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For the first time, researchers have demonstrated how to use commercial 3D printers to print something with active chemistry.

Master's student Derek Hawkins has won an award for his reporting with the Washington Post.

One of the events included in the Grand Opening Celebration of Fenwick Library was the Student Video Competition. Mason students created videos, with run times of less than a minute, on the theme “Top 3 Reasons I Can’t Live Without My Library.”  The videos had to  incorporate and feature a library/or libraries on any of the Mason campuses, and highlight the transformative role that the Mason Libraries play in the living and learning environment at Mason. The winning videos were announced and screened at the Fenwick Library Grand Opening Celebration on Thursday, March 31, 2016, and are available online. Congratulations to

Grand Prize Winner: Samuel Robbins, Sophomore, Communications

Runners Up

• Will Sidaros, Freshman, Film and Video Studies
• Ashley Whimpey, Sophomore, Communications

Honorable Mention

• Omar Al Awadhi, Senior, Management
• Joseph Onifade, Freshman, Computer Science

 

Ali Newhard awarded the AU Summer Scholars and Artist Fellowship.

Tertulias at AU, a new initiative in the Spanish Program, is teaching students Spanish language and culture outside the classroom.

Talking with the Career Center about what students can expect from the job search.

Professor Chuck Lewis founded the consortium that led the investigation on massive amounts of leaked banking data.

April 5, 2016

Looking for a secure spot to store small items while you are on campus? Gelman Library now offers lockers on the 4th & 5th floors for reservation by any GW student.

The Lockers on the 4th and 5th floors are located in the hallway past the bathrooms and are reserved on a “first-come / first-served” basis. Lockers rent for $35 per semester (Fall, Spring, and Summer).  Locker rentals begin on the first day of classes for the semester and end on the last day of scheduled finals of the same semester. Students may rent lockers per semester or for the academic year (a total of 3 semesters, Fall, Spring and Summer).

To apply for a locker, please select a locker by taking the slip posted on the desired locker and complete the online request form (you must have the locker number to complete the form). A library staff member will contact you for an appointment to make the applicable payment and issue you a combination lock for the requested locker. 

Please direct questions to Jennifer Wesson at (202) 994-2937 or jwesson@gwu.edu.

Chemi Montes wins for AU Symphony poster design.

The School of Public Affairs' Washington Institute for Public Affairs Research welcomed Sheldon Danziger, President of the Russell Sage Foundation, on March 29.

Interested in business research? Area university students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Capital Area Business Librarians (CABL) for a workshop on various Mergent databases. This session will be held April 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. at George Mason University Arlington Campus, 206 Founders Hall, 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. Light refreshments will be provided by Mergent. Register today to reserve your spot!

For more information, please contact Jo Ann Henson, Business Librarian, George Mason University Libraries, jhenson3@gmu.edu, 703-993-2213

Arlington Campus Library will be hosting its regular Library of Congress orientation and tour session on Friday, April 8. Join us and learn how to conduct research at the Library of Congress with special guest instructor, Library of Congress Librarian Darren Jones. Attendees will be able to get ID cards to access the Readers Room, learn about the research services available, and get a behind-the-scenes tour of the Library of Congress. Registration is required, so please save your spot today!  For more information, please contact Beth Roszkowski, broszkow @ gmu.edu

See what's going on behind the scenes in a few of your favorite Film and Media Arts courses.

SOC and SIS are teaming up to celebrate the launch of “The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein and EMILY’s List founder Ellen Malcolm will discuss women in politics at American University.

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, visited SIS to discuss terrorism and trade with students on April 2.

On March 28, the School of Public Affairs and the Center for Israel Studies welcomed Israeli academic and public intellectual Daniel Gordis to give the prestigious Amos Perlmutter Lecture.

American University and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting look at the mounting dangers to freelance journalists.

Strategic Communication M.A. students Rachel Pipan and Kelly Sheehan won the 2016 Page Society/Institute of Public Relations Case Study Competition

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