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GW IN THE NEWS

July 2002

David Anderson, associate research professor of political management, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post regarding online politics (July 21).

 

John Banzhaf, professor of law, was quoted in a U.S. News and World Report story on lawsuits against fast food companies (July 1). He also discussed the same topic in The Scotsman (July 9), Sydney Herald, Financial Times (July 12), Sun Times (July 14), The Washington Times, National Review and CBS “Early Show” (July 15).

 

Charlene Bickford, director of the First Federal Congress Project, was quoted in a story in Gannett News Service about lawmakers and their ties to corporate America (July 25). 

 

David Brunori, professor of law, was quoted in The Oregonian in regards to Oregon’s rank as one of the states with the lowest tax rates in the nation (July 19).  

 

Paul Butler, professor of law, discussed the Moussaoui case with CNBC’s “Evening

News with Pete Williams” and Fox Morning News (July 24).

 

Michael Cornfield, associate research professor of political management, was quoted in a WSJ.com story about the use of e-mail in politics (July 11). He was quoted in a story in the Associated Press newswires on the use of websites by political parties to criticize each other’s candidates ( July 29). 

 

Charles Craver, professor of law, was quoted in The New York Times about Major League Baseball’s labor dispute (July 14). He was quoted in the The Connecticut Law Tribune on President Bush’s appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (July 22). He commented in CongressDaily on the decision by labor unions to use a different technique to organize than the one proposed by the National Board of Labor Relations (July 24).

 

Amitai Etzioni, GW University Professor, wrote two op-eds that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor: one on corporate accounting scandals (July 1) and another on the Citizens Corps, the newly created federal office by President Bush’s Administration that will act to enlist individuals in public service. He wrote an article featured in USA Today on the Bush Administration’s demand to remove Yasser Arafat from power (July 25). 

 

Kenneth Fine, GW Medical Center, was interviewed by The New York Times regarding a new study showing that a popular knee surgery is not effective as a method to curb arthritis (July 11).

 

Barry Fulton, director of the GW Public Diplomacy Institute, was quoted in a Gannett News Service story on efforts taken by the Bush administration to counter anti-American sentiment overseas (July 10).

 

Kevin Healy, Elliott School adjunct professor of international affairs, was quoted in the Miami Herald about the Latin American economy (July 31).

 

Lance Hoffman, professor of engineering and applied science, was quoted in an Agence France-Presse story about  legislation in the Senate to create the National Emergency Technology Guard, teams of experts available to prevent and respond to terror attacks on the nation's communications infrastructure (July 21).

 

Elliott School’s Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, professor of the practice of international affairs, published an op-ed titled, “A Good Treaty, but We Should Make it Better,” in The Baltimore Sun (July 9).

 

Darryl Jenkins, director of the GW Aviation Institute, was quoted in a Knight Ridder story on US Airways missing dept payments (July 1). The Chicago Tribune also quoted Jenkins in a story about American Airlines job cuts (July 4) and in a story on code sharing between United and US Air (July 5). The Daily Deal interviewed him for stories on US Air (July 12) and efforts to privatize Mexican airlines (July 17) . He was quoted in The Washington Post in a story about travel websites and how they decide what airlines to feature in their websites. 

 

Orin Kerr, associate professor of law, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal and MSNBC on “cyberlaw” (July 1).

 

Krishna Kumar, professor of accountancy, was quoted in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (July 13) and The Washington Post (July 14) about corporate accounting.

 

John Glascock, professor of finance, was quoted in a Cincinnati Post story on the affection people have for their homes (July 6).

 

Peter Raven-Hansen, professor of law, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal story about President Bush’s proposal for a Department of Homeland Security (July 17).

 

Peter Hotez, chair, Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, was referenced in a Washington Post article as one of the scientists that are part of a proposal to create a center for genetic medicine (July 25).

 

John Larson, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was quoted in a Washington Times story on the rise of caesarian deliveries (July 9).

 

John Logsdon, director of the Elliott School of International Affairs Space Policy Institute, was quoted in Aerospace Daily about the International Space Station (July 11).

 

Kip Lornell, professor of Africana studies, was interviewed by The Austin American Statesmen regarding African American gospel music (July 22).

 

Ira Lupu, professor of law, was quoted in The Legal Times and The Tucson Citizen for a story regarding religious privacy rights (July 15). The Times also published an op-ed on school vouchers by Lupu and Robert Tuttle, professor of law (July 11).

 

John Marlow, clinical professor in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was quoted in the Richmond Times Dispatch about ThermAblator, or HTA, a medical procedure to improve the treatment of uterine bleeding (September 17).

 

Jarol Manheim, professor of media and public affairs and of political science, commented in CongressDaily on the decision by labor unions to use a different technique to organize than the one proposed by the National Labor Relations Board (July 24). Manheim was also quoted in a Bloomberg story about how unions are reacting to corporate scandals (July 29).

 

Lawrence Mitchell, professor of law, was quoted in Reuters, The Toronto Star (July 1) and The Star-Ledger (July 5) about the ImClone Systems Inc. insider trading scandal. Mitchell was also quoted in The Star-Ledger about Tyco International (July 7). His comments on accounting scandals also appeared in the Buffalo News (July 7), The Houston Chronicle (July 9) and Voice of America Television (July 24). He was interviewed for ABC “World News Tonight” (July 10) and Denver Post (July 11) about Halliburton. His comments regarding President Bush’s corporate reforms appeared in BBC News, Voice of America, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, Singapore TV (July 9), the Toronto Globe and Mail, Reuters, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Financial Post, Star-Ledger, National Post, Cincinnati Post (July 10) and The Boston Globe (July 11). He appeared on CNBC to discuss corporate loans given to top executives when President Bush was with Harken (July 11). He was interviewed by a number of news outlets about proposals to fix corporate accounting including Newhouse News Service, The Times-Picayune; Patriot News, Harrisburg, Legal Times (July 14), The Star Ledger, CNNfn, CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Moneyline” (July 15) and The Miami Daily Business Review (July 19). He was quoted in the National Law Journal on corporate responsibility and the prosecution of corporate executives guilty of illegal business practices (July 22). He was also quoted on the same topic in USA Today (July 22), Buffalo News (July 23).

 

Sean Murphy, associate professor of law, was quoted in The Far Eastern Economic Review on human rights abuses in Burma (July 11). He was also interviewed by the BBC “World News” about the law of war and Iraq (July 8). 

 

Henry Nau, professor of political science and international affairs, was interviewed on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” about his new book, “At Home Abroad” (July 28).

 

George Novak, program administrator for the Aviation Institute, was quoted in a New York Times story on airport security (July 7).

 

Donald Paup, director of the exercise science program, was quoted in a Washington Times story about adult fitness (July 15).

 

Robert Peroni, professor of law, was quoted in a New York Times story about closing a corporate tax loophole in Bermuda (July 17).

 

Jerrold Post, professor of political psychiatry and international affairs, was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story on the Anthrax case (July 10).  Post’s most recent psychological profile of Saddam Hussein was also subject of an AP story (July 10).

 

Peter Raven-Hansen, professor of law, discussed President Bush’s plan for homeland security with The Wall Street Journal (July 17).

 

Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics and Human Behavior, had his op-ed on the war against terror published in The Baltimore Sun (July 26).

 

Young-Key Kim-Renaud, professor of Korean language and culture and international affairs, was quoted in a JIJI Press English News Service story on North Korea (July 12).

 

Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law, discussed the Moussaoui case on NPR’s “All

Things Considered” (June 19).

 

Stephen Saltzburg, professor of law, was quoted in a Bloomberg News wire story about President Bush seeking jail time for corporate executives involved in accounting sandals (July 6). He also discussed the John Walker Lindh trial for a number of media outlets including NPR’s “Morning Edition,” CNN’s “Connie Chung Tonight,” the Associated Press (July 15), the Austin American-Statesman, Times Union, Albany (July 16). Finally, he discussed Zacarias Moussaoui’s self representation in The Associated Press, Scripps Howard News Service, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, The Star Tribune, and The Bergen Record (July 20) and The Christian Science Monitor (July 29).

 

Moses Schanfield, professor of forensic science, appeared on Fox News’ “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” about the Samantha Runnion abduction and murder case (July 17).

 

Michael Selmi, professor of law, discussed proposals to split the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court with NBC News (July 16).

 

David Shambaugh, professor of Asian Studies, was quoted in the South China Morning Post on the accessibility of China military information by the U.S. Department of Defense ( July 21).

 

Steven Schooner, professor of law, was quoted in The Federal Times regarding the General Service Administration’s plan to bar companies suspected of wrongdoing from doing further business with the government (July 15).

 

James Simon, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was quoted in The Los Angeles Times about estrogen (July 11).

 

James Starrs, professor of law and forensic science, was quoted in The Springfield News-Leader for a story on the Tammy Smith murder case (July 14).

 

Donald Terrell, researcher, was quoted in a story on AP Online regarding the new unit of intelligence analysts by the FBI to that will focus on disrupting terrorists plans (July 24).

 

Jonathan Turley, professor of law, was quoted in an AP story on racial profiling of airline passengers (July 4).  His comments on WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers taking the Fifth appeared in USA Today (July 9). Turley’s op-ed on expanding the number of justices in the Supreme Court was published in the Los Angeles Times (July 9). His op-ed on Sandra Day O’Connor appeared in The Record, Bergan County, NJ (July 10). His comments on a Texas case involving a baby’s death in a hot car appeared in the Dallas Morning News (July 11). His comments on the John Walker Lindh trial appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle (July 14, 16) and Fox News’ “Special Report with Britt Hume” (July 15). He appeared on ABC News’ “World News Sunday” commenting on investigations by the FBI on the Intelligence Committee for information leaks to the press (July 21). Turley also wrote an article on the management of private scandals by presidents in office that was published in the The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ( July 21).

 

Steven Wolin, psychiatry professor, was quoted in a story in USA Today about child abductions and the role of parents in teaching children safety ( July 25).  

 

Bernard Wood, Henry R. Luce Professor in Human Origins, was quoted in an AP story on a recently discovered 7 million-year-old skull (July 10). Wood also discussed the skull on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” the Scotland Evening News, The Canadian Press (July 10), The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Newsday, Sydney Morning Herald, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Toronto Star, Financial Times, London Daily Telegraph, Birmingham Post, Scottish Daily Record, The Guardian, London, (July 11), Science News (July 12), CNN (July 13), U.S. News & World Report (July 22), Time magazine (July 22).

 

Michael Young, dean of Law School, was quoted in a Washington Times story about the growth in the rate of applicants to District of Columbia Law schools (July 29).

 

AP reported on “The Price is Right” host Bob Barker’s stay in the GW Hospital following prostate surgery (July 3).

 

GW was one of the schools mentioned in a Washington Post story on high school students visiting 29 colleges in one week (July 8).

 

The BBC reported that Kyrgyzstan President Ilim Akayev’s youngest son will be studying at GW this fall (July 11).

 

This month’s GW Washington Forum included program’s on the European Union with economic professors Robert Dunn and Joseph Pelzman; a broadcast of University Professor Amitai Etzioni’s forum on inequality in America; Elliott School professors Nathan Brown and Walter Reich discussing conflict in the Middle East; and Elliott School Professor Henry Nau discussing the war against terrorism.

-GW-

 

 

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