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May, 2012  // Posts published in May, 2012

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Curator from the Sackler Gallery Visits Mason

April 15th, 2012. The Office of Global and International Strategies hosted a special lecture in Mason Hall by  Dr. Debra Diamond,  Associate Curator for South and Southeast Asian Art from the Sackler Gallery.  Dr. Diamond  spoke on “Yoga in Mughal Painting: New Thoughts on Transcultural Processes,” which is the theme of a current Sackler exhibit.  ...

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Mason Hosts Fulbright Workshop

More than forty faculty and administrators representing fourteen different units at Mason attended  the Fulbright Faculty and Administrators Workshop sponsored by the Office of Global and International Strategies on May 8. Dr. Dennis Ritchie of the College of Health and Human Services, the Campus Fulbright Representative, and Rita Rowand, Global Relations Specialist, organized the event. ...

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The World’s Water Crisis: Can We Afford to Ignore It?

April 18th, 2012. Professor Carma Hinton organized a panel of international experts to address the world’s water crisis during GMU’s International and Earth Week. The panelists reported on increasing water shortages around the world. They discussed how these shortages will affect all of us, and what can be done to avert the impending disaster. The ...

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