GW IN THE NEWS
MARCH
2004
Homeland
Security Secretary
Tom
Ridge’s speech at
GW on the anniversary of the
founding of the Department of Homeland Security was the subject of a
Washington Times article (3/1). The speech was referred to in articles in
the Seattle Times, Charleston Gazette (3/1), Associated
Press, Dow Jones International and Rocky Mountain News (3/4).
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury John
Snow’s appearance as the 24th annual Manuel F. Cohen
Memorial Lecturer at the GW Law School was documented by Reuters,
Forbes, Dow Jones International, CNN, NBC and Bloomberg TV
(3/3).
John
Kerry’s speech at
The George Washington University
on March 17 was mentioned by CNN’s “Live at Daybreak,” “News from CNN,” and
“Live Today” as well as being broadcast live as “Breaking News”; it was also
mentioned by the Associated Press, Dow Jones International,
Reuters, Agence France Presse, FOX News’ “The Big Story with Josh
Gibson” (3/17), The New York
Daily News, The Washington Post, The News & Observer,
San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, The Boston Globe,
Chicago Tribune, The Record (New Jersey), Deseret Morning News
(Salt Lake City), Times Union (Albany), The Washington Times,
The Star-Ledger (Newark), USA Today, Chicago Sun-Times,
Financial Times, The Seattle Times, The Cincinnati Post,
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The San Diego Union-Tribune (3/18)
and the International Herald Tribune (3/19). Also covering the event were ABC, CBS,
NBC, Associated Press TV, Knight Ridder, United Press International, Getty
Images, Bloomberg, Copley News Service, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Baltimore Sun, Business Week, Time, Newsday, National Journal, Dallas Morning News, Hartford Courant, Xinhua News Agency
(China), Democracy in Action, Jiji Press, Die Beit, NHK (Japanese TV), ARD
(German TV), European Pressphoto Agency, WTOP radio and
WUSA-TV.
John
Kerry and
Howard Dean’s rally at GW’s Kogan Plaza on March
25 was mentioned in The Charleston Gazette
(3/18), Associated Press, Dow Jones International, The Post
Standard/Herald-Journal (3/24), CNN’s “Live at Daybreak,” “American
Morning,” “Live Today,” CNNfn’s “Money Morning,” Reuters, AFX
International Focus, AFX Asia, AFX UK
Focus, Agence
France Presse, Dow Jones International, Associated Press,
Houston Chronicle, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” FOX News’ “The Big
Story with Josh Gibson,” The Cincinnati Post, MSNBC’s “Countdown” (3/25),
The Boston Globe, The Independent (London), Xinhua News Agency
(China), The New York Sun, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
The New York Times, The News & Observer (North Carolina),
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, New York Daily News, The Washington Post, The Washington
Times, New York Post, USA Today, Knight Ridder/Tribune
Business News, Austin American-Statesman, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, The Palm Beach Post, Tulsa World,
Providence Journal (3/26), National Post and the International
Herald Tribune (3/27). The
rally also was covered by BBC, C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, NBC,
CNBC,
USA
Today, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report,
Financial
Times, Business Week, Associated Press TV, Associated Press Photo, German TV, Congressional Quarterly, Knight Ridder/Tribune, United Press International, Baltimore Sun, National Journal, Cox Newspapers, Copley
News Service, Market News International, Talk Radio News Service, Scholastic News, The American Spectator, The Hill, The Nation, Metro Networks News, Getty
Images, Corbis Images, Democracy in Action, WAMU radio, WMAL radio,
washingtonpost.com, Swiss radio, Swiss TV, WJLA-TV, The Mainidri News (Japan), The Asahi Shimba (Japan), NHK TV (Japan)
and European Press Photo.
GW’s
Institute for Politics Democracy and the Internet hosted its
11th Annual Politics Online Conference on March 19 at the
University’s Marvin
Center and Media and
Public
Affairs
Building. The conference – which featured luncheon
keynote speeches by Joe Trippi, former Dean for America
campaign manager, and Ken Mehlman, Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign
manager – was covered by The Washington
Post, ABC, CNN, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Wall Street Journal, Cox Newspapers, Philadelphia Inquirer, Hartford Courant, Media Post, The National Journal, Weekly Standard, The Nation, Campaigns & Elections, Voice of
America, Federal News Service, Roll
Call, The Frontrunner,
JupiterMedia, politik-digital.de, Japan Broadcasting Corporation and Nikkei Newspaper.
GW
Washington Forum radio shows for the month of March included remarks
delivered by U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow at the Law
School (3/7); Nathan Brown, professor of political science and
international affairs and Chuck Cushman, associate professor and director of the master of
arts in legislative affairs program, discussed a variety of topics including
Iraq (3/14); Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. John Kerry
delivered a policy speech at the Jack Morton Auditorium and GSEHD
researcher Shannon Peters spoke on a new study about sexual
satisfaction (3/21); and Bush 2004 Campaign Manager Ken Mehlman
and former Dean Campaign Manager Joe Trippi spoke at conference
on politics and the internet (3/28).
The TechCast Project, an ongoing
study conducted by The George
Washington University in order to predict trends in
Internet commerce, was mentioned in Futurist (3/1).
The Center for Innovation and Public
Service, a joint venture of BearingPoint and The George Washington University, was
the subject of a VARABUSINESS article
(3/1).
The
George
Washington
University’s
Virginia
Campus was the
subject of a story in The Washington Post detailing the
campus’ plans for expansion and its specific areas of expertise (3/3).
The
National Security Archive at The George Washington University
was mentioned in articles by Reuters, Dow Jones
International and the Associated Press concerning documents that link
China to the
Pakistani nuclear program in (3/6). The Washington Post cited the
National Security Archive in an article related to post-9/11 government
intelligence (3/9).
GW’s
Weight Management Program was cited in
a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article offering advice on how to lose
weight (3/8).
The speech by
Saadeddine Ibrahim, a leading Arab advocate of human rights and democracy, at
GW’s Elliot School of International Affairs,
was mentioned in the Daily Star (Beirut, 3/10).
The Open Source in Government Conference, held at
The George Washington University, was mentioned by CMP
TechWeb (3/18) and Newsbytes News Network (3/19).
The Future of Music Coalition’s annual summit, held
in GW’s Lisner Auditorium, was mentioned in Billboard
(3/27).
Gordon
M.
Adams, professor of
the practice of international affairs, contributed the article “U.S. National
Security: A Strategy of Engagement and Hope” to Globalist, a daily online
service that covers issues relating to globalization (3/1). He was interviewed
by The Washington Post on the resignation of Lockheed Martin Corporation
CEO Vance Coffman (3/3). Adams was quoted in
by The Washington Post about
military spending (3/8). He was quoted in The Hartford Courant about the
future of the company that proposed a presidential helicopter to the government
(3/11). Adams was quoted in
the Christian Science Monitor in an article titled “Echo of ‘80s: Defense
vs. Deficits” (3/11). He was interviewed by Bloomberg News about transatlantic
defense and NATO enlargement (3/23).
Finally, Adams was
interviewed by Copley News Service
and the Los Angeles Times about
hearings held by the 9/11 commission
(3/24).
Martin
J. Adelman, professor of
law, was quoted in a National Law Journal article on the patent wars
surrounding the drug Oxycontin (3/1).
Gary Anderson, lecturer of international affairs, reviewed
Rowan Scarborough’s book “Rumsfeld’s War” for The Washington Times
(3/23).
Christopher Arterton, dean of GW’s Graduate
School of Political Management, was interviewed by Cox Television about possible
vice presidential nominees to run alongside Democratic presidential hopeful John
Kerry (3/3). Arterton also was
interviewed by MSNBC about negative campaigning in the presidential race
(3/31).
James Austin, co-director of
GW’s Institute on Crime, Justice
and
Corrections, was quoted by The Washington Post about the perpetually
increasing costs of Virginia’s corrective
facility programs (3/4).
Jeffrey
Axelrad, adjunct
professor at the GW Law School, wrote an article for the Legal Times
titled “Watch out for Canadian Drugs!” (3/1). He wrote a similar article on the
risks of importing drugs for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/21).
John Banzhaf, professor of law, was mentioned by
The National Law Journal (3/1), Reuters (3/2), The Orlando
Sentinel, CNN’s “American Morning,” and CNN’s “Live From” (3/10), The Washington Post, The New York
Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Washington Times,
Wall Street Journal, The Cincinnati Post (3/11), Financial
Times (3/13) and in the March issue of American Lawyer for his work on obesity lawsuits. He
appeared on CNN’s “Crossfire,” CNBC’s “News on CNBC” and ABC News’ “World News
Tonight” to discuss obesity lawsuits (3/10). He appeared on MSNBC’s “Countdown”
to discuss McDonald’s decision to discontinue its “supersize” policy in light of
recent legal battles (3/3). His letter to the editor on the subject was
published in U.S. News & World Report (3/15).
Dr.
Lillian
Beard, associate clinical professor of pediatrics, was quoted
in the Times-Picayune (New
Orleans) on the
benefits of eating tuna during pregnancy (3/23).
Nathan Brown, professor of political science and
international affairs, was quoted in a Legal Times article about
Iraq’s tentative
acceptance of a proposed constitution (3/1). He appeared on NPR’s “All Things
Considered” to discuss the various drafts of the proposed Iraqi constitution
(3/8). Inter Press Service quoted Brown’s suggestions that Bush’s
decision to enter
Iraq was a means
of protecting
Israel (3/30).
Shelley Brundage, assistant professor of speech and hearing
science, was quoted in the March issue of Washingtonian about the growing
acceptance of virtual reality machines in treating patients with various
disorders, including stuttering.
Paul Butler, professor of law, appeared on NPR’s “Tavis
Smiley Show” to discuss his misgivings with the so-called Three Strikes law
(3/4). He appeared on CNBC’s “The News on CNBC” to discuss the Michael Jackson
case (3/4). Butler also appeared on CNN’s “Live Today” to
discuss the sentencing in the John Muhammad trial (3/9).
Mary Cheh, professor of law, was quoted in a
St. Petersburg Times article about a federal trial decision on whether or
not a person is obligated to identify them self to law officers (3/20). She
appeared on CNN International’s “Insight” to discuss National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice’s decision to not comment on the possibility that the 9/11
attack was preventable (3/29).
Eric Cline, assistant professor of ancient
history and archaeology, was interviewed by the BBC World Service about the
legend of Troy (3/24).
Michael Cornfield, research director at the
Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet, was quoted in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
article about the progress of Internet campaigning due to the popular
website MoveOn.org (3/7). The Pittsburgh Post Gazette (3/21) and Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel (3/23) quoted Cornfield on the Republican
Party’s decision to employ pop-up ads as a form of campaigning.
Robert Cottroll, professor of law, was mentioned in the
Times-Picayune for co-authoring the book “Brown v. Board of
Education: Caste, Culture and the Constitution,” which won the David J. Langum Sr. Prize for
Historical Literature in (3/30).
Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law, was
quoted in an article by The Legal Intelligencer discussing a
discrimination case brought against the Pennsylvania State Police (3/22). He
commented on the negotiations of local grocery chains to meet union demands in
The Baltimore Sun (3/29 & 3/31).
Robert Dove, GW Congressional Professor,
was interviewed by Cox Television about Senator Zell Miller (D-Ga.) supporting
Republican President George Bush in the 2004 campaign
(3/8).
Amitai Etzioni, University Professor, was
mentioned in American Enterprise for his support of a proposed
identification card program for those traveling to sensitive areas outside of
their native country (3/1). His article “Instant Democracy American Fantasy”
appeared in the International Herald Tribune (3/5). He was quoted in
Associated Press (3/6) and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/7)
articles critiquing the government’s investment of billions of dollars into the
Mars missions. His op-ed article “Which Will It Be—Free Trade Or Fair Trade?”
appeared in The Record (New
Jersey, 3/9). The Houston Chronicle quoted
Etzioni in an article suggesting that colleges share the blame in the general
lack of ethics in business today (3/14). A similar ethics article appeared in
The New York Times (3/21). Finally, Etzioni was quoted by The New York
Times about Internet vigilantism (3/28).
Nathan
C. Funk,
visiting assistant professor of political science and
international affairs, co-authored a two-part article on American foreign policy
for Daily Star (Beirut, 3/11 & 3/12). He co-authored an article for
Christian Science Monitor criticizing the
Iran reformists’
decision to boycott elections (3/24).
James
Goldgeier,
director of GW’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian
Studies, contributed the editorial “A New European Divide” to The Washington
Post (3/28).
Allan
L. Goldstein, professor of
biochemistry and molecular
biology, was
quoted in Biotech Business Week on the regenerative effects of the wound
healing protein Thymosin Beta 4 (3/1). This article was carried in Pharma
Business Week; Health & Medicine Week (3/1); Biotech Week
(3/3); Drug Week (3/5); Obesity, Fitness, and Wellness Week
(3/6); and Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (3/7).
Dr. Tee L. Guidotti, chair of GW’s
Department of Environmental Occupational Health, was quoted by The Washington Post addressing
specific health concerns caused by the lead in D.C. tap water (3/29).
Harry Harding, dean of the
Elliott
School, was quoted by the South
China Morning Post in an article
discussing the effects of the Taiwanese presidential elections on China-Taiwan
relations (3/16). Harding issued a statement to the Hong Kong government urging it to establish their
position on relations with the U.S., which was published in The Standard
(China, 3/19).
Jerome
M.
Hauer, director of GW’s Response to Emergencies
and
Disasters Institute,
contributed his article “Emergency Unpreparedness” to The New York Times
(3/15).
Ambassador
Karl Inderfurth, professor
of the practice of international affairs, was interviewed by The Island
(Sri
Lanka) about the
U.S. presidential
elections and what a change in administration would mean for
U.S. policy
towards Sri
Lanka
(3/23).
Dr.
Christina Johns, a human
resource development master’s student and assistant professor of pediatrics and
emergency medicine, appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” to discuss
childhood asthma (3/14).
Murhaf
Jouejati, adjunct
professor of international affairs, was quoted in a Daily Star
(Lebanon) article
about recent violence in Syria (3/15,
3/17). The St. Petersburg Times and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (3/18)
carried Jouejati’s comments on Kurds and their struggle for independence in an
article on the state of Syria.
Orin
Kerr, associate
professor of law, was quoted in a Newsday article denouncing the security
risks of a universal broadband plan (3/31).
John
Logsdon, director of
GW’s Space Policy Institute, was quoted in The New York Times concerning the
feasibility of NASA’s continuing space missions (3/21).
Kip
Lornell, adjunct
professor of Africana studies, was interviewed by the BBC for a documentary
about music and the Civil Rights movement (3/9).
Ira
C. Lupu, F. Elwood and
Eleanor Davis Professor of Law, co-authored an article for Legal Times on
the Constitutional interpretation of religion along with Robert W.
Tuttle, professor of law (3/15).
Sharon
Lynch, professor of secondary education, addressed experimental
teaching methods in an Associated Press article (3/26).
Lynda Maddox, professor of business administration, was
quoted in a Drug Store News article about the evolution in advertisements
for erectile dysfunction advertisements (3/22).
David Michaels, assistant research professor of
environmental and occupational health, was quoted in a Star-Ledger
(New
Jersey)
article concerning toxicologist David Paustenbach (3/7).
Lawrence Mitchell, professor of law, was quoted
in a Corporate Counsel article about the most effective means for
executing internal reform in terms of corporate compliance (3/1).
BusinessWeek quoted Mitchell on the importance of successfully
prosecuting the Enron trials (3/1). The Globe and Mail
(Canada, 3/6)
and Canada Stockwatch (3/8) quoted Mitchell on the minimalist defense
strategy employed by defense lawyers in the Martha Stewart
trial.
Michael
Moore, associate
professor of economics, was quoted by the Times-Picayune
(New
Orleans) about
so-called “anti-dumping” legislation (3/14).
Thomas
D. Morgan, Oppenheim
Professor of Antitrust and Trade Regulation, was mentioned in a Legal
Times article discussing SEC lawyer rules (3/15).
Kathryn
Newcomer, professor of public administration and public policy,
was mentioned in The Washington Post for her role as a consultant in a
probe investigating the D.C. Water and Sewage Authority’s handling of lead
contamination in the water (3/5).
Frances
Noonan, professor
of environmental occupational health, was quoted in The Record
(New
Jersey) in an
article dealing with the effects of light pollution (3/25).
Lynn
Offerman, professor of industrial and organizational
psychology, was quoted in an Australian Financial Review article about
the dynamic between followers and leaders (3/12).
Todd
Peterson, professor
of law, was quoted in the Winston-Salem Journal (3/18) and the
Richmond Times-Dispatch (3/20) discussing a bill proposed by Congress
that would give Congress the authority to overturn Supreme Court
rulings.
Susan
M. Phillips, dean of GW’s
School of
Business, appeared on
CNNfn’s “Market Call” to discuss financial issues (3/16).
Richard
J. Pierce, Jr., associate
dean for faculty development and Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law,
was quoted in Legal Times on the case of an administrative law judge
facing disbarment (3/8).
Dennis
Pluchinsky, assistant
professorial lecturer in forensic sciences, was the
subject of an article in The Washington Post discussing his teachings in
the mechanics of terrorism (3/25).
Jerrold
Post, professor of political psychology and international
affairs, was quoted by the Associated Press about the possibility of a
pre-election terrorist attack on the
United
States (3/15). The
article was carried in The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times and
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (3/16).
He was also interviewed by CBS Radio, Austrian Daily and Jamaican Breakfast
Club radio the week of March 15.
Christina Puchalski, director of GW’s Institute
for Spirituality & Health, was quoted by The Record
(New Jersey) in an article on
spiritual healing (3/28).
Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of
International Affairs, Ethics and Human Behavior, wrote an op-ed for The New York Sun about voters in many
countries placating Al Qaeda by voting out the politicians who had been tough on
the terrorist group (3/18).
Jeffrey Rosen, associate professor of law,
appeared on NPR’s “Day to Day” to discuss the power and influence of
congressional findings (3/30).
Howard Savage, assistant professor of
ophthalmology, was quoted in a Washington Post article about a new
surgical implant to correct vision for cataract patients (3/29).
Steven L. Schooner, co-director of GW’s
Government Procurement Law program, was quoted in The Washington Post about
Halliburton’s profit from government contracts (3/9). His comments on the
possibility that the
U.S. government
may divide work previously assigned to Halliburton were carried in The
Washington Post (3/19). He was
quoted by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News on the poor
management of Iraqi contracts (3/25). Schooner was quoted in a Financial
Times article insinuating Halliburton fulfilled its government contracts
with mediocre work (3/29). Finally, his critique of Halliburton was carried by
the Associated Press, Dow Jones Business News and Financial
Times (3/30).
David Shambaugh, professor of political science and
international affairs, wrote an article for Financial Times about the
possibility of the E.U. lifting its 15-year-old arms ban against
China (3/4).
Ambassador David Shinn, adjunct professor of GW’s
Elliott School, was quoted in All Africa about the
rocky U.S.-Ethiopian relationship (3/31). He also wrote an article titled
“Promoting Stability in the Horn of Africa,” for the Ethiopian Economic
Association’s journal Economic
Focus.
Dr. Fayaz Shawl, clinical professor in medicine, was the
subject of an Insight Magazine article detailing her dedication to the
field of cardiology (3/1).
Dr. James A. Simon, clinical professor of
obstetrics and gynecology, was quoted in an article about a new transdermal
therapy system for the symptoms of menopause that appeared in Biotech
Business Week, Clinical Trials Week, Health & Medicine Week,
Pharma Business Week (3/8), Biotech Week (3/10), Drug Week
(3/12) and Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (3/14).
Simon was quoted in The Times
(U.K.) about the
T-Patch, a transdermal hormone therapy designed to restore a woman’s libido
post-menopause (3/9).
Pat Schwallie-Giddis, assistant professor
of counseling, was quoted by The Washington Times about methods
for dealing with stress (3/29).
Ronald H. Spector, professor of history, was quoted in a
Washington Post article about military families against the war (3/11).
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, GW President, was quoted by Scripps
Howard and the Higher Education & National Affairs Web site regarding
the advantages of establishing a year-round school calendar (3/10). His recent
U.S. Senate testimony regarding a year-round educational calendar was quoted by
The Chronicle of Higher Education
(3/19).
Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice Shapiro
Professor of Public Interest Law, was quoted in Corporate Counsel
magazine about the possibility of the Air Force Academy being put on trial for
the alleged rape of Air Force cadets (3/1). He was quoted in The News &
Observer about a potentially scandalous loan given by Senator John Edwards
to the judge in a case in which his wife was a lawyer
(Raleigh, 3/12). He was mentioned in
The New York Times (3/13) and
Denver Post (3/14) discussing the possibility that
U.S. aides lied
in a nuclear-arms plant case. Turley spoke out against the unfair court
proceedings in the case of the Holy Land Foundation, a Muslim charity shut down
for alleged terrorist ties, in an article carried in The Legal Intelligencer
(3/15). He contributed an article to USA Today titled “Valued Bond
Between Client, Lawyer Eroding” (3/17). His work in procuring body armor for
troops in Iraq
was cited by the Associated Press (3/20 & 3/22) and Dow Jones
International (3/26). He appeared on FOX News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” to
discuss the Supreme Court case on altering the Pledge of Allegiance (3/25).
Turley’s work with the Project for Older Prisoners was documented in Legal
Times (3/28). He appeared on NPR’s “Day to Day” to discuss the potential of
a mistrial in the Tyco case (3/29). Finally, Turley appeared on FOX News’
“Special Report with Brit Hume” to discuss executive privilege (3/29).
Arthur
E. Wilmarth, Jr., professor
of law, was quoted in a National Mortgage News article about pre-emption
issues in the Wachovia trial (3/15).
Bernard Wood, Henry R. Luce
Professor of Human Origins, was mentioned in a Science News article
discussing the extinct hominid Paranthropus (3/13). He was quoted by
Associated Press about a claim
by researchers that they discovered the genetic mutation that separated man from
apelike creatures (3/24). The article was carried in The Globe
and Mail (Canada, 3/25).
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