2009-11-06T16:50:28Z 45 2009-12-01T16:15:00Z true true true true true true <p>The AIDS Quilt will be displayed to commemorate Worlds AIDS Day.&nbsp; Featuring Prominent entertainers, speakers, and public officials.</p> <p>For more information, contact <a href="mailto:gkreps@gmu.edu">Gary Kreps </a>&nbsp;at (703) 993-1094</p> 212 Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall false false false false 1 2009-12-01T11:00:00Z The AIDS Quilt will be displayed to commemorate Worlds AIDS Day. Featuring Prominent entertainers, speakers, and public officials. 2009-11-06T16:50:28Z 2008-08-11T20:56:19Z 2009-12-02T10:00:00Z false false false false true false false false false <p>Reception for the presentation of the Mary Roper Award to honor a classified staff member who has made outstanding contributions and demonstrated excellent performance.</p> false false College of Humanities and Social Sciences 3 Center for the Arts, 3rd Floor false false false false 1 2009-12-02T10:00:00Z Mary Roper Award Reception 2009-10-05T18:10:07Z 2009-11-13T19:37:37Z 45 2010-01-30T12:00:00Z true false false false false false <p>Join Dean Jack Censer and your fellow alumni for food, fun and festivities before the GMU Patriots vs. James Madison University Men&rsquo;s Basketball Game on Saturday, January 30, 2010, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, in the Mason Hall Atrium<br /><br />&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;food and drink<br />&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;music<br />&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mason mascot<br />&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;family-friendly area for our younger Patriot fans<br /><br />Game:&nbsp; 12:00 p.m. in the Patriot Center</p> <p>A limited number of complimentary basketball tickets are available to college alumni and their families. For more information or to RSVP, call 703-993-3987 or email <a href="mailto:chssalum@gmu.edu">chssalum@gmu.edu</a>.&nbsp; Please provide your name, address, graduation year, and number of tickets requested</p> 214 Mason Hall Atrium false false false false 1 2010-01-30T10:00:00Z Join Dean Jack Censer and your fellow alumni for food, fun and festivities before the GMU Patriots vs. James Madison University Men’s Basketball Game 2009-11-13T19:37:37Z 2009-09-09T15:26:08Z 45 2010-02-15T19:00:00Z false true false true false true <p style="text-align: left;">David Weisburd, Distinguished Professor of Administration of Justice will discuss the implications of his research about decreasing crime in American communities.&nbsp; Crime at place is relatively stable across time.&nbsp; Good neighborhoods have crime hot spots, and problematic areas&nbsp;have many streets mostly free of crime.&nbsp; Focusing crime prevention on specific places does not cause crime to simply "move around the corner."&nbsp; These findings have lead&nbsp;Professor Weisburd to focus on the concept of hot spots of crime.&nbsp; In this lecture, he will argue that place-based crime prevention is a good investment, and that it is likely to lead to more crime control with fewer people being processed by the criminal justice system.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">The Vision Series is a series of eight lectures sponsored by George Mason Univeristy's Office of the Provost.&nbsp; The series&nbsp;highlights the work of top researchers, artists, and scholars from diverse disciplines like Economics, History and Art History, Public Policy, Global and Community Health, and Education and Human Development.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">For more information about the Vision Series, visit <a href="http://gmu.edu/cfa/vision">http://gmu.edu/cfa/vision</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p> <p>Free to the public!&nbsp; Tickets available online at gmu.edu/cfa/vision, or at the Center for the Arts Ticket Office and on the evening of each presentation.&nbsp; Sorry phone orders are not taken.</p> 131 Center For the Arts Concert Hall true true false true 1 George Mason University Office of the Provost 2010-02-15T19:00:00Z David Weisburd, Distinguished Professor of Administration of Justice will argue that place-based crime prevention is a good investment, and is likely to lead to more crime control with fewer people being processed by the criminal justice system. The Vision Series 2009/2010 2009-10-05T01:38:16Z 2009-09-21T19:46:07Z 45 2010-03-29T19:00:00Z false true false true false true <p>How - and when - did the present economic turbulence really begin?&nbsp; How do the actions of government, business, and the citizenry affect the larger economy for better or for worse?&nbsp; What do we mean when we talk about a global economy?&nbsp; What should we expect in the future, and how much should we actually expect to know?&nbsp; Noted economist, Tyler Cowen, offers a timely analysis of the current crisis and the possible paths forward.</p> <p>For more information about the Vision Series, visit <a href="http://gmu.edu/cfa/vision">http://gmu.edu/cfa/vision</a>.</p> <p>Free to the public!&nbsp; Tickets available online at gmu.edu/cfa/vision, or at the Center for the Arts Ticket Officeand on the evening of each presentation.&nbsp; Sorry phone orders are not taken.</p> 162 Center for the Arts Concert Hall true true false true 1 George Mason University Office of the Provost 2010-03-29T19:00:00Z Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics and General Director of the Mercatus Center, offers a timely analysis of the current crisis and the possible paths forward. The Vision Series 2009/2010 2009-10-29T17:31:49Z 2009-11-16T14:58:00Z 45 2010-04-05T20:30:00Z false true false true false true <p>Sponsored by the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, this&nbsp;annual show that has been presented as one of the items during Mason's International Week since 2008. The show consists of artistic performances presented by Mason students in the languages that they are learning. The show has been well received by students, faculty and staff of the Mason community. Video clips of the 2008 and 2009 Polyglot Performances can be found at <a class="moz" href="http://mcl.gmu.edu/news/">http://mcl.gmu.edu/news/</a> <br /><br />The 2010 Polyglot Performances will be dedicated to Jeff Chamberlain and will start with a slide show celebrating his life. It will be presented at Harris Theatre on the Fairfax campus on *Monday, April 5th, 2010, 5:00-8:30pm*. So far the Chinese, German, Japanese, and Spanish groups are confirmed to perform.</p> 215 Harris Theater false false false false 1 Modern and Classical Languages 2010-04-05T17:00:00Z 2009-11-16T15:01:29Z 2009-09-23T15:53:47Z 45 2010-04-19T19:00:00Z false true false true false true <p>Americans may recall the outrage following the May 1970 killing of four students at Kent State University by members of the Ohio National Guard.&nbsp; Both the students and the guardsmen were heirs to an unpleasant American tradition: the use of lethal force against crowds by largely untrained, part-time soldiers.&nbsp; Historian Zachary Schrag explores the origins of this tradition in the 19th century.&nbsp; Militia companies of the period functioned as social clubs.&nbsp; Yet in times of urban unrest, elected officials charged them with the grave responsibility of restoring order, using musketry if necessary.&nbsp; Schrag tells of specific riots, such as those in Baltimore in 1812, Philadelphia in 1844, and Pittsburgh in 1877, where militias fired into crowds, shedding blood that may have been spared had cities invested more in civilian police.</p> <p>For more information about the Vision Series, visit <a href="http://gmu.edu/cfa/vision">http://gmu.edu/cfa/vision</a>.</p> <p>Free to the public!&nbsp; Tickets available online at gmu.edu/cfa/vision, or at the Center for the Arts Ticket Officeand on the evening of each presentation.&nbsp; Sorry phone orders are not taken.</p> 168 Center for the Arts Concert Hall true true false true 1 George Mason University Office of the Provost 2010-04-19T19:00:00Z Zachary Schrag, Assistant Professor, History and Art History, explores the origins of using the militia to control riots in the 19th century. The Vision Series 2009/2010 2009-10-05T01:35:19Z 2009-03-30T18:52:48Z 1 2010-05-13T00:00:00Z true true false true false false 60 Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Fairfax Campus false true false false 1 2010-05-13T00:00:00Z College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2009-10-28T12:58:24Z 2009-10-05T17:49:56Z 45 2010-05-14T00:00:00Z true true false false false true 183 Patriot Center, Fairfax Campus false false false true 1 2010-05-14T00:00:00Z College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2009-10-05T17:51:15Z 2009-04-10T20:23:31Z 11 2010-05-15T00:00:00Z true true false true false true 71 Patriot Center, Fairfax Campus true true true true 1 2010-05-15T00:00:00Z All students are welcome to attend. 2009-10-28T12:57:33Z