The Hollywood Reporter covered
Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone’s lecture at GW (11/7).
Voice ofAmerica
television visited a class with Sheryl Elliott, associate
professor of tourism studies, for a story on marketing tourism in
Montenegro
(11/12).
The GW-sponsored “Kalb Report” was carried live from the
National Press Club by WMAL-AM 630. The title of the program was “Investigative
Journalism: Scoops, Leaks and Legwork – A Conversation with The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward”
(11/10).
The Elliott
School's
Sigur
Center and
Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, professor of the practice of
international affairs, were the subject of an article titled “Second South Asia
Studies Program Signals Region’s Growing Clout” in India Abroad (11/14). The article
detailed the Sigur
Center’s new South Asia focus and the following faculty: Itty Abraham, Deepa
Ollapally, Surjit Mansingh, Asoka Bandarage and Sarmila
Bose.
GW was mentioned in a number of sports stories regarding
the Atlantic-10 inviting UNC
Charlotte and the
University of St. Louis. Outlets include the Associated Press, Dow Jones News Service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Times Union (Albany), The Boston Globe, NPR’s “All Things
Considered,” The Cincinnati Post, Charlotte Observer and others (11/6,
11/7). GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg was quoted in the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (11/3, 11/7,
11/9) and a Sports Network wire story
on the subject.
The GW Hippo statue on 21st and H Streets was
profiled in one of WTOP’s segments on offbeat D.C. attractions (11/11).
The
new youth voting initiative, “Declare Yourself,” launched its new Web site at a
press conference in the Jack Morton Auditorium. The program
featured Norman Lear, Tucker Carlson, Paul Begala and actress Drew Barrymore. The Washington Post, Associated Press,
CNN and other outlets covered the event (11/13, 11/14).
The
GW Smith Center was the venue for a CNN “Saturday Morning”
interview between Robert Novak and sports writer John Feinstein (11/15).
The GW Washington Forum radio show,
which airs on WRC-AM 1260 Sunday mornings at 9
a.m., featured SMPA professors Mark Feldstein and
Sean Aday discussing media coverage of current events and GSPM
Dean Christopher Arterton and
Adjunct Professor William Greener analyzing campaign 2004
(11/2). A discussion of international medicine included commentary from
John Pan and Huda Ayas from the GW Medical
Center. Pan directs GW’s Center for Integrative Medicine and Huda is
executive director of International Medicine
Programs.
Gordon Adams, director of the Security Studies Program
and professor of the practice of international affairs, was quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald on the lack
of counter-insurgency intelligence in
Iraq (11/1). He
also was interviewed by Defense News on the transatlantic defense
industry policy and
U.S. export
control (11/5). The quotes were based on a presentation
Adams gave in
London on October 21.
Finally,
Adams offered his thoughts in an Aerospace
Daily article on the Pentagon
promoting transatlantic airline mergers
(11/10).
Gary Anderson, lecturer in international affairs,
reviewed Gen. Wesley Clark’s new book, “Winning Modern Wars,” for The
Washington Times (11/11).
Deborah Avant, associate professor of political science,
was quoted by The Grand Rapids Press on the public response to the use of
privately contracted companies as allies in war (11/2). She also was quoted in
the Hobart Mercury
(Australia)
about private military contractors supporting and sometimes serving alongside
U.S. armed
forces in Iraq
(11/6). She commented on the
disparity between media coverage of private contractors taken as hostages and
soldiers taken as hostages in the Times-Picayune
(New
Orleans, 11/11). Finally, her
study on government expenditures in
Iraq was
mentioned in the Austin
American-Statesman (11/15).
John
Banzhaf, professor of public interest law, was profiled by CBS’
“Morning News” for his ongoing battle against the fast-food industry (11/4). His
legal exploits also were mentioned in the Deseret Morning News
(Salt Lake
City) in an article
concerning the onset of political concern about the obesity litigation (11/9).
The November issue of Boston Magazine quoted Banzhaf in reference to his
peer Richard Daynard, a fellow prosecutor of the fast-food
industry.
Dr.
Susan K. Bennett, clinical director of The George Washington University
Hospital Women’s Heart Program, was quoted by The Washington Post, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Record (NJ), The Seattle Times and Times Union
(Albany) speaking about a new drug that may unclog arteries and
reverse heart disease (11/5).
Nathan
Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, was
mentioned in the Daily Star (Lebanon) for his contributions toward the creation of a
Palestinian curriculum for schoolchildren.
Dana Tai Soon Burgess, assistant professor of dance, and
his new dance production “Tracings,” which premiered November 6 at the
Kennedy
Center, were profiled in The Washington Post’s “Sunday Source” section
(11/2).
Paul
Butler, professor of
law, discussed the rare success of insanity defense strategies in a
Richmond Times-Dispatch article
about the D.C. sniper trials (11/9). He also appeared on CNN’s “American
Morning” to discuss the respective strategies of the two defendants
(11/13).
Mary
Cheh, professor of
law, addressed the difficulty of successfully implementing an insanity defense
in relation to the D.C. sniper trials in The Washington
Post
(11/10).
Eric Cline, assistant professor of ancient history and
archaeology, appeared on a Discovery Channel program entitled “Joshua and the
Walls of Jericho” (11/12).
Michael Cornfield, associate research professor and research
director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, appeared on
NPR’s “Morning Edition” to discuss the increasing prevalence of Internet
campaigning for presidential candidates (11/7). He spoke to
The Washington
Post about the impact of
Internet “blogs” on campaigns (11/15).
Robert
Dunn, professor of economics, offered his theory on the future of
inflation in The Wall Street Journal (11/4) and The Asian Wall Street
Journal (11/5).
Mark Feldstein,
associate professor of media and public affairs, had his letter to the editor
published in the November issue of Washingtonian, in which he discussed
common perceptual fallacies surrounding the Watergate
scandal.
Arthur
Frank, medical
director of GW’s weight management program, was cited by
Forbes magazine on his views of
the marketing strategy of certain diet-supply companies (11/10). His comments
were included in a Washington Post article debating whether or not obesity should be
considered a disease (11/10).
James Goldgeier, associate professor of political science,
was quoted in an Associated Press
story about President Bush’s state visit
to the U.K. (11/15).
Harry Harding, dean of the
Elliott School, and his observations on
China were the
source of material for the preface of a biography of Edgar Snow by Seymour
Topping.
Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, professor of the practice of
international affairs, was mentioned by Pakistan Press International Information
Services Limited for his upcoming appearance at a summit discussing
U.S.-Pakistani relations (11/14).
Dalia Dassa Kaye, assistant professor of
political science and international affairs, published an op-ed in
The International Herald Tribune
titled “A Nuanced Landscape Lost in Polling Numbers,” which focused on
Israel and
Europe (11/8).
Dr. John Kelley, professor of neurology and neurological
surgery, was featured on WJLA-TV discussing the possible negative long-term
effects of all the physical punishment taken recently by Washington Redskins
quarterback Patrick Ramsey (11/4).
Hope Harrison, assistant professor of history and
international affairs, was interviewed for a History Channel documentary on the
foreign policy of John F. Kennedy. Titled “JFK: A Presidency Revealed,”
Harrison was one of several
U.S., Russian
and other foreign policy makers and scholars to be interviewed (11/16).
Darryl
Jenkins, executive
director of GW’s Aviation Institute, was cited in a New York Times
article addressing the possibility of
a Virgin Airlines carrier to be based in the
United
States (11/8). His comments were also carried by The
International Herald Tribune (11/10)
and The Boston Globe
(11/11).
Young Kim, professor emeritus of political science and
international affairs, wrote an article on North
Korea’s quest for nuclear weapons that was
published in the Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry
(11/1).
Jeanne
Lambrew, associate
professor of health policy, offered insight gained through her recent study on
the uninsured to Managed Care Weekly Digest (11/10).
Alan
Lipman, professor of psychology, was quoted in a Washington Post
article on the varied reactions of witnesses to the D.C. sniper shootings
(11/4).
Steven
Livingston, associate
professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by the Agence France
Presse on the media buildup of Jessica
Lynch and her rescuer Mohammed al-Raheef
(11/11).
John Logsdon, director of GW’s Space Policy Institute,
was mentioned in November’s Aerospace America for his role on the panel
investigating the crash of the
Columbia shuttle.
Lawrence E.
Mitchell, professor of
law, was mentioned in the Canadian newspaper The Globe and
Mail in reference to his book,
“Corporate Irresponsibility:
America’s Newest Export”
(11/8).
Mike Mochizuki, Gaston Sigur Memorial Associate
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, was quoted by the Kyodo News
(Japan), the Organization of Asia-Pacific News
Agencies and Voice of America from testimony he gave before a Senate hearing about human rights abuses in
North
Korea (11/4).
He was also quoted by Asian Political News on strategies for dealing with
North
Korea
(11/10). His work in the field was mentioned by The Washington Quarterly
(Autumn 2003).
Dr.
Michael Olding, chief of plastic surgery at GW Hospital, was quoted by
The Washington Post and Newsbytes News Network about the
decision to allow silicon breast implants back on the market in the
U.S. (11/6).
Joseph
N. Pelton, research professor and director of the Space and Advanced
Communications Research Institute, was quoted by the Newsbytes News
Network on the discovery that the Department of Defense overpays for its
satellite usage (11/3).
Peter Raven-Hansen, professor of law, was referred to as
an authority on the classification of information in an address by Sen. Charles
Grassley (R-Iowa) to the Committee on Senate Governmental Affairs
(11/12).
Frederick Rickles, clinical professor
of medicine, of pediatrics and of pharmacology, wrote an article for the journal
Chest about how anticoagulant drugs
may be effective in cancer treatment.
Rickles was quoted and the findings of the journal article were
summarized in Health & Medicine
Week (11/3), Blood Weekly (11/6) and Angiogenesis
Weekly (11/7).
Sarah
Rosenbaum, professor of health law and policy, was quoted in a Wall
Street Journal article dealing with managed health-care legislation
(11/4).
Russell
Rothenberg, assistant
professor of medicine, was consulted by The Washington Post for his expertise on a controversial medical
condition known as fibromyalgia
(11/11).
Howard
Sachar, professor of history and international affairs, was cited by
The Guardian (U.K.) on the popular European opinion toward
Israel (11/7).
Steve
Schooner, associate
professor of law, spoke on the importance of Iraqi government contracts in
The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street
Journal Europe (11/10), The
Globe and Mail (11/10) and The
Asian Wall Street Journal
(11/11).
Gregory D. Squires, professor of sociology, was quoted
by The Capital Times and
Wisconsin State Journal about the presence of racism in mortgage and
loan qualification (11/12).
Ambassador David Shinn,
Elliott
School adjunct professor, was
interviewed by BBC World Service about arms and terrorist activity in
Somalia
(11/4).
Judy Solberg, head
of the reference and instruction department and Gelman librarian, reviewed the
book “Farewell, Godspeed: The Greatest Eulogies of Our Times” for the November
issue of Library Journal
Reviews.
Joanna Spear,
director of the Elliott
School’s U.S. Foreign Policy
Institute, had an article published in the November 2003 edition of Arms
Control Today titled “The Emergence of a
European Strategic Personality.” Spear also was a guest on Voice of
America about U.S./European relations (11/13).
James Starrs, professor of law and of forensic sciences,
was mentioned in a Los Angeles Times
article about Meriwether Lewis and Starrs’ efforts to exhume Lewis’ body
(11/2). Starrs also was quoted in Insight on the News magazine about the
ethical considerations of DNA research into historical figures involving
exhumation.
Krizi Trivisani, GW’s information security officer, had
her letter, “Women in Infosecurity,” published in November’s Information
Security.
Jonathan Turley, J.B.
and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law,
wrote an article on the public obsession with criminal trials that was published
in USA Today (11/3). He also penned the article “Did Ashcroft Go Too Far
in Greenpeace Indictment?” that was featured in The Record (New Jersey, 11/4). Turley appeared on CNBC’s “News with Brian
Williams,” discussing the ban on partial birth abortion signed by President Bush
(11/5). He also appeared on CNN’s “American Morning” to discuss the legal
proceedings of a
U.S. soldier
charged with cowardice, a military offense that can result in the death penalty
(11/7). Finally, The Washington Post mentioned Turley’s ongoing work in
the case of a noted scientist charged with lying about dangerous lab specimens
(11/8).
Robert
Tuttle, professor of law, was quoted in the Times Union
(Albany) about President Bush’s proposed “faith based initiative”
(11/15).
Christopher
Yukins, associate
professor of government contracts law, was quoted in a
Times-Picayune
(New
Orleans)
article on the problems associated with governmental outsourcing
(11/10).
