"Communicator" is the newsletter of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). Each issue contains an article on a featured topic and information about the activities and programs of the CGS. Each issue also contains profiles and notes about CGS personnel and academic appointments at member institutions. Meetings and conferences are announced and described, and job opportunities are announced. The featured articles in the 10 issues of 2002 are: (1) "Sailing to Success in Sunny San Diego: Highlights of the CGS 2001 Annual Meeting" (Robin R. Smith) (Number 1, January-February); (2) "The New Year in American Politics and What It Means for Higher Education" (Terry W. Hartle) (March); (3) "Compliance Issues Facing Graduate Deans and Students in the Post-September 11th Era" (Ronald M. Atlas) (April); (4) "Graduate Education and the Diversity Debate" (Cristina Gonzalez); (May); (5) "Research Ethics Education: Setting the Bar" (Mark S. Frankel) (June); (6) "Lance Pressl Named New Vice President for Federal Relations and Public Affairs at CGS" (July); (7) "Postdoctoral Appointments and Employment Patterns of Science and Engineering Doctoral Recipients Ten-plus Years after PH.D. Completion: Selected Results from the 'Ph.D.s-Ten Years Later' Study" (Maresi Nerad) (August-September); (8) "Report of the PFF Complementarity Meeting" (Daniel Denecke) (October); (9) "Graduate Student Support: How Much Does Money Matter?" (Joan F. Lorden) (November); and (10) "A Practical Approach to Achieving an Inclusive Graduate Community" (Debra W. Stewart) (December). (SLD)