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April 28 - May 4, 2008 | Volume 9, Issue 29  |
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Nikki Shure (SFS '08) and Kevin Boyd (SFS '08) recently received Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service. Additionally, Nikki received a Fulbright Fellowship to study at Freie Universitaet in Berlin. She recently returned from studying abroad in Munich at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, where she studied Econometrics and Game Theory in German for two semesters. Both Nikki and Kevin's success is partly attributed to their enrollment in upper-division courses and faculty advising from the College's Department of German. |
 | Georgetown University has been designated as an NSA National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) for academic years 2008-2013. The CAEIAE, sponsored by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, is an outreach program with the goal of reducing vulnerability in the national information infrastructure by promoting higher education in information assurance (IA), and producing a growing number of professionals with IA expertise in various disciplines. |
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Tuesday, April 29 |
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The Department of Chemistry will host a lecture on "Optimizing Materials for Battery, Fuel Cell, and Environmental Applications: NMR Diffraction and Electrochemical Studies" featuring Professor Clare P. Grey from SUNY Stony Brook. This event will take place in Reiss Science Building 262 from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. |
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The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs will host a discussion with Jay Hein, Director of the U.S. Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, on "The President's Faith-Based and Community Initiative: A Quiet Revolution in Addressing Need." The event will take place from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Riggs Library. To R.S.V.P. and for more information, please visit the Center's site. |
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The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies will host a discussion on "What should be the place of Shari'a-Islamic religious law-in predominantly Muslim societies of the world?" featuring Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im from Emory University's Law School. The proposed question of the lecture is addressed in his new book Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari'a. Professor An-Na'im is an internationally recognized expert on Islamic law and human rights, and he will discuss his new book with Georgetown University's Professor Felicitas Opwis, an authority on Islamic legal theory. This event will take place in the Leavey Program Room from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, please email the department at arabic@georgetown.edu. |
| Friday, May 2 | |
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The American Opera Theater's Ignoti Dei Orchestra and Chorus present David et Jonathas by M.A. Charpentier. Under the direction of Timothy Nelson, AOT will complete its 2007-2008 season performing Charpentier's remarkable 1688 opera masterpiece of the French baroque. This production will be the first professional staging of the opera in the Americas. The runtime of the concert is 2 hours and 20 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission. The performance will take place in Gonda Theatre of the Davis Performing Arts Center at 8:00 p.m. For more information and tickets, please call 202-687-ARTS(2787) or visit the box office. |
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The American Opera Theater's Ignoti Dei Orchestra and Chorus present David et Jonathas by M.A. Charpentier. Under the direction of Timothy Nelson, AOT will complete its 2007-2008 season performing Charpentier's remarkable 1688 opera masterpiece of the French baroque. This production will be the first professional staging of the opera in the Americas. The runtime of the concert is 2 hours and 20 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission. The performance will take place in Gonda Theatre of the Davis Performing Arts Center at 8:00 p.m. For more information and tickets, please call 202-687-ARTS(2787) or visit the box office. |
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The American Opera Theater's Ignoti Dei Orchestra and Chorus present David et Jonathas by M.A. Charpentier. Under the direction of Timothy Nelson, AOT will complete its 2007-2008 season performing Charpentier's remarkable 1688 opera masterpiece of the French baroque. This production will be the first professional staging of the opera in the Americas. The runtime of the concert is 2 hours and 20 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission. The performance will take place in Gonda Theatre of the Davis Performing Arts Center at 5:00 p.m. For more information and tickets, please call 202-687-ARTS(2787) or visit the box office. |
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The Department of Art, Music, and Theatre presents The Class of 2008 Senior Studio Art Majors' Group Exhibition featuring the senior projects of nine studio art majors in the Georgetown College: Harrison Beacher, Sarah Boxx, Emily Bushman, Robert Compoy, Claire Hankin, Nadia Khan, Emma McGill, Anna Strickland, and Bridget Werther. The diverse mediums explored by this group of seniors range from traditional drawing, painting, and photography, to alternative processes and digital photographic prints. The works will be on display in Gallery 101 at 1221 36th Street NW. Access to the gallery is through the lobby of the Walsh Building. The gallery is free and open to the public Tuesday through Thursday from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. The gallery will open by appointment after May 2. |
Submissions are requested by Wednesday for Friday publication.
Editors: Akua Delfish and Mark Overmann
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