GW IN THE NEWS
AUGUST 2004
The George Washington University was mentioned in The New York Times about student code of conduct while completing study abroad programs (8/23). GW was mentioned by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about its collaboration with Napster. GW was mentioned by USA Today about the availability of classes on homeland security (8/25). GW received the following rankings in U.S. News “America’s Best Colleges” among U.S. colleges and universities: #52 overall, the School of Business’ international business specialty was ranked #16, the School of Business’ undergraduate program was ranked #48 and the School of Engineering and Applied Science was ranked Engineering Undergrad #99 (8/26). GW was mentioned in The Washington Post about the heightened security during freshmen move-in (8/29).
The GW-Battleground 2004 Poll, a bi-partisan
national survey of likely voters, was mentioned in the Houston Chronicle (8/29).
GW’s Campaign Finance Institute was mentioned in Newsday about a recent study analyzing the partisanship of Republican and Democrat convention donors (8/1).
The National Security Archive at GW
was mentioned in The Gazette
(
Gordon Adams, director of GW’s security policy
program, wrote an op-ed for the Chicago
Tribune about the parallels between the Vietnam War and the current
situation in
John Banzhaf, professor of law, wrote a letter to the
editor that appeared in the Los Angeles
Times about how the media should fight back against courts on prior
restraint orders, in particular the Kobe Bryant case (8/4). Banzhaf was quoted by The Las Vegas Sun about determining
liability in a gambling case (8/11).
Banzhaf was quoted by The Observer
(
Robert Beckel, part-time professor of political
management, wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Los Angeles Times about how the issue of
stem cell research could influence voters (8/27).
Sarah Binder,
associate professor of political science, was quoted by the
Omaha World Herald
about how the government is facing gridlock because of the upcoming
election (8/8).
Frank Cilluffo, GW associate vice president for
homeland security, was quoted by The
Christian Science Monitor about the
franchising of Al-Qaeda around the world (8/6). Cilluffo was quoted by The Washington Post about how increasing the
national security level is designed to make the public more vigilant (8/6). He was quoted by the Seattle Sun Times about
Mary Cheh, Elyce Zenoff Research
Professor of Law, was quoted by the Boston Globe about the CIA
compensating former
James Clark, Ronald Weintraub Associate Professor of
Biology, was quoted by National
Geographic News story (8/25) and co-authored an article in Nature (8/26) about what his team was
able to learn from a fossil of a crocodilian ancestor they found in
Eric Cline, associate professor of classics, was
quoted by The Washington Post about an archeological
dig that GW students took part in at Meggido where King Solomon might have lived
(8/7).
Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of
Law, was quoted by the Baltimore Sun about how the economy has come to
the forefront of the presidential election (8/15).
Amitai Etzioni, University Professor, wrote an
op-ed that appeared in the Los Angeles
Times about
Ron Faucheux, part-time professor of
political management, was quoted by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
about the chance of a Democrat winning the gubernatorial race in
Mark Feldstein, associate professor of media and public affairs, was interviewed by NPR’s All Things Considered about journalist Jack Anderson (8/1). He was quoted by the Observer about his research into the Watergate scandal (8/15).
Richard Green, Oliver T. Carr Professor of
Real Estate Finance and finance, was mentioned in The Washington
Post, about his study regarding the effectiveness of mortgage lifesaver
plans (8/14).
Roy Richard Grinker, professor of anthropology,
international affairs, and human sciences, was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle about the
personality and life of Stanley Kurtz, a research fellow at the Hoover
Institution at
Tee Guidotti, chair of the Department of
Environmental Occupational Health, was quoted by The Washington
Post about researcher bias in studies of workplace wellness programs
(8/17).
Jerome Hauer, director of the Response to
Emergencies and Disasters Institute, was quoted by the New York Times
about how bureaucrats are running bioterrorism defense (8/20).
John Lill, assistant professor of biology, was
quoted by The Washington Post about how cicadas affect
leaf eaters that live above ground (8/16).
John Logsdon, professor of political science and
international affairs, was quoted by The New York Times about how it was harder
than expected for NASA to return shuttles to space after the Colombia Shuttle
explosion (8/27).
Richard Longstreth, director of the graduate
program in historic preservation and professor of
American studies, was quoted in The New York Times about how more
young professionals prefer to live in urban areas causing cities to take in
suburban elements (8/19).
David Michaels, research professor of
environmental occupational health, was quoted by The Washington Post about how scientists are
not able to reproduce good research studies if they conduct bad research
(8/16).
Rajat Mittal, associate professor of engineering and applied science, was featured in The Wall Street Journal (8/13), Veja (Brazil, 8/19), and WUSA-TV (Channel 9, 8/19) about his computational fluid dynamics research for USA Swimming, which the organization hopes will increase the number of swimming medals the U.S. wins at future Olympics.
Michael Moore, associate professor of economics
and international affairs, wrote a letter to the editor that appeared in the Financial Times about how George W. Bush
is not a “tariff happy” president (8/4).
Vahid Motevalli, associate research professor of
engineering, was quoted by The Christian Science Weekly about the new
FAA regulations urging the domestic airlines to voluntarily reduce the number of
flights during high traffic times to reduce airport congestion
(8/4).
Matt Nehmer, assistant director of media relations, was quoted by The Washington Post about the status of University operations due to the increased terror threat level (8/2).
Lea Nolan, senior research scientist, was quoted
by The Washington Post about the low
availability of medical care for the uninsured living in the D.C. metropolitan
area (8/3).
George Novak, lead research
scientist at GW’s Aviation Institute, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times and
Susan Phillips, dean of the
Jerrold Post, professor of the practice of
political psychology and international affairs, of psychiatry and behavioral
science, and of engineering management, was quoted by the Toronto Star about the psyche of
terrorists (8/7).
Jorge Rivera, assistant professor of
strategic management and public policy, was quoted in the Denver Post
about how ski slopes that do not follow the Sustainable Slopes Program have
better environmental records (8/25).
Rivera was mentioned in the Denver Post about his research on the
environmental efforts at ski slopes (8/30).
Steven Saltzburg,Wallace and Beverley Woodbury
University Professor of Law, was quoted by The Washington Post about how the hearing
has been delayed for a witness in a Hamas terrorist investigation (8/29).
Moses Schanfield, professor of forensic sciences,
and Eva Vincze, professor of forensic sciences, were featured
in a story by WRC-TV (Channel 4) about GW’s forensic science program and
facilities (8/6).
David Scheffer, visiting professor of law, wrote
an op-ed that appeared in the Financial
Times entitled “A Rare Chance to Try These Architects of Atrocity” (8/16).
Steven Schooner, associate professor of law, was
quoted by the Los Angeles Times about
how military contracts are given to the same Alaskan firms instead of promoting
competition (8/12). Schooner was
quoted by the Los Angeles Times about
how the military paid all of Halliburton’s fees for their work in
David Shambaugh, professor of political science
and international affairs, was quoted by the Financial Times about how the forming of
the East Asian Communities (EAC) will take
Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was
mentioned in the Boston Herald, about
his book The Digital Person: Technology
and Privacy in the Information Age, which discusses privacy issues that
occur with new technologies (8/12).
Solove was quoted by The New York Times about public records
being used in the Kobe Bryant case (8/15).
James Starrs, professor of law and forensic sciences, was quoted by the Baltimore Sun about the questionable 1953 homicide case of Frank Olson who worked for the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Division (8/1).
Steven Tuch, professor of sociology,
was mentioned by The Washington Post about his research
comparing religious affiliation and Congressional voting records
(8/29).
Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro
Professor of Public Interest Law, was quoted by the Baltimore Sun about
the possibility of a terrorist attack on Washington D.C. in August (8/3). Turley wrote an op-ed that appeared in
USA Today about the bitterness soldiers feel when returning from
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