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GW IN THE NEWS
APRIL 2004
GW’s Stephen Joel
Trachtenberg Scholarship Program and its effort to encourage promising
local students to stay in D.C. was the subject of a Washington Post
article (4/1). WUSA-TV 9, WRC-TV 4, WJLA-TV 7 and WTTG-TV FOX 5 (4/1) followed
the prize patrol van, which awarded 10 D.C. high school students with four-year
scholarships to GW.
The GW Battleground
Poll, which revealed new data on the Presidential campaign, was
mentioned by NBC’s “Meet the Press” (4/18). The first GW Battleground Poll for 2004,
which was released on Wednesday, April 14, was covered by the Associated Press, MSNBC, WJLA-TV (ABC
7), The Philadelphia Insider, Washington Times, Miami Herald, The Charlotte Observer, Kansas City Star, St. Paul Pioneer Press, and The Seattle Times among others.
The George Washington
University Law School was mentioned in the Legal Times for being
ranked as one of the top 20 law schools in the nation (4/5).
GW’s Computer Security and
Information Assurance Certificate Program was mentioned in a Washington Times story about summer
school programs at local universities for adults and working professionals
(4/26).
GW’s 11th Annual
Bhangra Blowout was the subject of an article in The
Washington Post (4/11).
The National Security
Archive, located at The George Washington University, was cited for its
role in the ongoing search for weapons of mass destruction in The Guardian
(U.K.) (4/1).
The GW Medical
Center was mentioned in Obesity, Fitness and Wellness Week for
its curriculum design, expertise of teaching faculty and research projects
(4/25).
The
Medical Center’s
program Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol
Problems, developed to reveal the facts about teen drinking in the
community, appeared in Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly (4/26).
GW Washington Forum – the
University’s hour-long public affairs radio show that airs Sunday mornings on
WRC AM 1260 – had three shows for the month of April. The first show of the month was “The Kalb
Report, Trail Mix: The Nuts and Bolts of the 2004 Presidential Campaign,” a
discussion with Washington Post Political Reporter Dan
Balz, CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Candy
Crowley, Associated Press
White House Head Correspondent Ron Fournier, CBS News White
House Correspondent Peter Maer and USA Today Washington
Bureau Chief Susan Page (4/4). A Student Voices Town Hall
Meeting with D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, D.C. Police Chief
Charles Ramsey, D.C. Housing Authority Director Michael
Kelly and D.C. State Education Office Director Connie
Spinner re-aired on the forum after it aired live on NewsChannel 8
(4/18). The forum aired a special “Kalb Report” with Sen. Hillary
Clinton from the American Society of Newspaper Editors Convention
(4/25).
“The Kalb
Report,” a public affairs series co-produced by GW, The National Press
Club and Harvard
University’s
Joan
Shorenstein
Center for The Press, Politics and
Public Policy, featured a one-on-one interview between moderator Marvin Kalb and
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY, 4/20).
This edition of “The Kalb Report,” was part of the American Society of
Newspaper Editors convention and was covered by The Washington Post, The Washington Times, NBC News, CBS News, Associated Press, Reuters and Editor and Publisher
(4/21).
Hibba
Abugideiri, assistant professor of history and international affairs,
was quoted in a Washington Times article on the subjugation of women and
its possible ties to religion (4/21).
Gordon Adams,
director of the Security Policy Program at the
Elliott
School, appeared on NPR’s “Morning
Edition” to discuss the potential dangers of military outsourcing (4/1). He was
quoted in The Seattle Times on the use of graphic images to influence the
public opinion on war (4/1). He appeared on ABC’s “World News Tonight” to
discuss the risks of the military outsourcing its jobs to civilian contractors
(4/1). He appeared on NPR’s “Marketplace” to discuss the importance of spending
a portion of the
Iraq rebuilding
budget on financing peaceful solutions to current security risks in the area
(4/13). He contributed an editorial piece, “…And Our Leaders Are Still Ignoring
its Lessons” to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/17). His article “The
Vietnam Analogy” appeared in Patriot-News
(Harrisburg,
Penn., 4/18).
Emmanuel
Aniebonam, assistant professor of management science, was quoted in
All Africa regarding his research study that predicted future trends of
Internet communications technology and its use throughout
Africa (4/21).
Deborah Avant,
associate professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted
by the Chicago Tribune on the business opportunities for security
companies in
Iraq and other
war zones (4/2). She commented on the trend toward privatized contracting in
Iraq in a
Seattle Times article (4/4). She was quoted on the history of mercenaries
in a New York Times article (4/25).
John Banzhaf,
professor of law, was quoted on the potential for further litigation against the
fast-food industry in Corporate Council (4/1), The New York Times
(4/9) and The Las Vegas Sun (4/18). His work in a
Seattle lawsuit claiming the
marketing of “light” cigarettes to be false advertising was the subject of a
Seattle Times article (4/9). In Medical Economics, he stated there
would be an increase in the number of lawsuits against doctors who did not
properly counsel their patients on the risks of smoking and obesity (4/9).
Lisa
Benton-Short, assistant professor of geography, was quoted in the
Deseret Morning News (Utah)
on the push to create more government-funded national heritage areas throughout
the United
States (4/2).
Patricia Berg,
associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, was mentioned in
The Star-Ledger
for her research on the gene BP1 and the role it plays in
causing breast cancer (4/28).
Rachel Brem,
professor of radiology, was quoted in a Women’s Health Weekly article
about the relationship between mammogram recall rates and the earlier diagnosis
of cancer (4/1). The article was carried in Medical Devices & Surgical
Technology Week (4/4).
Alison Brooks,
chair of the anthropology department, was quoted by the Associated Press
about the discovery of the
earliest evidence of human ornamentation (4/14). The article also appeared in
The Guardian
(U.K.),
The Scotsman
(Scotland),
The Star-Ledger (New
Jersey), Business Day
(South
Africa), The Baton Rouge
Advocate, Chicago Sun Times (4/16) and The Boston Globe (4/20).
Nathan Brown,
professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted in
Independent on Sunday
(U.K., 4/4) and
the Canberra Times
(Australia,
4/17) about the Coalition Provisional Authority and its impact on the course of
American involvement in
Iraq.
Paul Butler,
professor of law, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal on the decision
to not sequester the jury in the much-publicized Tyco trial (4/5). The Wall
Street Journal quoted Butler
regarding the jury in the World
Trade
Center insurance case (4/28).
Mary Cheh, Elyce
Zenoff Research Professor of Law, was quoted about the recent controversial
actions of Supreme Court Justice Scalia in The Seattle Times, Times
Union (New York), Gannett
News Service (4/9) and CNN’s “Live Today” (4/27).
Eric H. Cline,
assistant professor of classics, was quoted in a Courier-Mail
(Canada) article
about the factual nature of the legend of
Troy (4/17).
Gene D. Cohen,
director of GW’s Center on Aging, was quoted in The Washington Post about the surge of
creativity many people feel in midlife (4/27).
Michael
Cornfield, associate research professor of political management, was
quoted on the important role the Internet plays in modern campaigning in The
San Diego Union-Tribune (4/11), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(4/21), Austin American-Statesman (4/25) and The Seattle Times
(4/29).
Charles Cushman,
associate professor of political management, was quoted in Aerospace
Daily on Boeing’s decision to resume talks with the U.S. Air Force over a
highly publicized tanker deal (4/12).
Carol
Darr,
director of GW’s Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet, was
quoted by Gannett News Service about
campaigns using the Internet for organizational purposes
(4/27).
John Duffy,
professor of law, was quoted in an Austin American-Statesman article on
the necessity of confidentiality in government proceedings
(4/28).
Amitai Etzioni,
University Professor, was quoted in The Business Press on his opinions on
the importance of K-12 education (4/5). His study on the ability to obtain false
licenses, presumably for terrorist purposes, was the subject of an article in
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/20). He was quoted by the Associated Press about
examining safeguards in place at motor vehicle offices in
all 50 states (4/22).
Arthur Frank,
medical director of GW’s Weight
Management Program, was quoted by The
Boston Globe, Knight Ridder/Tribune
Business News (4/23) and Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (4/26) about attempts to reduce obesity with advertising or
food labeling (4/23).
Beverly Caffee
Glenn, director of GW’s Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community
Violence, was quoted in The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star on
the shortcomings of early intervention programs for troubled students (4/3).
James Goldgeier,
director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and
associate professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted
in a New York Sun article about the expansion of the European Union
(4/30).
William Halal,
professor of management science, was quoted in Fleet Owner on the
upcoming technologies being created in conjunction with the TechCast Project
being conducted at The George Washington University (4/1).
John Hanchar,
assistant professor of geology, was quoted by Knight Ridder Newspapers and the Charleston Gazette about the different
properties of plutonium-238 and plutonium-239 and their possible uses in the
space program (4/25).
Tyra Hilliard,
director of the International Institute of Tourism Studies and assistant
professor of tourism studies, contributed the article “Anticipating Taxes,
Surcharges and Fees” to Association Meetings magazine (4/1).
James Horton,
Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History, was quoted in a
Boston Globe article about the history of slavery in
America
(4/25).
Dennis Johnson,
associate dean of the Grad School of
Political Management and associate professor of political management,
was interviewed by NBC’s “Nightly News” (4/3) and the CBS “Evening News” (4/22)
about George W. Bush’s presidency.
He was also interviewed by The Australian, Mainichi Daily
and BBC World News about a primetime press conference by President Bush
concerning the situation in Iraq (4/13). Johnson was interviewed by BBC World
News about the U.S. presidential campaign
(4/16).
Ira Lupu, F.
Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor of Law, appeared on NPR’s “All Things
Considered” to discuss a lawsuit filed against The Salvation Army on claims of
religious discrimination (4/17).
Sharon McDade,
associate professor of higher education administration, was quoted in a
Washington Times article about the educational benefits of group study
(4/12).
Thomas D.
Morgan, Oppenheim Professor of Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law, was
quoted on the growing practice of “off-shoring” legal work in the Miami Daily
Business Review, Palm Beach Daily Business Review and Broward Daily
Business Review (4/2). He was quoted on the policy of “revolving door
ethics” for those committed to both private and government involvement in a
legal issue (4/9).
Lisa Delpy
Neirotti, associate professor of tourism and sports management,
appeared on NPR’s “Marketplace” to discuss the growth of the professional sports
industry in
America (4/16).
George Novak,
senior research scientist with GW’s Aviation Institute, was interviewed by
WRC-TV (NBC 4) regarding the new low-cost air carriers at
Dulles
International
Airport (4/6).
Richard Pierce
Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, was quoted in The Plain
Dealer on the future of legislation concerning the nation’s power grid
(4/4).
David Ribar,
professor of economics, appeared on public television’s “Nightly Business
Report” to discuss problems with President Bush’s proposal to offer funding to
community colleges (4/16).
Leo Ribuffo,
professor of history, was quoted by Associated Press Newswires on
President Bush’s “intractable” public image (4/3, 4/4). He was quoted on PBS’
“Ethics and Religion Newsweekly” about the ties between theological groups such
as evangelical Christians and political groups such as Republican conservatives
(4/18). His comments on the program
were quoted by the Journal-Gazette
(Indiana, 4/24). Ribuffo was quoted by the Associated Press (4/27), Augusta Chronicle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Star Ledger (4/28) about the Vietnam
War being a main focus of the candidates during the current presidential
campaign.
Charlene Rivera,
research professor of teacher preparation and special education, was quoted in
The Oregonian on the importance of offering standardized testing to
elementary school students in multiple languages (4/11).
Steven Roberts,
J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs, was quoted by
The Washington Post about leaks in
political campaigns (4/29).
Stephen
Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverly Woodbury University Professor of Law,
was quoted by The Washington Post about classified information in
the Zacarias Moussaoui case (4/24).
Steve Schooner,
associate professor of law, was quoted in a Houston Chronicle article on
the benefits of privatized contracting in
Iraq (4/4). He
was quoted in the Federal Times on problems with enforcing fair pricing
in privatized contracting in
Iraq (4/5). The
Los Angeles Times quoted Schooner on the reasons for above-expectation
spending on security in
Iraq (4/9).
The Wall Street Journal quoted Schooner on the fate of a software CEO
accused of accounting fraud (4/20). He appeared on NPR’s “Marketplace” to
discuss oversights on government contracts in
Iraq (4/22,
4/23).
Bruce Siegel,
research professor of health policy, was quoted in a Star-Ledger
(New
Jersey) article about
problems in dealing with an epidemic of emergency room congestion in hospitals
nationwide (4/12).
Gregory D.
Squires, chair of the sociology department, was quoted in American
Banker on the damaging effects that could be caused by the proposed revision
to the Community Reinvestment Act (4/1).
Charles Toftoy,
associate professor of management science, was quoted in The New York Times discussing the
popularity of entrepreneurship courses taught throughout American colleges
(4/1).
Stephen Joel
Trachtenberg, GW President, was quoted by The Boston Globe about GW’s merit and
need-based financial aid and the type of students the University is trying to
attract (4/25).
Jonathan Turley,
J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, was quoted in
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) on the significance of celebrity testimony
(4/1). He was mentioned for his work with the Project for Older Prisoners by
The Recorder (California,
4/2). His was quoted by The Richmond Times-Dispatch about the Bush
Administration’s decision to allow Condoleezza Rice to testify publicly was
carried in (4/3). He appeared on MSNBC’s “Countdown” to discuss Supreme Court
Justice Scalia’s recent controversial actions taken against reporters (4/8).
The Washington Times quoted Turley on the controversial selection of
Jamie S. Gorelick to Congress’ September 11th commission (4/16). The
Christian Science Monitor carried Turley’s comments
on the credibility of Supreme Court Justice Scalia in the wake of his
much-publicized duck hunting trip (4/27). He was quoted in Agence France
Presse on President Bush’s stance against “enemy combatants” (4/27). He
appeared on FOX News’ “Special Report with Brit Hume” to discuss Vice President
Cheney’s Energy Resource Task Force (4/27).
Arthur E.
Wilmarth, professor of law, was quoted in American Banker on the
risk posed to multi-state banks by the federal preemption of state banking laws
(4/13).
Bernard Wood,
professor of anthropology, was quoted in Biotech Business Week on the
finding of a genetic mutation that may be the first step in the separation of
the earliest humans and their ape-like ancestors (4/11). The article appeared in
Health & Medicine Week, Pain & Central Nervous System Week
(4/11), Biotech Week (4/14) and Genomics & Genetics Weekly
(4/16).
Michael K.
Young, dean of the
George
Washington
University
Law
School,
was quoted in The New York Times about the opportunities granted by
studying law (4/24). Young was
selected as the next president of the
University of
Utah.
Articles were carried in the Desert Morning News (4/23, 4/27 & 4/30), The Salt
Lake Tribune (4/23, 4/27, 4/28, 4/29
& 4/30) and Associated Press
(4/29 & 4/30).
-GW-
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