GW In The News

GW IN THE NEWS

January 16-31, 2005

GW's Inaugural Ball ceremony was mentioned in The Washington Post (1/20) and The Palm Beach Post (1/21).

C-SPAN provided live coverage of an Elliott School's Ambassadors Forum Town Hall meeting featuring Professors Karl F. Inderfurth, Edward "Skip" Gnehm, and George Moose (1/21).

GW was mentioned by The Monitor (Knight Ridder Tribune Business News) about a new online course the University will be teaching in migrant worker health issues (1/18).

A speech Howard Dean delivered at GW in December was mentioned in the Boston Herald (1/20).

The Law School's Jacob Burns Legal Clinics was mentioned in a Legal Times article about a $2.4 million gift the program received as the result of a successful class action lawsuit against a Washington, D.C., cable company for charging illegal late fees (1/24).

A human hookworm vaccine being researched at GW received coverage from Datamonitor News and Comment (1/28).

Angiology research conducted at GW received coverage from Pain and Central Nervous System Week, Cardiovascular Week, and Hematology Week (1/31).

GW Hatchet journalists were quoted in a Washington Post story about lawsuits they are filing that allege aggressive police force during a D.C. protest (1/27).

The Washington National Opera production of Scott Wheeler’s Democracy at GW’s Lisner Auditorium and featuring The George Washington University Chamber Choir received coverage in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associate Press (1/30).

Adele Logan Alexander, assistant professor of history, wrote a Washington Post op-ed titled, "The Still Untold Story of the Senator's Child" (1/25). He was later quoted about the op-ed in Agence France Press (1/31).

Christopher Arterton, dean of the Graduate School of Political Management, was interviewed by Hearst-Argyle Television about President Bush's second term (1/19).

John Banzhaf, professor of law, was quoted by Newsday, The Chicago Tribune and The Wall Street Journal (1/26) about fast food litigations. Banzhaf was quoted by USA Today about a new sponsorship deal between NASCAR and the stop-smoking product Nicorette (1/26). The Detroit News quoted him about firms banning cigarette smoking at home (1/27). Banzhaf was quoted by The Washington Post about an obesity lawsuit being reviewed for a second time (1/27). He was quoted by The Wall Street Journal (1/28) and The Star (Canada) about the fat content in fast foods (1/29). His op-ed on fat lawsuits was published in USA Today (1/31). Finally, he was quoted by Investor's Business Daily about McDonald's luring children to obesity (1/31).

Rachel Brem, professor of radiology, was quoted by Clinical Oncology Week and Health and Medicine Week about breast cancer research (1/31).

Gene Cohen, professor of health care sciences, was quoted in USA Today about a study that found keeping the brain fit could ward off Alzheimer's (1/25).

Charles Craver, Leroy Sorenson Merrifield Research Professor of Law, was quoted by The Washington Post about US Airways (1/18) and about D.C. hotel workers approving a three year contracts that enable employees to keep health benefits (1/19).

Charles Cushman, associate professor of political management, was interviewed on Voice of America about Condoleezza Rice taking over as secretary of state (1/17).

Christopher Deering, professor of political science, was quoted by Roll Call in an article titled, "An Unused Prerogative; Can President Bush Stay Veto-Free for Four More Years?" (1/24).

Amitai Etzioni, University Professor, was interviewed by CNN regarding Tony Blair (1/29). He also wrote an article about the Holocaust that was published in the German paper Suddeutsche Zeitung (1/24).

Kenneth Fine, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery, was mentioned in a Washington Times article about casual athletes taking exercise precautions (1/18).

Leon Fuerth, research professor of international affairs, was interviewed by NPR Here and Now on Condoleezza Rice's nomination as secretary of state (1/18). He was also interviewed by CNN Defending America (1/19).

Colin Green, assistant professor of elementary education, was quoted by All Africa about a lecture he gave on foundations of constitutional democracy (1/26).

Stephen Hess, distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by the Associated Press about the inaugural celebration (1/19).

James Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Civilization and of History, was quoted by The New York Times about his appointment as chief historian for the exhibition "Slavery and the Making of New York," which is to open in October (1/27).

Amb. Karl Inderfurth, professor of the practice of international affairs, wrote a Baltimore Sun op-ed (1/16), and was also quoted in The Christian Science Monitor and on

C-SPAN about Condoleezza Rice becoming secretary of state (1/18).

Horace Freeland Judson, research professor of history, was quoted by The Washington Post about his book, The Great Betrayal: Fraud in Science (1/30).

Paul L. Kimmel, professor of medicine, was quoted in the Health and Medicine Week, Diabetes Week (1/17), Life Science Weekly, Science Letter (1/18), Genomics and Genetics Weekly (1/21), Obesity, Fitness and Wellness Week (1/22), and Medical Letter (1/23) about kidney disease.

Jarol Manheim, professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by the Press Democrat about hospital employees voting on unionization (1/31).

Lawrence Mitchell, professor of law, was quoted by The Globe and Mail about issues in the business industry (1/24).

Henry Nau, professor of political science and international affairs, wrote an article that was featured in the January issue of The National Interest, "No Enemies on the Right: Conservative Foreign Policy Factions Beyond Iraq." He discussed the same article on C-SPAN's Washington Journal (1/24). Nau was interviewed by Voice of America about several topics, including the Iraqi presidential election (1/25), President Bush's second inaugural speech (1/26), and Bush's State of the Union speech (1/27, 1/29). Nau was quoted by The San Francisco Chronicle about the Iraqi elections (1/30).

George Novak, senior research scientist at the Aviation Institute, was interviewed by WJLA about the new Airbus A380 and what it means for the future of aviation (1/17). Novak was quoted by The Richmond Times-Dispatch (1/22) and Associated Press (1/22, 1/23) about a helicopter crash that may have been caused by turbulence. Novak was quoted by Associated Press (1/28) and The Columbian (1/29) about the contract United Airlines mechanics rejected. Finally, he was quoted by Daily Press about United pilots thinking about a future without pension (1/30).

Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics, and Human Behavior, was interviewed by Voice of America (1/19) and Israel Faxx (1/20) about issues the newly elected president of Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, will have to face (1/19). He had an op-ed that ran in The New York Sun titled "Useless Commemorations?" (1/27). Reich was interviewed by Voice of America about learning lessons from the Holocaust (1/28).

Nina Gilden Seavey, assistant research professor of history, was quoted in The Washington Post about the 1987 award winning documentary "Eyes on the Prize" (1/17).

David Shambaugh, director of the Elliott School's China Policy Program and professor of political science, was quoted by The Canadian Press, Oster Dow Jones Commodity Wire, Dow Jones International, The Houston Chronicle (1/17), International Herald Tribune (1/19),

The Australian (1/22), and Agence France Press (1/30) about the death of former Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang. Shambaugh also wrote an op-ed that was published in the Herald Tribune titled, "A Legacy Beijing Would do Well to Embrace," about the death of Zhao Ziyang (1/19). Finally, Shambaugh was quoted by Reuters (1/21) and the International Herald Tribune (1/21, 1/27) about China and the European Union.

Amb. David Shinn, adjunct professor of international affairs, was mentioned by the Washington File, States News Service (1/18), and All Africa (1/19) about HIV/AIDS. Shinn's speech on HIV/AIDS that he delivered at the American University in Beirut was published in Addis Tribune (1/21).

Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story about using driver's licenses as national identification cards (1/24).

Christopher Sterling, professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by the San Antonio Express-News about the radio revolution (1/24).

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, GW president, wrote a Washington Post op-ed titled, "Money Alone Won't Fix D.C.'s Problems" (1/16). He discussed the piece on the WTOP Morning Show and D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams commented on President Trachtenberg's ideas during WTOP's "Ask the Mayor" segment (1/27). He appeared on PBS Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered discussing political correctness on college campuses (1/28).

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, was interviewed by Fox News about the confirmation of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state (1/26). Turley was quoted by Agence France Presse about prisoners from the CIA (1/28). He wrote an op-ed that was featured in USA Today about legal myths (1/31).

Alan Wasserman, professor of medicine, was quoted by American Health Line and The Washington Post about the quantity of flu vaccines available for physicians to purchase (1/28).

William Waters, associate professor of global health, was quoted in USA Today about health crises that are underreported in the U.S. (1/20).

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