Increase in NRC/FLAS funding; new fellowship in memory of Ann Grabhorn Friday; new joint degree program with law; Istanbul summer program; special courses on Middle East business; expansion of academic ties with Morocco; ...

New director Abraham Marcus; conference on Istanbul; conference on Israeli peace accords; conference on civil society; outreach and publications updates.

Istanbul exhibition; launch of UT-MENIC; Gale Lecture Series on the Dreyfus Affair; Robert Fernea receives CMES Award; establishment of MELC; new faculty: Faegheh Shirazi; obituary: Makram Copty; honorary LLD for Elizabeth ...

Middle East Summer Institute; Middle East Film Festival; new research associates; publications; Naional Resource Center fellowships, faculty news; outreach news; Middle East week; visiting lecturers.

CMES publications; international studies; computer-assisted instruction; Middle East film festival; TAMES; Middle East Week; Middle East collection; slides for the classroom; visiting scholars.

New faculty; re-establishment of Turkish language program; NRC refunding; summer institute; Middle East week; publications update; visiting scholar Izzut Ghurani; new databanks; publication of slide packages.