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GW IN THE NEWS

Week of September 24 - 28, 2001 

 

·             Elliott School's Professor Gordon Adams, director Security Policy Studies Program, was interviewed by The New York Times for an article titled "Beneficiaries Of The Military Buildup Await Their Orders." 

 

·             Elliott School's Jerrold Post, professor of Political Psychology and International Affairs, was interviewed by The Washington Post for an article titled "The Nature and Nurture of a Fanatical Believer." Post was also interviewed on CNN and CBS' "60 Minutes II" on the psychology of terrorism. 

 

·             Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, Raymond and Juliet Bland Professorial Lecturer of International Affairs at GW's Elliott School, had an op-ed article titled "Face to Face with the Taliban" published in The Los Angeles Times.   Inderfurth also appeared on a live BBC television news broadcast exploring his work from 1997 -2001with the Taliban as assistant secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.

 

·             Amitai Etzioni, GW University Professor, had an op-ed published in The Boston Globe about tactics that should be used to end terrorism.

 

·             Jonathan Turley, professor of law, was quoted in The Cleveland Plain Dealer about the FBI tactics in the terrorist investigations.

 

·             Peter J. Hotez, professor and chairman for the Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, "Fortune," and "Atlantic Monthly," regarding bio-terrorism issues, specifically the smallpox vaccine.

 

·             Lisa Delpy Neirotti, associate professor of tourism and sport management, was quoted in The Salt Lake City Tribune, The Colorado Springs Gazette, Revenues in Sports Stadiums, Salt Lake City Desseret News, and The Washington Business Journal regarding the impact of the September 11 attack on the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

 

·             Keith Holtermann, assistant dean for health sciences, was interviewed by Hong Kong TV regarding bio-terrorism and Radio Free Europe.

 

·             Daniel Lieberman, assistant professor of psychiatry, was interviewed by News Channel 8 about what to do if a loved one is missing as a result of the tragedy of September 11. 

 

·             Frederick Goodwin, professor of psychiatry, hosted the public radio program "The Infinite Mind" with a special one-hour report on "Terror: Trauma and Healing."

 

·             Julia Frank, associate professor of psychiatry, was interviewed by Psychiatric News and the Associated Press on dealing with the aftermath of the September 11 terrorists attack. Dr. Frank was also a panelist at the GW sponsored Town Hall meeting. 

 

·             Lynne M. Gaby, assistant professor of psychiatry, was a panelist at the GW sponsored Town Hall meeting dealing with the terrorist attacks.   The meeting was covered by WTOP.

 

·             James Griffith, professor of psychiatry and neurology, was interviewed in a roundtable discussion lead by NPR's Kojo Nnamdi. The discussion was on "Grief, Anger, and Frustration."

 

·             John Artz, associate professor of management science, was interviewed by "L'Expresse," a French magazine, about data loss resulting from the World Trade Center attacks.

 

·             Jim Thurman, associate professor of strategic management, was interviewed by Sunday Business, a British financial paper, about the strategic reallocation of firms' human resources and other assets in light of the significant losses from the September 11 attack.

 

·             Ginger Smith, assistant professor of tourism studies, talked with Newhouse News Service about trends in tourism that may be affected by terrorism. 

 

·             Peter Locke, associate professor of finance, appeared on WRC-TV (Channel 4) discussing the financial markets' first week open since September 11 and what investors should expect for the short term.

 

·             Joan Echols, director of GW's Graduate Career Center, and Jaime Hope, a first-year full-time MBA student, were quoted in The Washington Post about the slowing job market.

 

·              Quadir Amiryar, adjunct professor of political science, was interviewed by CNN and WMAL about the history and politics of Afghanistan.

 

·             The Travel Channel was on campus to interview John Logsdon, director of the Space Policy Institute, about the International Space Station and Challenger disaster. 

 

·             Jack Harrald, director of the Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, and Keith Holtermann, assistant dean for health sciences, appeared on this week's "GW Washington Forum" to discuss disaster preparation and crisis management.

 

·             GW's Center for Latin American Studies Program, "Chile Day," was covered by Reuters,  Associated Press (Latin America,) Agence France Press, The Washington Post (Espanol), "Inside U.S. Trade," and others.

 

-GW-

 

 

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