GW In The News
January 16-31, 2006

 

Cstv.com mentioned that GW’s baseball team was picked to place second in the Atlanta 10 Conference 2006 (1/19).

Cadca.org, the Community Anti-Drug Coalition’s of America Online Newsletter, noted GW Medical Center’s “Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems”9).

Linuxelectrons.com (1/18) and physorg.com (1/17) reported GW’s involvement in developing a new simulation program that predicts the resistivity in nanodevices.

Azstarnet.com mentioned a 2002 study by GW that estimated rates of obesity in people under 18 (1/21).

GW was noted in Proteomics Weekly and Health & Medicine Week for its collaboration with Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Australia on a research study findings that a vaccination reduced severity of hookworm infection when tested on dogs (1/23). Life Science Weekly (01/24), Immunotherapy Weekly (1/25), Biotech Week (1/25), Vaccine Weekly (1/25), Obesity, Fitness, and Wellness Week (01/28) and Science Letter (1/24) mentioned GW regarding the same research.

Gnet.org mentioned GW’s partnership with Ecotourism International concerning the development of an educational curriculum on ecotourism management (1/23).

Argusleader.com (1/23) and TheGlobe & Mail (1/28) noted a study by GW’s Center on Aging, Health & Humanities showing the benefits of creativity for reducing the symptoms of aging.

Wndu.com noted GW’s recent revision of its sexual harassment policy (1/24).

Cleveland.com noted a study performed by GW’s Center for Health and Health Care in Schools showing that the percentage of overweight children has more than tripled in the past 30 years (1/24).

The Washington Post (1/25) and NBC4.com (1/30) mentioned GW’s research on sirens for use in emergencies such as terrorist attacks.

The Chronicle of Higher Education noted a labor board-certified election held in October 2004 involving GW (1/27).

Thehoya.com (1/27), WJLA.com (1/31) and The Washington Post (1/31) mentioned GW’s use of cage-free eggs in on-campus dining.

Time listed GW as the 2nd most expensive college in the nation (1/30).

Roll Call mentioned GW’s political consulting and political management master’s programs (1/30).

US Fed News noted GW as one of the top-producing graduate schools of Peace Corps volunteers (1/30).

Economictimes.indiatimes.com (1/30), ag-ip-news.com (1/31) and newkerala.com (1/30) noted that GW has agreed to help train faculty and form curriculum for the proposed Rajiv Ghandi School of Intellectual Property Law ( India).

Gordon Adams, d irector of the Security Studies Program and professor of the practice of international affairs, was interviewed by Siobhan Gorman of Baltimore Sun (1/27) for a piece on IT contracting.

Chinua Akukwe, adjunct associate professor of global health and prevention and community health, was quoted on dnronline.com regarding a Harrisonburg company’s attempt to prevent the spread of avian flu by telling stories (1/23).

Hossein Askari, Iran Professor of International Business, was quoted inInternational Herald Tribune regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions (1/23).

John Banzhaf, professor of law, was quoted in The Christian Science Monitor regarding the “potty parity” (1/19).

Guy Ben-Ari, GW doctoral candidate in public policy, published “C3 Interoperability in Europe: The Challenge Ahead” in EuroFuture (Winter 2005).

Edward Berkowitz, professor of history, public policy and public administration, was mentioned in The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) in a review of his book, Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies (1/22).

Sarah Binder, professor of political science, was quoted in Seattle Post Intelligencer regarding President Bush’s upcoming State of the Union address (1/29).

Thomas Blanton, National Security Archive, was quoted in Reuters News regarding the Pentagon’s “psychological operations” (1/26).

Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted in The Jerusalem Post regarding whether Hamas will participate in the Palestinian Legislative Council (1/23).

Mary Buckley, program coordinator for women’s leadership in international arts and culture and assistant professor of dance, was quoted in washblade.com regarding The Good Body, a show about body image across cultures (1/20).

Mary Cheh, Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law, appeared on NBC News: Nightly News and MSNBC: Countdown regarding a U.S. Supreme Court abortion ruling (1/18).

Frank Cilluffo, associate vice president for homeland security, was quoted on newshousenews.com regarding insurance companies’ possible role in preventing terrorist attacks (1/19).

James Clark, chair of the department of biological sciences, was quoted on dsc.discovery.com regarding crocodile ancestors (1/26).

Gene Cohen, professor of health care sciences, wrote an article published in Newsweek regarding research showing that brain growth can continue beyond middle age (1/16). Timesofindia.indiatimes.com quoted him regarding the post-middle age brain growth (1/23) and The Star-Ledger quoted him regarding long-term care of the elderly (1/24).

Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law, was quoted in The Stanford Daily regarding health care spending and pension plans for service employees (1/19 & 1/25) and on inc.com regarding who is considered a small-business employee under federal law (1/20). Rocky Mountain News quoted him regarding employee morale during United Airlines return from bankruptcy (1/31).

Lloyd Eby, assistant professorial lecturer, wrote an article published in World Peace Herald regarding evolution vs. intelligent design (1/25).

Henry Farrell, assistant professor of political science and international affairs, was interviewed on The Hotline (1/19) and National Journal (1/21) regarding the rising popularity of blogging.

Ronald Faucheux, associate professorial lecturer, Graduate School of Political Management, was profiled on 2theadvocate.com regarding his new placement as chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu D-La. and his ties to New Orleans (1/22).

David Alan Grier, associate professor of international science, technology policy and international affairs, published his first monthly column in the January edition of Computer magazine.  

Kimberly Gross, assistant professor for media and public affairs, was mentioned in The Boston Globe and Providence Eyewitness News as a recently named Shorenstein fellow (1/17).

Royce Hanson, part-time faculty, was quoted in The Washington Post regarding Montgomery County’s planning department (1/18, 1/22, & 1/25).

Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs, was quoted in South China Morning Post regarding relations between China, Japan and South Korea (1/21).

Kevin Healy, adjunct assistant professor of international affairs, was quoted by voanews.com (1/26) and interviewed for NPR: Morning Edition (1/20) regarding Bolivia’s new president, Evo Morales.

Stephen Hess, distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, was quoted in Agence France Presse (1/18), News24.com ( South Africa) (1/19), and Mail & Guardian Online (01/18) regarding the possibility of a female U.S. president. Foxnews.com (01/26) and Newsindependent.co.uk (01/30) quoted him regarding President Bush’s upcoming State of the Union address. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution quoted him regarding the changing nature of the State of the Union address (01/31) and Signonsandiego.com quoted Hess in analysis of Bush’s most recent State of the Union address (2006) (1/31).

Julius Hobson, adjunct associate professor in the Graduate School of Political Management, was quoted in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette regarding lobbyists (1/17).

Lance Hoffman, professor emeritus of computer science, was quoted in Federal Computer Week regarding web cookies and privacy (1/23).

James Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History, was quoted in Centralian Advocate regarding Race: The Power of an Illusion, an ABC documentary about the myth of race (1/24).

Karl Inderfurth, John O. Rankin Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, co-wrote an article published in the International Herald Tribune regarding the upcoming London conference on Afghanistan (1/23) and discussed UN reform and Ambassador John Bolton on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show (1/18).

Suzanne Jackson, associate professor of clinical law and health rights law clinic, was quoted in The Washington Post regarding the new Medicare drug program (1/19 & 1/25).

Murfhaf Jouejati, visiting professor of international affairs and honors and director of the Middle Eastern Studies program, was quoted on rferl.org (1/27) and on truthnews.net (1/31) regarding Israel-Palestine relations.

Peter Kornbluh, National Security Archive, was quoted on kutv.com regarding Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles (1/24) and Mercurynews.com quoted him regarding former Chilean dictators Pinochet’s daughter seeking asylum in the U.S. (1/25).

Nicholas Kyriakopoulos, professor of engineering, was quoted by Federal News Service in a panel on the future of nuclear weapons (1/30).

Jeanne Lambrew, associate professor of health policy, was interviewed on marketwatch.com regarding health care (1/30).

Frederick Lawrence, dean of the law school, was quoted in Business Line and The Economic Times regarding GW’s collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology on setting up its school of intellectual property law (1/31).

John Logsdon, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted in San Jose Mercury News ( California) (1/20) and in San Francisco Chronicle (1/25) in regards to the resignation of G. Scott Hubbard as director of the NASA/Ames Research Center. The New York Times quoted him in regards to the past and future of the U.S. space program (1/23) and Minnesota Public Radio: Marketplace Morning Report hosted Logsdon regarding private sector space travel (1/27). CTV News-PM (1/28) and The Washington Post (1/29) quoted him regarding space program funding and The Miami Herald quoted him regarding the history of NASA space flight (1/28). Earthtimes.org quoted him regarding NASA’s “Day of Remembrance” (1/27). Msnbc.msn.com (1/30) and floridatoday.com (1/31) quoted him regarding the future of space travel.

Ira Lupu, associate dean for faculty development at the law school and F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor of Law, was quoted on firstamendmentcenter.org regarding President Bush’s faith-based initiative (1/17).

Cynthia McClintock, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted on alterinfos.org in a review of a documentary titled State of Fear: The Truth About Terrorism (1/20).

David Michaels, research professor of environmental occupational health, was quoted in The New Republic regarding the opinions of Fox News science columnist Steven Milloy (1/26).

James Millar, professor emeritus of economics and international affairs, was quoted on rferl.com regarding the end of Alan Greenspan’s long career as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve (1/31).

Mike Mochizuki, associate professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted in The Standard regarding China’s rising power (1/17).

Michael Olding, chief of the division of plastic surgery, was quoted in The Washington Post (1/23) and on SouthCoastToday.com (1/31) regarding “thread lifts.”

Jerrold Post, professor of political psychology, international affairs, and behavioral sciences, was interviewed by Al-Arabia television about Saddam Hussein’s trial (1/19); he interviewed with Las Vegas Sun regarding Osama Bin Laden and the possibility of an attack on Las Vegas (1/23).

Brian Richmond, assistant professor of anthropology, was quoted in zeenews.com regarding the discovery of a 1.8 million year-old skull found in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia (1/26).

Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law, appeared on NBC News: Today regarding Judge Samuel Alito (1/24) and Los Angeles Times quoted him regarding democrats’ arguments over civil liberties (1/25).

Stephen Saltzburg, director of the litigation and dispute resolution program, was quoted in The News & Observer (1/25), Dow Jones International News (1/24) and guardian.co.uk (1/24) regarding U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez’s remarks regarding domestic surveillance.

Tracy Schario, director of media relations, was quoted in PR Week US regarding Virginia’s public relations industry (1/23).

David Shambaugh, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted in International Herald Tribune regarding China’s rising international influence (1/25 & 1/27).

Robert Shesser, chair of the department of emergency medicine, was quoted in The Washington Times regarding hyperbaric oxygen chambers (1/26).

David Shinn, adjunct professor of international affairs, was quoted in Gulf Times (1/16) and Reuters (1/15) regarding the Eritrea-Ethiopia border deadlock.

Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was quoted in The News & Observer (1/21) and Forbes (1/20) regarding domestic spying and in National Journal regarding the rising popularity of blogging (1/21). The Sacramento Bee quoted him regarding Americans’ fear of the government invading individual privacy (1/23) and The New York Times quoted him in regards to the Justice Department’s attempts to force Google to turn over a week’s worth of searches (1/26). Mercurynews.com quoted him regarding privacy (1/27).

Joanna Spear, director of the U.S. Foreign Policy Institute and adjunct associate professor of international affairs, was quoted by the Gulf Times (Quatar) about the conflict over oil in Nigeria (1/26).

Carl Stern, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs, was quoted on voanews.com regarding Judge Alito’s stance on abortion (1/23).

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, appeared on ABC News: Good Morning America regarding the execution of an elderly inmate in California (1/16) and in The Washington Times regarding The National Security Agency’s wiretapping (1/18). The Recorder quoted Turley regarding the tracking of cell phones without probable cause (1/18) and Columbia Daily Tribune (1/21), San Francisco Chronicle (1/19 & 1/21), Daily Press (1/21), and Baltimore Sun (1/20) quoted him regarding President Bush’s domestic spying program. Chron.com (1/19), Dow Jones International News (1/20), Austin American-Statesman (1/21) and Houston Chronicle (1/20) quoted him and he appeared on Fox News: The O’Reilly Factor (1/20) regarding the Bush administration’s use of surveillance. The Oakland Tribune quoted Turley in relation to the ACLU’s lawsuit against the Bush administration’s domestic surveillance (1/23) and Nightly Business Report hosted Turley in a discussion of the liability of telecommunications and internet companies if they participate in domestic surveillance (01/23). Khon.com quoted Turley regarding a pro-life march in Washington and Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (1/23). San Francisco Chronicle quoted Turley regarding President Bush’s defense regarding domestic surveillance (1/24) and ABC News: Good Morning America hosted Turley in a discussion of the Bush administration’s public defense of the domestic spying program (1/24). Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal quoted Turley regarding Bush’s wiretapping initiative (1/24). Thehill.com, USA Today (1/25) and The Christian Science Monitor quoted Turley regarding Democrats’ opposition to the confirmation of Samuel Alito (1/25). Fair.org (1/24) and The Palestine Chronicle (1/25) quoted him regarding classified leaks and journalists. Columbia Daily Tribune (1/25) and Thenation.com (1/25) quoted him regarding Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ defense of the Bush administration’s domestic surveillance program. The Kansas City Star quoted him regarding the use of stun belts in court (1/28) and Houston Chronicle quoted Turley regarding the debate on eavesdropping (1/30). Thehill.com quoted him regarding upcoming hearings on Bush’s surveillance program (1/30) and Foxnews.com quoted Turley regarding whether Bush’s domestic spying program warrants impeachment (1/31).

Robert Tuttle, professor of law, was quoted on churchexecutive.com in an article regarding the future of religious institutions (1/18).

Dennis White, research associate, was quoted in Contra Costa Times regarding the use of security cameras in schools (1/31).

Ronald Weitzer, professor of sociology, was quoted on baltimoresun.com regarding prostitution (1/21).

Heather Anne Young, assistant research professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, was noted in Clinical Trials Week, OBGYN & Reproduction Week, Clinical Oncology Week, and Health & Medicine Week regarding her research on the relationship between herbicides and ovarian cancer (1/23). Cancer Weekly (1/24), Life Science Weekly (1/24), Science Letter (1/24), Biotech Week (1/25), Women’s Health Weekly (1/26), and Obesity, Fitness, and Wellness Week (1/28) mentioned her for the same research.

Christopher Yukins, associate professor of government contracts law, was quoted in The Washington Post and Newsbytes News Network regarding an Alion Science case involving conflicts of interest in contracting (1/23).