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• 9 Years Later, a Fatal Mystery Solved (Aug. 16, 2008)

Forensic sciences Assistant Professor Edward "Ted" Robinson assisted in identifying a hand found belonging to a passenger who died when Northwest Airlines flight 4422 crashed into Mount Sanford in Alaska 60 years ago..

• Going green registers with colleges (Aug. 14, 2008)
USA Today
GW's "Green Move-In" and "Green GW" townhouse are highlighted.

• Dolphin Kick Gives Swimmers Edge (Aug. 13, 2008)
NPR
Rajat Mittal, GW professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, explains the fluid dynamics behind Olympic swimmers' kicks.

• Tyrannosaur Trap (July 2008)
National Geographic
Dr. James Clark, GW Ronald B. Weintraub Professor of Biology, and Xu Xing, a rising star at Beijing’s Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, discover a fossil bonanza in northwestern China that shows that the ancestors of T. rex and other reptile giants started small.

• The Media is Misframing Obama (July 28, 2008)
Huffington Post
GW University Professor Amitai Etzioni writes about the split personality of the press.

• Obama, the optimist on trade (July 22, 2008)
Financial Times
Op-Ed by Susan Aaronson, GW associate research professor

• Photo Essay: Fith Annual GW Cancer Institute Gala (May 2008)
Capitol File
The GW Cancer Insitute hosted its fifth annual gala at the National Building Museum.

• It's Not the Answers That Are Biased, It's the Questions (July 2008)

Dr. David Michaels writes about research outcome disparities between industry-funded and government-funded studies.

• Many medical schools now include classes on healing power of spirituality (July 2008)
Voice of America
Dr. Puchalski, founder and director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, discusses the role of spirituality and health.

• American students go for Olympic gold in learning (July 2008)

Lisa Delpy Neirotti, GW sports management professor, has been taking her students to study every Olympics since 1992.

• At GW, Bozeman finds right balance as new women�s basketball coach (July 2008)

Profile on Mike Bozeman, GW Women's Basketball Coach

• From the Oval Office to the GC's Office (June 2008)
GC Mid-Atlantic Magazine
GW General Counsel and Senior Vice President Beth Nolan

• Corrugated wings give dragonflies a lift (June 24, 2008)
NewScientist.com
GW aerospace engineering professor and graduate student study applications for dragonfly wing mechanics.

• A Revolution that Began With a Kick (June 20, 2008)

• Where Is the Debate on Race? (June 18, 2008)

• People more likely to overestimate their credit quality (June 3, 2008)

• Q&A on continuing education with GW President Steven Knapp (May 22, 2008)

• GW COMMENCEMENT: A Weekend of Celebration As Thousands Get Their Degrees (May 19, 2008)

• National Crash Analysis Center at GW featured in Traffic Technology (PDF)

• In One Flaw, Questions on Validity of 46 Judges (May 6, 2008)



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