GW’s agreement with Boston Properties to develop the old hospital site, square 54, was covered by several local media outlets including The Washington Post (12/24), The Georgetown Current (12/29), and the Washington Business Journal (12/17, 12/24).

The School of Medicine and Health Sciences was mentioned in a Time magazine article about the school requiring students to take an emergency preparedness course (12/27).

The GW Homeland Security Policy Institute was mentioned by the States News Service, US Fed News (12/30), and The Orange County Register (12/31) about a homeland security “white paper” the institute released on Dec. 29.

GW was mentioned by States News Service in regards to the University training Brazilian scientists (12/20). GW was mentioned by Health & Medicine Week, Cardiovascular Week, OBGYN & Reproduction Week (12/27), and Women’s Health Weekly (12/30) about a nicotine study the University is conducting. Finally, GW was mentioned by Science Letter and Life Science Weekly about cardiovascular disease (12/28).

GW students were profiled in a Washington Post article about the “Facebook,” an online guide to the college community (12/28).

A speech at GW by Michael McDevitt, U.S. military analyst, was covered by Taipei Times about what Taiwan should do with the money the Chen Shui-bian government wants to spend on U.S. diesel-powered submarines (12/18).

Gordon Adams, professor of the practice of international affairs, was interviewed by NPR All Things Considered about how Congress will pay for the war in Iraq (12/17).

Edward Berkowitz, professor of history and of public policy and public administration, was quoted by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in regards to his book, Robert Ball and the Politics of Social Security (12/19).

Sarah Binder, associate professor of political science, was quoted by the Christian Science Monitor in regards to the departing of the 108th Congress (12/22).

Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted by The San Francisco Chronicle about the upcoming election in Iraq (12/16).

Paul Butler, professor of law, was quoted by The Star-Ledger (12/17) and Legal Times (12/20) about a juror being dismissed from a case because he could not put aside his racial identification with a defendant.

Robert Carmona-Borjas, part-time faculty in the romance languages and literatures department, was quoted by EFE News Service about the number of Venezuelans granted political asylum (12/31).

Mary Cheh, Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law, was quoted by the Associated Press about the Justice Department’s memo on the definition of torture (12/31).  Cheh was quoted in a Washington Post article about the overturning of a man arrested for crossing a police line during a war protest (12/31).

Frank Cilluffo, GW associate vice president for homeland security, was quoted by Sarasota Herald-Tribune about computing security (12/19).

Amitai Etzioni, University Professor, was quoted by Newsbytes News and The Washington Post about the use of the term “community” (12/29). His op-ed on Turkey and the European Union was published in the Israeli Haaretz Daily (12/16). Finally, Etzioni was interviewed by several Danish news organizations while visiting Denmark for the Copenhagen Conference on Nuclear Terrorism. Outlets include Danish National Radio, Berlingske Tidende, and the Danish television program “Deadline” (12/16).

Harvey Feigenbaum, associate dean for the Elliott School of International Affairs, was quoted by The Washington Times about U.S. popular culture (12/31).

Cynthia Harrison, associate professor of history, women’s studies, and of public policy, was quoted by The Richmond Times-Dispatch about Hillary Clinton’s possible run for president in 2008 (12/19).

Ambassador Edward “Skip” Gnehm, Elliott School Shapiro Visiting Professor, was quoted in a Washington Post Outlook section article titled, “Freeing Ourselves to Take Bold Diplomatic Action” (12/26).

Dr. Paul Kimmel, professor of medicine, was quoted in the National Institutes of Health and US Fed News about diabetic kidney disease research (12/28).

Taras Kuzio, visiting assistant professor of international affairs, was mentioned by The San Francisco Chronicle (12/19) and the Herald Sun (12/29) about the latest developments in Ukraine.

Jeanne M. Lambrew, associate professor of health policy, was quoted by The Baton Rouge Advocate in regards to medical cuts hurting the state of Louisiana (12/17).

Forrest A. Maltzman, professor of political science, was mentioned in a Baton Rouge Advocate article about Congress and special interest groups (12/19).

George Novak, senior research scientist at the Aviation Institute, was interviewed by multiple outlets about holiday air travel delays including WBUR (Boston NPR), Fox News Channel, CNN, Indianapolis Business Journal (12/27), WTTG-TV (Fox 5), The Christian Science Monitor (12/28), and CNBC (12/29). He was interviewed by NPR about the FAA’s plans to hire 1,200 air traffic controllers (12/21).

Bernard Reich, professor of political science and international affairs, was mentioned in a Christian Science Monitor article about British Prime Minister Tony Blair restoring international peace with a road map (12/23).

Jeffrey Rosen, associate professor of law, was interviewed on CNN Anderson Cooper 360 and CNN Wolf Blitzer Reports about a recent Osama Bin Laden tape (12/16). Rosen wrote an article, “Your Blog or Mine,” that ran in The New York Times Magazine about Web site blogs (12/19).  Rosen was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor about computer privacy issues (12/28).

Sarah Rosenbaum, director of the center for health policy, was quoted by The New York Times about health insurance for autistic people (12/21).

Claire Rubin, senior research scientist at the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, was quoted by The Press Trust of India (12/28) and the International Herald Tribune (12/29) in regards to the long term effects of the Indian Ocean tsunamis.

Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverly Woodbury University Professor, was interviewed twice on NPR All Things Considered; first about airport screeners (12/16), and second about the controversy regarding new self regulation policies set up by judges (12/17).  He was quoted by the Christian Science Monitor about legal challenges the Supreme Court is facing (12/21).  Saltzburg was mentioned by The Virginia-Pilot & The Ledger-Star in regards to misconduct in the Navy (12/23).

Michael Selmi, professor of law, was quoted by Dow Jones News in regards to a case involving Coca-Cola (12/16).

Margaret Shepard, GWSB executive director of advancement, was interviewed by BBC Newsnight about the differences between university fundraising in the United States and Great Britain (12/16).

Ambassador David Shinn, adjunct professor of international affairs, was quoted in All Africa (12/21, 12/22, 12/30) about current issues in Africa.

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, was mentioned by Dow Jones News (12/22, 12/26), and The Wall Street Journal (12/29) about justice for ID theft.  Turley wrote an op-ed in USA Today about ethics in Congress (12/28).  Turley wrote an op-ed that ran in the Los Angeles Times and The Star Ledger titled “How Justice Thomas has Laid Path to Center Seat” (12/28).  He wrote an op-ed featured in The Cincinnati Post, Deseret Morning News, and The Record regarding the next chief justice of the United States (12/30).

Dr. Alan Wasserman, chair for the department of medicine, was mentioned by Pharma Business Week, Cardiovascular Week, Anti-Infectives Week, Biotech Business Week (12/27), Biotech Week (12/29), Drug Week and Genomics & Genetics Weekly (12/31) about cardiovascular disease.