GW IN THE NEWS

NOVEMBER 1-15, 2004

The GW Hospital and GW Medical Center were mentioned in stories about the hospitalization and release of the Vice President Cheney by States News Service, NBC Nightly News, Broadcast News, Kyodo News, Reuters, Xinhua News Agency, Agence France Presse, Associated Press and Dow Jones (11/13), Sunday Mecury, The Seattle Times, New York Daily News, Houston Chronicle, NBC Sunday Today, Agence France Presse, Deseret Morning News, People, SBS World News, The Sunday Mirror, Sunday Mail, The New York Times, The Washington Post, AFX UK Focus, Xinhua News Agency, Australian Broadcasting (11/14), The Record, The Times, Irish Times, Geelong Advertiser, and the New Zealand Herald (11/15). 

 

The GW Medical Center was mentioned by Managed Care Weekly Digest, Biotech Business Week, Bioterrorism Week, Health & Medicine Week (11/1), Life Science Weekly, Science Letter (11/2), Biotech Week (11/3), Obesity Fitness & Wellness (11/6), and Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (11/7) in regards to the VisualDx diagnostic software it will be using to accurately diagnose and treat patients with visual symptoms of disease.

 

The results of the last GW Battleground Poll prior to the presidential election were mentioned by BusinessWeek (11/1), Dow Jones, and the Associated Press (11/5).

 

A segment on WTTG-TV (Fox 5, Washington D.C) regarding nutritional dining options on college campuses profiled GW’s newly-renovated J Street dining facility and the District Market (11/8).

 

GW was mentioned in a Washington Post editorial as one of the local educational institutions using special financing structures for construction projects (11/7). GW was mentioned by The Washington Post as the “hottest university for political junkies” (11/9).  GW was mentioned in Construction News in regards to new micro tools being researched at the University that will cut patterns in glass and ceramics without breaking the material into tiny chunks (11/11).

 

Gordon Adams, director of the security policy program, was interviewed by Bloomberg News about Osama Bin Laden making plans to bankrupt the United States through war (11/1).  Adams was interviewed by Santa Barbara News-Press on the next round of military base closures (11/11).

 

Martin Adelman, Theodore and James Pedas Family Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology, was quoted by Pharma Japan about the ongoing research on anti-AIDS drugs (11/15).

 

Christopher Arterton, dean of the Graduate School of Political Management, was quoted by The Washington Post in regards to the outcome of the presidential election (11/3).

 

Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, was interviewed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty about U.S. polls showing Arab Americans turning away from President Bush (11/2).  Brown was quoted by the Pittsburg Post Gazette (11/5) and San Francisco Chronicle (11/7), in regards to Yasser Arafat’s failing health providing President Bush with the opportunity to promote a dialogue with the Palestinians.

 

Dana Tai Soon Burgess, assistant professor of theater and dance, was mentioned in The Washington Post in regards to his dance performance, Tracings (11/8).

 

Frank Cilluffo, GW associate vice president for homeland security, was quoted by the Associated Press, in regards to Asa Hutchinson, under secretary for Border and Transportation Security, debating whether to continue working in the Department of Homeland Security or move to the private sector (11/11).  Cilluffo was quoted by Federal Computer Week on about issues surrounding the interoperability of voice and data communications among first responders in homeland security (11/15).

 

Charles Cushman, associate professor of political management, was quoted by the Chicago Tribune about the disputed deal between Boeing and the U.S. Air Force for new refueling tankers (11/5).  Cushman was quoted by Environment & Energy Daily on the looming energy debate in Congress (11/12).

 

Christopher Deering, professor of political science, was quoted by The Milwaukee Journal in regards to Republicans preparing the agenda for the next four years (11/4).

 

Michael Duffey, associate professor of engineering management, wrote an op-ed for The Washington Times about theories and prices of oil supplies. (11/3).

 

Henry Farrell, visiting assistant professor of political science, co-authored an article in the November/December issue of Foreign Policy, that addresses the influence of bloggers on the political scene.

 

Ambassador Edward “Skip” Gnehm, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Visiting Professor of International Affairs, was interviewed by Voice of America about the resignation of Secretary of State Colin Powell (11/15).

 

Stephen Hess, distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by The Washington Post on the association Democrats have with the color blue and Republicans with the color red (11/2).

 

Dr. Judith Hsia, professor of medicine, was quoted by Reuters Health E-Line in regards to exercise curbing the chances of diabetes more for some people than others (11/8).

 

Ambassador Karl Inderfurth, professor of the practice of international affairs, wrote an op-ed for the Financial Times about U.S. policies toward Pakistan (11/9).

 

Lynda Maddox, professor of business administration, was interviewed by the San Antonio Express-News in regards to an upcoming ad campaign featuring characters from the animated movie The Incredibles (11/3).

 

George Novak, senior research scientist at the Aviation Institute, was quoted by St. Louis Post-Dispatch about figures released by The Air Transport Association showing the airline industry losing more than $23 billion since 2001 (11/7).

 

Dr. Michael Olding, associate professor of surgery, was quoted by The Washington Post about a new technique called “facial aerobics” that is intended to decrease wrinkles on the face (11/2).

 

Spencer Overton, associate professor of law, was quoted by The Irish Examiner, Dow Jones International, Associated Press (11/2), Kitchener-Waterloo Record, The Western Mail, Desert Morning News (11/3), and NPR Morning Edition (11/5), on problems associated with the U.S. voting system and the turnout of voters.  Overton was quoted by The Irish Examiner, Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Dow Jones International (11/3), and The Advertiser (11/4) about the results of the presidential election. 

 

Jerrold Post, professor of the practice of political psychology and international affairs, was quoted by The Sydney Morning Herald about Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov, who has appointed himself “president for life” (11/6).  Post was quoted by The Gold Coast Bulletin about the most recent video appearance of Osama bin Laden (Australia, 11/11).

 

Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, wrote an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun about the life and political goals of Yasser Arafat (11/12).

 

Jeffery Rosen, associate professor of law, was quoted by the Financial Times about several U.S. Supreme Court decisions (11/5). Rosen was interviewed by NPR Talk of the Nation about the responsibilities of the U.S. attorney general (11/10).

 

Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor, was quoted by The New York Times in regards to a U.S. judge halting a war crime trial at Guantanamo (11/9).  Saltzburg was also quoted by The Washington Post (11/9) about Jeffrey K. Skilling, chief executive of Enron Corp., having his blockbuster fraud trial moved out of Houston.

 

David Shinn, adjunct professor of international affairs, was quoted by the U.S. State Department Daily News about a speech he gave to launch West Virginia University’s Robert M. Maxon Fellowship in African History (11/1).  Shinn was also quoted by the U.S. State Department Daily News about the likelihood that President Bush and presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry will focus on issues in Africa (11/1).  Shinn was quoted by The East African in regards to the Bush administration’s attitude towards Africa (11/11).

 

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, was interviewed by CBS Morning News about how long Americans will have to wait for the outcome of the presidential election (11/2).  Turley was quoted by The Columbian about the chances of polygamy being legalized (11/6).  Turley was quoted by Agence France Presse in regards to the possibility that judges appointed by President Bush will give the U.S. Supreme Court a conservative edge (11/7). He was quoted by National Journal about conservative attacks on the new film about Alfred Kinsey (11/13).  Turley was quoted by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (11/13) and Houston Chronicle (11/14) about possible candidates to replace Chief Justice William Rehnquist when he leaves the bench.

 

Bernard Wood, Henry R. Luce Professor in Human Origins, was quoted by The Australian, in regards to the discovery of a skeleton of a human dwarf species found in Indonesia (11/10).

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