The GW First
Federal Congress Project was mentioned in a New York Times feature story about the discovery of one of the original copies of the U.S. Bill
of Rights (8/11).
GW’s School of Engineering and Applied
Science was profiled in
a Washington Times story about how
technology has changed the engineering curriculum. SEAS Dean Timothy Tong and David Alan Grier, associate professor of computer
science and international affairs, were quoted in the piece (8/11).
The Washington Post mentioned the partnership between GW and the
Radio-Television
Museum in
Bowie, MD, to house artifacts from the museum in
the Media and Public Affairs
Building (8/14).
GW was mentioned in a story on NPR’s “Morning Edition” about
colleges who have set up offices exclusively devoted to dealing with parental
concerns (8/29).
GW’s City Hall was mentioned
in a Florida Times-Union story about
the elaborate dorms currently seen on campuses at
U.S. universities (8/27).
A report about the Medicare+Choice model by GW’s “health policy
scholars,” along with their counterparts at Georgetown University,
was cited by the Times-Picayune (New Orleans) in an article about new
ideas in Congress for senior health care (8/25).
GW Washington Forum radio programs included Dr.
Neil Barnard discussing his book, Breaking the Food Seduction; GW
Professors Scheherazade Rehman, Joseph Peltzman, Robert Dunn and Liesl
Riddle analyzing
U.S.-European relations; Bill Press, co-host of MSNBC’s “Buchanan & Press”
talking about the California recall; and the Elliott School’s John Logsdon
discussing the Columbia disaster.
G
ordon Adams, director
of the Elliott School’s Security Studies Program and professor
of the practice of international affairs, was quoted in a Washington Post article
titled, “An Arms Industry Too Big For the Task at Hand,” about the decline in
U.S. weapons programs (8/31). He was a guest
on NPR and Minnesota Public Radio’s “Marketplace,” discussing the current
military equipment in Iraq and what else may need to be sent to
Iraq (8/22). He was quoted by the Christian Science Monitor about the
costs to U.S. taxpayers of the
U.S. occupation of
Iraq (8/25). Adams was quoted by The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones International News about the
White House seriously considering asking Congress for preliminary funding for
civil authorities in Iraq until a larger bill is introduced later
in the year (8/26). He was quoted
by The Washington Post
about the budget crunch at the U.S. Department of Defense
(8/30).
James Austin, director of GW’s Institute on Crime,
Justice and Corrections, was quoted in The New York Times about prison
overcrowding (8/4). The Times also
quoted Austin about the slaying of an incarcerated
priest by another inmate in a Massachusetts prison (8/27).
James Bailey, associate professor of organizational
behavior, was quoted in The Sunday
Times (London) about how advertising firms are turning
to neuroscience to better understand why people buy (8/17). He was quoted on the
same topic in Marketing Week
(8/21).
John Banzhaf, a professor of law, was quoted in The New York Times about how the
marketing of McDonalds and other fast food restaurants is contributing to the
child obesity problem in the U.S. (8/3). His campaign against soft drink
machines in public schools was the focus of articles in the Financial Times (8/4) and The Washington Times (8/6). He was quoted in The Washington Post regarding
obesity-related heath care costs (8/10). The story also ran in the Deseret News
(Salt Lake
City)
and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(8/11). He was quoted in a Time
magazine story about lawsuits filed against McDonalds claiming it engaged in
deceptive advertising (8/11). He discussed recent legal victories for tobacco
companies in The National Law Journal
(8/11). Banzhaf also discussed fast food lawsuits with Slate Magazine (8/13). He was quoted by the National Journal about the fear of
lawsuits regulating actions by big business (8/30). Finally, he was quoted by The St. Petersburg Times about a $50
million exclusive vending deal between Pepsi and
Hillsborough County schools in
Florida (8/31).
Dr. Neil Barnard, adjunct
associate professor of medicine, commented on food addictions in the Dayton Daily News (8/5). The story also
ran in the Patriot News
(Harrisburg,
Pa.). He was
quoted by The Capital Times & Wisconsin State
Journal about the addictive nature of cheese (8/24).
Brian
Biles, professor of health
policy, and Lauren Nicholas, research assistant were mentioned in Managed Care Weekly
Digest
article on their book Lessons from Medicare+Choice for Medicare
Reform. The same article also appeared in
Health and Medicine Week (8/4).
Sarah Binder
, associate professor of political science,
was quoted in the Atlanta Journal Consitution
about next year’s senate election in
Georgia (8/3).
Thomas S.
Blanton,
executive director of the National Security Archive at GW, was quoted in a Dayton Daily News story about the USA
Patriot Act (8/14).
Jeremy Brown, assistant professor of emergency
medicine, reviewed the book, Goldberger's
War: The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader, for the Jerusalem Post
(8/15).
Nathan
Brown, professor of
political science and international affairs, wrote a commentary in the Daily
Star
on America’s occupation
of Iraq and how it affect’s the rest of the Arab world
(8/4).
David Brunori, research professor of public policy and
public administration, was quoted in The
Arkansas Democrat Gazette about state tax holidays (8/17). He spoke on the same topic with The Hartford Courant (8/27).
Paul Butler, professor of law, was featured on CNN’s
“Newsnight with Aaron Brown,” discussing what the reasonable expectations should
be for the bioterrorism expert who filed a lawsuit against Attorney General John
Ashcroft and other government officials after he was labeled a “person of
interest” in the 2001 anthrax investigations (8/26). Butler also was a guest on Fox News’ “The
O’Reilly Factor,” discussing a court ruling that forced the Boston Fire
Department to hire four white men, saying they were discriminated against and
not hired in 2000 because of affirmative action (8/27).
Malcolm Byrne, deputy director and
director of research, National Security Archive at GW, wrote a commentary about
the 1953 overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq for The Daily Star
(Beirut, Lebanon) (8/1).
Frank Cilluffo, associate vice president for homeland
security, was quoted by The
Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) about preventing disasters, in regards to the
blackout on the east coast of the U.S. (8/21).
Carol Darr, director of the Institute
for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, appeared on Voice of America to
discuss Howard Dean’s fundraising efforts on the Internet (8/13).
Michael Cornfield, associate research professor of
political management and research director for the Institute on Politics,
Democracy and the Internet, was quoted by the National Journal about grassroots political organizing
on the Web (8/30).
Charles Craver, professor of law, was quoted by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
and The Baltimore Sun about negotiations between Verizon
and the union representing 78,000 of its workers
(8/26).
Robert Cutler, professorial lecturer in engineering,
was quoted by the Associated Press
about his work to inform relatives of American servicemen who died in a
plane crash in Australia during World War II (8/25).
Amitai Etzioni, GW University Professor, wrote an op-ed
for The Christian Science Monitor
regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (8/6).
Jean Folkerts, professor of media and public affairs,
was quoted by AFX International Focus about media coverage of the California recall
(8/23).
Sandra Foote, GW’s Health Insurance Reform Project,
was quoted by Health & Medicine
Week and Managed Care Weekly
Digest about disease management programs under Medicare
(8/25).
Dr. Arthur Frank, medical director at GW’s Weight Loss
Management Program, was quoted in a Canadian Press story about suicide rates
among obese teenagers (8/11). He also was interviewed by NPR’s “Talk of the
Nation,” regarding a new program the GW obesity management program developed to
help children and adolescents control their weight (8/26). Frank was also quoted by The Washington Post in a review of Denise Austin’s new book/video, “Shrink Your
Female Fat Zones,” about the validity of Austin’s idea that you can target
specific areas of your body for weight loss (8/26).
Leon Fuerth, research
professor of international affairs, was quoted in The
Washington Post
about
the Bush Administration’s approach to the Liberia crisis (8/10).
Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman, assistant clinical professor of health
care sciences, was quoted in The New York Times about natural remedies
for menopausal women (8/12). A recent study she completed was referenced in The Scotsman (U.K.) about herbal
remedies (8/18). Finally, Dr.
Fugh-Berman was quoted in the Augusta
Chronicle (Augusta, Georgia) about whether herbal remedies that claim to
increase bust size are safe and effective (8/20).
Theresa
Gabaldon, Carville
Dickinson Benson Research Professor of Law, was quoted by Reuters about the lucrative compensation
package for New York Stock Exchange chairman and chief executive Richard Grasso
(8/27). The article also ran in The Chicago Tribune, The Globe and Mail (Canada), The Guardian (United Kingdom), Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, The Toronto Star (8/28) and The Australian and the Australian Financial Review
(8/29).
Allan Gerson, professorial lecturer in honors, appeared on NPR’s “Talk
of the Nation” discussing U.S.-Libyan relations (8/14).
Beverly Glenn, executive director of the Hamilton Fish Institute, was
interviewed by Howard University’s radio station, WHUR, on the topic of bullying
perpetrated by teachers on students (8/7).
Brian Hamluk, director of the Center for Alcohol and
Drug Education and community
development coordinator, was quoted by The Washington Times about the positives and negatives
to students living on campus versus off campus (8/11).
Jose Hernandez-Rebollar, GW doctoral recipient, and his new
invention for transferring American Sign Language into written and spoken word,
“The AcceleGlove,” were profiled in the Associated Press, AP Online and AP Worldstream (8/3). The article also appeared on CNN.com
(8/3), the Augusta Chronicle
(Augusta, Georgia), The Baton Rouge
Advocate, Buffalo News, Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV), Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City),
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, The Oakland Tribune, Ottawa Citizen, The Seattle Times, sfgate.com (San Francisco Chronicle Web site), The Star Ledger (Newark, NJ), The Toronto Star, Tulsa World, Washington Post Express, washingtontimes.com, Yahoo! News (8/4), The Gazette (Montreal), Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia), Investors Business Daily (8/5), Dow Jones Newswires (8/6), The Guardian (London), Wired.com, Wired News (8/7), Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia), World Magazine (8/16) and the Agence France-Presse (8/31). Hernandez-Rebollar was also interviewed on
WJLA-TV (Channel 7) (8/4), NBC’s “Today,” CNNfn’s “The Flipside” (8/5), BBC
Radio and Univision.
Rachelle Heller, associate dean for academic affairs at the Mount Vernon
Campus, appeared on the Jim Blasingame Radio Show discussing GW’s Women’s
Leadership Program (8/13).
Tyra Hilliard, assistant professor
of tourism studies, was interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)
about Toronto’s effort to revive its tourism industry in the wake of SARS, and
the short- and long-term impact of promotional events.
Lance Hoffman, distinguished research professor of
computer science, was quoted by Knight
Ridder/Tribune Business News and The
Baltimore Sun about a Johns Hopkins University
report that says electronic voting systems are not secure enough to be used in
elections at this time (8/25).
Dr. Steven Hopping, clinical professor of surgery, was
interviewed for The Washington Post
about cosmetic surgery (8/3).
Marva Gumbs
Jennings,
executive director of the career center, was quoted in The Washington Times about post-graduation
job hunting (8/11).
Darryl Jenkins, director of the Aviation Institute, was
quoted in an Associated Press wire
story about the troubled airline industry (8/1). He was also quoted in The Washington Post regarding online
airfare reservation. He was also
quoted in an article in The Salt Lake
Tribune about the economic impact of Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, war
and the SARS epidemic on airlines and the loss of hubs in certain cities. (8/3).
His comments about new airline terrorism warnings appeared in the Associated Press story (8/5) that was
subsequently picked up by the Houston
Chronicle and Tulsa World. He was
quoted in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about US
Airways’ return from the brink of bankruptcy (8/6). He was quoted in The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel about
tactics airline pilots can use to make up for lost time in the air (8/10).
Jenkins was quoted in the International
Herald Tribune about seven airlines gaining clearance to fly into Basra,
Iraq (8/15). He was quoted by The New
York Times about the interconnectedness of the airline system and how that
becomes a problem when there is an issue, such as bad weather or electrical
failure, at a hub airport (8/21).
Finally, Jenkins was quoted by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News and
the Belleville News-Democrat (Ill.) about Great Plains
Airlines becoming a tenant at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport
(8/25).
Frederick Joutz, associate professor of economics, was interviewed by
WUSA-TV (Channel 9) about energy economics, specifically gas prices
(8/25).
Susan
Karamanian, associate dean
for international and comparative legal studies, was mentioned in a Houston Chronicle story about a Texas
inmate trading his death sentence for 20 years in prison (8/12).
Charlotte Larson,
assistant clinical
professor of obstetrics, was quoted in a Washington Post story about new
ultrasound technology that deliver sharper prenatal images (8/9). The story also
appeared in the Augusta Chronicle
(Augusta, GA) (8/14).
Dr. John Larsen, chairman of GW’s Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, was quoted by The Washington Times
about the improvement in epidurals for women in labor
(8/24).
Julia Lear, director of GW’s Center for Heath and
Health Care in the Schools, was quoted in The Boston Globe (8/17), Health & Medicine Week and Managed Care Weekly (8/25) about healthcare in the schools and a recent survey by
the center.
John Logsdon, director of the Elliott School’s Space
Policy Institute and member of the Columbia Shuttle Accident Investigation
Board, was quoted by the Associated
Press, AP Online, Dow Jones
International News, Knight
Ridder/Tribune Business News, The
Orlando Sentinel (8/25), The
Commercial Appeal (Memphis), the Deseret News (Salt Lake City), The Oakland Tribune and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (8/26), prior to
the release of the board’s report about what topics will be covered and what
recommendations may be made in the report.
After the report was released Logsdon was quoted in The Baton Rouge Advocate, The Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle (two articles), Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, The New York Times (two articles), USA Today, featured on Voice of America
(8/27) and quoted in The Economist
(8/30) about the report and the culture of NASA that the board believes played a
part in the accident. He was also
quoted by The Wall Street Journal
(8/27) and The Asian Wall Street
Journal (8/28) about the board’s report and NASA’s reliance on
contractors.
Kip Lornell, adjunct professor
of Africana studies, was interviewed by National Public Radio for the
documentary series “Honky Tonk Hymns, and the Blues,” which airs each Friday
morning on “Morning Edition” from July through September. Lornell is also
serving as a consultant for “Remembering Slavery,” a PBS documentary to be
broadcast in the fall of 2004.
Jarol Manheim, professor
of media and public affairs and of political science, was quoted in a Boston Globe story about Verizon Communications, Inc.
labor negotiations (8/5).
Dr. Michael Manyak, director of urology at GW’s Medical
Center, was quoted by USA Today about a
new study that found a better predictor for risk of prostate cancer
(8/26).
Josh
Marks, associate director
of the Aviation Institute, was quoted in the Rocky Mountain News
about United Airlines second quarter loss despite
the federal aid received and a large tax refund (8/2), and Frontier Airline’s
growth (8/7). He discussed aircraft safety, including the prospect of missile
defense systems, with CNBC (8/7, 8/12) and WGBH (8/13). Finally, he was quoted
by the Rocky Mountain News about United Airlines’ attempt to
provide international all-cargo service (8/22).
Dan McLean, chief executive officer
of The George Washington University Hospital, was quoted in Modern Healthcare about the reprieve for
Greater Southeast Community Hospital (8/11).
James Miller, professor of
English and of American studies, reviewed the book, Heroes Without a Country for The Boston Globe (8/10).
Lawrence Mitchell, professor of law,
was interviewed on CNBC’s “Business Center,” about the state of Oklahoma filing
charges against WorldCom’s founder (8/28).
Sean Murphy, associate professor of law, was quoted
in The Grand Rapids Press questioning if having Saddam Hussein tried in the U.S. court system or
by Iraqi government could support more anti-American feelings (8/3). He appeared
on NPR’s “All Things Considered” discussing possible lawsuits over Iraqi oil
(8/8).
Seyyed
Nasr,
University Professor of Islamic Studies, received coverage in the San
Francisco Chronicle for a lecture/discussion he was going to lead in
Berkeley on differing religions (8/22).
Nasr was quoted by The Wall Street Journal about the reasons
non-Muslims are not allowed inside the city limits of Mecca
(8/29).
Susan
Phillips , SBPM dean ,
appeared on CNBC’s “Morning Call” and on Bloomberg
Television to discuss the Federal Open Market Committee’s rate decision (8/12).
Richard Pierce Jr, Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, was
quoted by The New York Times (8/14), New York Post (8/16), Associated
Press (8/18), Greenwire, The Seattle Times (8/19), Dow Jones Newswires and the Chattanooga Times Free Press (8/20)
about possible lawsuits against energy companies stemming from the power outages
in the eastern United States and Canada.
He was also quoted by Knight
Ridder/Tribune Business News and The
Miami Herald about state versus regional regulation of energy (8/21). Pierce was quoted by The Washington Post about the Bush
Administration’s energy policies and pending legislation
(8/23).
Dr. Jerrold Post, professor of psychiatry, political
psychology and international affairs and director of GW’s Political Psychology
Program, appeared on CNN and MSNBC’s “Hardball” regarding his profile of Saddam
Hussein (8/1). His research on suicide bombers was also cited in The Age (Australia)
(8/9).
Bernard Reich, professor of political science and
international affairs, was quoted by the
Agence France Presse about the United Nations bombing in Baghdad
(8/20). The article was reprinted
in Kommepcaht (Moscow) (8/21).
Scheherazade Rehman, associate professor
of international finance, was a guest on “Republican Radio” to discuss
globalization and its ramifications for the U.S (8/9).
Dr. Richard Restak, clinical professor of neurology, was
quoted by Newsweek International about the effects of an increasingly wired world (specifically
videogames) on children’s brains (8/25).
Jeffrey
Richelson,
senior fellow with the National Security Archive at GW, was quoted by the Austin-American Statesman about secret
U-2 missions flown over the Soviet Union to collect photographs
(8/30).
Fernando Robles, professor of international marketing,
was quoted in the Latin America Retail Advisor’s July issue. He discussed Wal-Mart’s expansion into South
America.
Cynthia Rohrbeck, associate professor of psychology, was interviewed for
“Audio Journal,” a Web-based journal that provides 5-10 minute briefings on
topics for school administrators. She discussed peer tutoring.
Jeffrey
Rosen, associate
professor of law, was quoted by The New York Times (8/30) about the
possibility of changing the U.S. Constitution to allow foreign-born American
citizens to become president.
Dr. Sara Rosenbaum, Harold & Jane Hirsh
Professor of Health Care Law & Policy, was quoted in an Associated Press
story about
changes recommended in the
national vaccination program (8/4). The story also appeared on the Dow Jones Business News wire, The Washington Post, The Oakland Tribune, Times Union
(Albany), The Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel, The Columbian (Oregon), Charleston Gazette, Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Georgia), The Seattle Times, Tulsa World, Houston
Chronicle (8/5), Hartford Courant
(8/6), Health & Medicine
Week
, Managed Care Weekly
Digest
(8/25), Biotech Week and Vaccine
Weekly
(8/27). Dr. Rosenbaum commented on
state Medicare shortfalls in The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution (8/17).
Julie
Ryan
, assistant professor of
engineering management and systems engineering, was a guest on NPR’s and
WBUR-FM’s (Boston) “On Point,” participating in a roundtable discussion on cyber
security (8/26).
Stephen Saltzburg, Howrey Professor of Trial Advocacy,
Litigation and Professional Responsibility, was quoted in The National Law Journal and The Recorder (Calif.) (8/20) about
legal challenges to the USA Patriot Act (8/11). Saltzburg was quoted by The Chicago Tribune and Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News about an American citizen – now Saltzburg’s client – who
worked in Saudi Arabia and was promised generous retirement benefits by the
Saudi government (8/22).
Steven Schooner, associate professor of law, was quoted
in a Financial Times story about lawsuits that emerge when private contractors send employees
close to the field of battle (8/11).
Gregory
Squires, professor
of sociology, wrote an op-ed for American Banker along with Samantha
Friedman, assistant professor of
sociology, about the Community Reinvestment Act and its effect on racial
diversity in home ownership (8/29).
James Starrs, professor of law and of forensic
science, was mentioned in a New
Scientist
article about conspiracies surrounding the death and remains of John Wilkes
Booth (8/2). His College of Physicians of Philadelphia lecture on forensic
science exhumations aired on C-SPAN (8/30).
Jonathan
Stanton, assistant professor of computer science, was interviewed
by WRC-TV (Channel 4) about computer viruses and computer security
(8/12).
Stephen Joel
Trachtenberg, president
of the University and professor of public administration, wrote an op-ed printed
in The Washington Post, The Times Union (Albany) (8/18) and The
Kitchener-Waterloo Record (Ontario) (8/20). Trachtenberg was quoted by The
Washington Post about student choice in living on- or off-campus and GW’s
petition against BZA requirements for housing a certain percentage of students
on campus (8/30).
Jonathan Turley, professor or law, was quoted in The Washington Post about the murder
case involving 72-year-old Felix Freed. He was also quoted in The Record (Bergen County, N.J.) on the
abundance of New Jersey malpractice suits (8/4). The Tampa Tribune quoted Turley on the
decision of Sami Al-Arian to represent himself in his upcoming trial (8/3). He
commented in a Christian Science Monitor
story about new funds for Harvey Milk School, a high school devoted to
educating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered
youth (8/5). Turley wrote an op-ed column for the Legal Times arguing for a larger Supreme
Court (8/11). He commented in The New
York Times about a series of recent departures of senior staffers at the
Justice Department (8/12). Turley was quoted by the Associated Press (8/26, 8/27), AP Online, The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.), Deseret News (Salt Lake City) and Houston Chronicle (8/27) about what the reasonable expectations
should be for the bioterrorism expert who filed a lawsuit against Attorney
General John Ashcroft and other government officials after he was labeled a
“person of interest” in the 2001 anthrax investigations. Turley was interviewed on Fox News’
“Special Report with Brit Hume,” about the legal battle over the Ten
Commandments in an Alabama courthouse (8/28). He was also quoted by The New York Times about a noted
researcher and client of Turley’s who is charged with smuggling plague bacteria
into the United States (8/30).
Maida Withers, professor of dance, and Dana Tai Soon
Burgess, assistant professor of dance, were featured in the online journal
ArtsJounal.com writing about why people should dance and encourage others to
dance (8/7).
Chris
Yukins,
associate professor of government contracts law, co-wrote a story on procurement
ethics that appeared in Mondaq Business
Briefing (8/15).
