GW In the News: February 1-15, 2005

GW IN THE NEWS

February 1-15, 2005

GW's School of Public Policy and Public Administration was one of five university collaborators for The Pew Charitable Trusts-funded Government Performance Project, which released its first "Grading the States '05: A Management Report Card" in the February issue of Governing magazine. The project received coverage in numerous news outlets including the Associated Press, Federal Times, Cincinnati Post, Denver Post, Baton Rouge Advocate, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Kentucky Post, Deseret News (Utah), Fort Wayne News Sentinel, Minneapolis Star Tribune, WTOP, Minnesota Public Radio, Boston Globe, Washington Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Albuquerque Journal, Arizona Republic, Indianapolis Star, and Detroit News.

Breast Cancer research conducted at GW was mentioned by Science Letter, Cancer Weekly, Life Science Weekly (2/1), Biotech Week and Women’s Health Weekly (2/3). Angiology research conducted at GW received coverage from Science Letter, Life Science Weekly (2/1), Biotech Week (2/2), and Heart Disease Weekly (2/6). GW was mentioned in R&D Focus Drug News about the GW Medical Center's collaboration with the Albert B Sabin Vaccine Institute on a hookworm vaccine (2/7).

A grant GW received from The National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a new long distance course in learning curriculum in collections care and management was mentioned in US Fed News (2/3).

Roll Call profiled a study about balancing the workload and home conducted by the Women’s Political Leadership Forum at GW (2/7).

The GW Homeland Security Policy Institute was mentioned in an Associated Press story about colleges expanding homeland security courses (2/8).

Former CIA Director James Woolsey's speech at GW received coverage from Reuters (2/8), the Associated Press, Talk Radio News Service, Cybercast News Service, and The Saudi Press Agency (2/10).

GW was mentioned in Washington Post (2/12) and Technology Daily (2/14) stories about universities possibly discontinuing or reducing landlines in dorm rooms.

Gordon Adams, director of the Elliott School’s Security Studies Program and professor of the practice of international affairs, was interviewed by Hartford Courant about a helicopter contract awarded to the Lockheed/Augusta Westland consortium (2/4).

Adele Logan Alexander, assistant professor of history, appeared on Voice of America (2/8, 2/10), and was quoted in the Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) (2/9) about a book by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond’s racial mixed daughter, Essie Mae Williams.

John Banzhaf, professor of law, was quoted by American Health Line (2/1) and Financial Times (2/1, 2/2) about fast food lawsuits. Banzhaf was quoted by The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune (2/12) about companies banning smoking (2/8).

Cheryl Block, professor of law, wrote an op-ed that was featured in The Washington Post titled “Smoke, Mirrors & Shades of Enron!” (2/13).

Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, wrote a Daily Star (Lebanon) op-ed about the election in Iraq (2/11).

David Brunori, research professor of public policy and public administration, wrote a Washington Post op-ed about local property taxes (2/13).

Carol Darr, GSPM senior research scientist, was quoted by The Columbus Dispatch about President Bush’s State of the Union speech (2/2). Darr appeared on Minnesota Public Radio (2/13) and was quoted in Roll Call (2/14) about the FEC considering limiting most online fundraising and political campaigning by organized advocacy groups.

C. Thomas Dienes, Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, was quoted by The Washington Post about Gov. Robert Ehrlich's decision to forbid officials in his administration and state agencies to answer questions from two Baltimore Sun journalists (2/15)

Amitai Etzioni, University Professor, was quoted by Rocky Mountain News about the Holocaust and his thoughts on collective guilt (2/5).

Edward “Skip” Gnehm, Elliott School’s Shapiro Visiting Professor of International Affairs, was interviewed by BBC News World Service about Bush’s State of the Union speech (2/2). Gnehm had an article published in The Daily Star (Lebanon) titled, “Fighting an Urge to Despair in the Middle East” (2/9). He appeared on WTOP Radio about Condoleezza Rice’s first trip abroad as the nation’s top diplomat (2/11).

Stephen Hess, distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by The San Francisco Chronicle (2/1), WTOP News, Yahoo News, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Dallas Morning News (2/3) about President Bush’s State of Union speech. Hess was quoted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about President Bush’s Social Security plan (2/13).

James O. Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Civilization and of History, was one of the prominent historians to appear on the PBS documentary Slavery and the Making of America (2/9). He was quoted in the following publications about the issues addressed in the program: the Associated Press, The Washington Post (2/3), The Toronto Star (2/4), The Columbian (2/5), Denver Post, The Oregonian, The Canadian Press, The Columbus Dispatch, The Grand Rapids Press (2/6), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, St. Petersburg Times, Gannett News Service (2/7), The Seattle Times, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Seattle Post Intelligencer (2/8), The Boston Globe, The Plain Dealer, Houston Chronicle, New York Daily News, The Record, The Washington Post, The Virginian-Pilot (2/9), Voice of America (2/10, 2/11), The Record (2/11), The Star-Ledger, The New York Times (2/13), and U.S. News & World Reports (2/14).

Karl F. Inderfurth, John O. Rankin Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, had the text of a lecture he delivered published in its entirety in India Abroad titled, “Agenda for South Asia” (2/11).

Philip Joyce, professor of public policy and public administration, was quoted by The Seattle Times and The Washington Post about the long term effects of President Bush’s budget plan (2/14).

John Logsdon, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted by The Orlando Sentinel about NASA’s shuttle safety (2/1). Logsdon was quoted by The Star Ledger about NASA and its pressure to develop faster and cheaper missions (2/9).

Jennifer Lyman, clinical professor of law, was quoted by The Daily Record (Baltimore) about the “tender years” law, which allows a social worker to substitute his or her testimony for that of children who are alleged victims of abuse (2/8).

Forrest Maltzman, professor of political science, was quoted by the Associated Press about gay couples receiving the same rights as married couples (2/2). Maltzman was quoted by The Baton Rouge Advocate about President Bush’s second term funding plan (2/6). Maltzman also talked about the local real estate market with Bloomberg News (2/14).

Jarol Manheim, professor of political science and media and public affairs, was quoted by The New York Sun about his book, “Biz-War and the Out of Power Elite: The Progressive Left Attack on the Corporation” (2/11).

Lawrence Mitchell, professor of law and John Theodore Fey Research Professor of Law, was interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio on whether socially responsible companies are more profitable than the average company (2/3).

Vahid Motevalli, director of the GW Aviation Institute, was interviewed by WUSA-TV (CBS 9) about the declassified sections of the 9/11 report released to the National Archives (2/10).

Reggie Murphy, SMPA professorial lecturer, discussed media research in The Southeast Missourian (2/14).

Kathryn Newcomer, director of School of Public Policy and Public Administration, was quoted by The Washington Post about a book offered by the Government Performance Coalition titled Getting Results: A Guide for Federal Leaders and Managers (2/9).

George Novak, senior research scientist at the Aviation Institute, was interviewed by WRC-TV (NBC 4) about US Airways ordering its employees in the Washington area to work overtime as the company expands service at Reagan National Airport (2/3). Novak was interviewed by WJLA-TV (ABC 7) and NewsChannel 8 about safety in business aviation (2/7). Novak was interviewed by Cox Broadcasting about possible changes to the FAA’s mandatory retirement rule for airline pilots when they turn 60 (2/10). Novak also was interviewed by Congressional Quarterly twice: first about the FAA’s proposal for an increase in the security fee applied to passenger tickets and the economic effects this might have on the airlines (2/10), and second about aviation security and the role of intelligence coordination in preventing attacks on civil aviation (2/14).

Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics, and Human Behavior, was interviewed by Voice of America about the course he teaches on the Holocaust (2/4).

Sarah Rosenbaum, professor of health policy, was quoted by Congress Daily about medical malpractice lawsuits (2/11).

David Shambaugh, director of the Elliott School’s China Policy Program and professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted by Market News International (2/1), Reuters (2/2), and Taipei Times (2/3) about China and the European Union. He was quoted by South China Morning Post about the death of Zhao Ziyang (2/5).

Christopher Sterling, professor of media and public affairs and of public policy and public administration, discussed media indecency with Inside Radio (2/15).

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, GW president, was quoted in a Washington Post article about economic indicators in the D.C. area. (2/7).

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, was quoted by Technology Daily and Dow Jones about online fraud such as “phishing,” which refers to the practice of sending millions of e-mail messages that appear to be from legitimate businesses such as banks or brokerages (2/11). Turley wrote a Washington Post op-ed titled “Good Intentions Aside, Separate Still Isn’t Equal” (2/13).

Alan Wasserman, professor of medicine, was quoted by Congressional Testimony and Reuters about the flu vaccine supply (2/10).

Arthur Wilmarth, professor of law, was quoted by Barron’s in regards to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s settlement extracted from Marsh and McLennan for bid-rigging and other alleged infractions (2/7).