor Roy Richard Grinker Authors Korea And Its Futures: Unification And The Unfinished War
• April 27 Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc. Chairman And CEO Emanuel J. Friedman To Receive GW School Of Business And Public Management's 1998 CEO Of The Year Award April 30
• April 27 New GW Institute Takes Aim At Youth Violence In Schools
• April 22 Eight Members Of GW Community To Receive The George Washington Award For Lasting Contributions To The University
• April 22 GW Co-Sponsors "The Future Of Event Management" Congress At Biosphere 2 Research Facility In Oracle, Arizona May 1-3
• April 21 Sir John Daniel Of Open University Of United Kingdom To Discuss Distance Learning At GW April 28
• April 21 GW's Annual Block Party Promotes Artistic Expression As Stress Reliever
• April 21 Senator Bob Dole To Address Graduates At The George Washington University Commencement On The Ellipse May 17
• April 21 GW To Present Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards At Union Station On May 16
• April 20 GW And Manna, Inc. To Celebrate Earth Day And National Volunteer Week With Shaw Neighborhood Cleanup April 25
• April 20 Ambassador Of Spain Antonio Oyarzabal To Speak At Opening Ceremony Of "Books And Film In Spain" At GW April 22
• April 16 GW's Institute For Global Management And Research To Host Post-Privatization Telecom Conference April 27-28
• April 15 "Washington's Broadcast Legacy"Exhibit To Open At GW'S Colonnade Gallery With Evening Reception April 20
• April 15 Earth Week 1998 At GW To Feature Film Festival, Art Competition, Community Service, Environmental Debates And More
• April 14 GW Parliamentary Debate Society To Host National Debate Championship April 19
• April 13 Five-Time Grammy Award Winning Composer John Corigliano To Receive The Geoerge Washington University President's Medal April 19
• April 13 Former Advisors To President Clinton And Reagan To Teach Courses At GW'S School Of Media And Public Affairs This Fall
• April 10 Under Secretary Of State For Political Affairs Thomas Pickering To Receive The John Hay Award At GW April 17
• April 8 Broadcasting Legend Walter Cronkite To Discuss Proper Role Of Journalists On "Kalb Report: Ethics In Journalism" Forum April 13
• April 8 GW Students Win 1998 National MBA Case Competition
• April 7 Hoffman Lecture Series Features Adam Kidan, Chairman And CEO Of Dial-A-Mattress On April 9
• April 6 Kennedy Center-Commissioned World Premiere Ritual To Feature Mark Dendy And 17 GW Students
• April 3 GW Students To Showcase Work In "M.F.A. Spring Thesis Candidate Show" April 30 - May 22
• April 2 GW Begins NCAA Athletics Certification Process
• April 2 1998 Trachtenberg Prize For Research Scholarship Awarded To GW Public Administration Professor Susan J. Tolchin

March

• March 31 GW Virginia Campus To Host Seventh Annual "Technology And Business Competitiveness Seminar Expo" April 8
• March 27Turkish Ambassador Nuzhet Kandemir To Address GW Community As Part Of International Week Festivities March 31
• March 27Novelist Susan Shreve To Speak At GW April 16
• March 25 GW'S Institute For Global Management & Research Distinguished Lecture Series Features Andrew Crockett On April 14
• March 25 School Of Business And Public Management Hosts The GW/KPMG National MBA Case Competition Focusing On Habitat For Humanity
• March 23 From Washington D.C. And Venezuala: Dance Works By International Women To Premiere At GW May 1 & 2
• March 20 GW'S Dimock Gallery In Partnership With WPA/Corcoran To Present A Lecture By Foon Sham: "The Fine Art Of Sculpture Commissions" April 22
• March 20 Comedy Central And The Standard Deviants To Sponsor "SLATE: The World College Comedy Festival" At GW April 3 & 4
• March 19 The Festival Of Arts To Be Held At GW April 25
• March 19 Oxford Head Of House Robert Stevens To Discuss Funding Higher Education In The U.K. At GW March 24
• March 18 United Jewish Appeal Half Shekel Campaign To Be Held On GW Campus March 30 - April 2
• March 18 GW Junior Brennan Sullivan To Appear On Cover Of Student Leader Magazine In Recognition Of High Level Of Campus Involvement While Coping With Disability
• March 18 Noted Dance Author And International Lecturer Sally Banes To Speak At GW April 13
• March 17 "Indigenous Peoples In The Americas: Human Rights And Biodiversity" Conference To Be Held At GW March 31
• March 17Annual Gw 21st. Century Scholarships To Be Awarded March 18
• March 12 GW To Host HOBY Leadership Seminar March 13-15
• March 11 "Firing Line" Brings Debate On Whether Black Americans Are Best Served By Republican Party To GW March 23
• March 9 GW's Dimock Gallery To Open "Annual Awards Show" April 1
• March 6 SMPA's Electronic Media Program Launches Cable Channel
• March 4 Steiner Scholarship Benefit Concert To Be Held March 9 At GW
• March 4 Faculty Workload Studies Measure Quantity Not Quality Says New GW Research Report
• March 2 Emerging Field Of Astrobiology To Be Discussed At March 12 Symposium At GW

February

• Feb.26 GW Accelerated Master's Degree For Tourism And Hospitality Professionals Receives Full Approval From The Commonwealth Of Virginia
• Feb.25 Flying Reptiles Could Not Run On Their Toes, Claims GW Professor James M. Clark In Article In Feb.27 Issue Of NATURE
• Feb.25 NationsBank Endows Fellowship For GW School Of Business And Public Management Students
• Feb. 24 Come To Paris In The Twenties And Meet 'The Lost Generation'!
• Feb.23 School Of Media And Public Affairs To Offer Master's Program
• Feb.23 GW Theater And Dance Students To Present "SPADE," A Collection Of Dance And Performance Art Works, March 16
• Feb.18 Four Of The World's Top News Executives To Discuss The State Of Journalism At Feb. 27 "Kalb Report"
• Feb.18 GW To Host 7TH Annual Watkins Award Dinner Feb.22
• Feb.12 GW Centuries Campaign Surpasses $200 Million Mark
• Feb.13 GW Announces Lowest Tuition/ Fee Increase In A Decade
• Feb.12GW Graduate School Of Education And Human Development Public Colloquia Series To Feature Michael S. Shapiro Feb. 18
• Feb.6 GW Associate Professor Charles Toftoy Wins Award For Most Innovative Classroom Project
• Feb.5 49TH Annual Arthur S. Flemming Awards To Be Presented By GW
• Feb.4 "Driving Miss Daisy" Playwright Alfred Uhry And Noted Author Eli Evans To Present "Southern Exposure" At GW Feb. 23
• Feb.3 GW Law And Forensics Professor James E. Starrs To Reveal Contents Of D.C. Medical Examiners Files On J.Edgar Hoover's Death At Meeting Of American Academy Of Forensic Sciences Feb. 13
• Feb.3"Textualism And The Constitution" Is The Topic Of Law Review Symposium To Be Held Feb. 13 & 14
• Feb.2 GW Senior To Celebrate Black Women's Week With Honors Thesis Dance Concert

January

• Jan.28 GW To Host Greek Forum On Current Events February 8
• Jan.26 Paul Solman To Speak At GW Feb.5 On "Separating The Sheep From The Goats: Analyzing The Business Of The Future"
• Jan.26 GW Sport Management Students To Go For Gold At 1998 Winter Olympics In Nagano
• Jan.21 DC Council Declares January 22 "Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Day"
• Jan.20 GW Offers Special Deferred Payment Plan For Pacific Rim Students Affected By Asian Economic Crisis
• Jan.20 GW To Host Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Congress In 1998
• Jan.16 GW Department Of Theatre And Dance To Host Showing Of Video-Documentary "Adriana: Shadows On Yellow Silk"
• Jan.16 GW Law School To Hold Annual Van Vleck Moot Court Competition Jan.29
• Jan.16 GW Community Counselling Service To Participate In National Eating Disorders Screening Program Feb. 23-27
• Jan.16 Broadcast History To Be Preserved At GW
• Jan.16 Four Members Of GW Community Awarded Fulbright Scholarship Grants To Teach Abroad
• Jan.15 GW'S English Department And The Jenny McKean Moore Fund For Writers Present The Spring 1998 Reading Series
• Jan.14 Author Charles Kaiser To Speak At GW January 20
• Jan. 13 GW's Dimock Gallery To Present "The GW Faculty Emeriti Exhibition: Arthur Hall Smith And Douglas H Teller"
• Jan.12 GW Theatre And Dance Department Presents The London Smash Hit "Arcadia" By Tom Stoppard
• Jan. 7 The George Washington University Affiliated With Mt. Vernon College
• Jan. 1998 GW Unveils Online Media Guide