GW In The News
March 1-15, 2005

GW’s efforts to help seniors left temporarily homeless after a fire at St. Mary’s Court assisted living home received coverage from WRC-TV (NBC 4), WTTG-TV (FOX 5), WUSA-TV (CBS 9), WJLA-TV (ABC 7), WTOP, and The Washington Post (3/2). WRC-TV did a follow-up story on several seniors who lived in City Hall while their rooms were being repaired (3/4).

Alan Greenspan’s testimony at a President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform event held at the Jack Morton Auditorium received coverage numerous outlets including ABC News, the Associated Press, Bloomberg, BNA, BusinessWeek, CBS News, CNBC, CNN, Cox News Service, Congressional Quarterly, C-SPAN, Financial Times, Fox News, Investment News, Knight Ridder News Service, Kyodo News, Los Angeles Times, NHK, The New York Times, Reuters, Tax Notes, USA Today, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal (3/3).

The Politics Online Conference (3/10 and 3/11), sponsored by GW’s Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, received coverage from Democracy in Action, Los Angeles Times, National Post, The Washington Post, Milwaukee Journal Centennial, DCist.com, Talk Radio News, The American Spectator, MediaPost, NationalJournal.com, Internetnews, House Race Hotline, Communications Daily, Philadelphia Inquirer, BBC World Service, and Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.

Reporters from Voice of America, Science magazine, Science News, Chemical & Engineering News, TheWashington Post, Scripps Howard News Service, and Time magazine all attended a media breakfast on nanotechnology hosted by the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences (3/10).

A Council on Foreign Relations town hall meeting, “The United States, Iraq, and the Middle East,” hosted by the Elliott School of International Affairs, received coverage from several news outlets including UPI, Voice of America, Dow Jones Newswires, USA Today, Newsday, and Al Jazerra Television (3/1).

A GW student, Robert Logovinsky, was profiled in a CBS Evening News story about the poker fad on college campuses (3/14).

The GW Medical Center was mentioned by the Virus Weekly, Life Science Weekly (3/1), and Biotech Week (3/2) about hematology research the medical center is conducting. The Medical Center was mentioned by the Technology Daily and The Washington Times about the Medical Center’s Mobile Mammography Program (3/7).

Law School Professors Mary Cheh and Robert Tuttle co-wrote a Baltimore Sun op-ed about displaying of the Ten Commandments on government property (3/1).

Gordon Adams, director of the Security Policy Program, was interviewed by HarrisburgPatriot News/Newhouse News Service ( Pa.) about rumors of barracks closing in Pennsylvania and New York (3/2). Adams also was interviewed by CongressionalQuarterly about security studies and intelligence training programs (3/2). He was quoted by the Patriot-News and interviewed by Inside Defense in regards to budget issues involving the war in Iraq (3/3). Finally, he was interviewed by the Associated Press about defense budgets and foreign affairs (3/4).

Deborah Avant, associate professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted by The Boston Globe about a group of students from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania who believe they found a way to stop the humanitarian crisis in Darfur (3/6).

Jeffrey Axelrad, adjunct professor of law, was quoted by The Capital Times about food advertisements geared towards children (3/6).

John Banzhaf, professor of law, was quoted by the Associated Press (3/9) and TheRecord (NJ) (3/10) about adding casinos to a bill that would ban indoor smoking. Banzhaf was quoted by The Rocky Mountain News about fattening foods at McDonald’s (3/10).

Edward Berkowitz, professor of history and public policy and public administration, was interviewed by NPR Fresh Air (3/1) and was quoted by The Christian ScienceMonitor (3/11) and Charleston Gazette (3/13) in regards to the history of social security and the current debate about its future.

Sarah Binder, associate professor of political science, was quoted by The New Yorker about President Bush’s judicial nominees (3/7).

Jeffrey Blomster, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, was profiled in TheNew York Times and International Herald Tribune stories about his research of the Olmec people, who lived more than 3,000 years ago along the Gulf of Mexico (3/15).

Shelley Brundage, assistant professor of speech and hearing science, was interviewed by WRC-TV (NBC 4) about using virtual reality to help improve speech (3/15).

Mary Cheh, professor of law, was quoted in Bloomberg news about the Supreme Court decision to ban capital punishment of juveniles (3/1). She was quoted by the Legal Times about the recent string of killings in Atlanta and Chicago leading to copycat crimes (3/15).

Frank Cilluffo, associate vice president for homeland security, was quoted by TheWashington Times about the Department of Homeland Security considering requiring insurers to offer discounts to businesses that meet government security standards (3/7). Cilluffo was quoted by USA Today about the government expanding training for emergency responders (3/14).

Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law, was quoted in a New York Times story about a proposal for a single owner entity for the entire National Hockey League (3/4).

Gene Cohen, professor of health care sciences, was quoted by The St. Petersburg Times about research that shows mental challenges keep the brain healthy (3/13).

Christopher Deering, professor of political science, had his book, Committees in Congress, mentioned by The Star Ledger (3/15).

John Duffy, professor of law, was quoted by TechnologyDaily about small investor issues (3/10).

Maurice East, professor of international affairs and political science, had an article, “Educating for 21st Century International Affairs,” published in the March 2005 issue of State ofEducation Standard.

Mark Feldstein, associate professor of media and public affairs, appeared on CNN Reliable Sources about the departure of CBS anchor Dan Rather (3/9).

James Goldgeier, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted by The Boston Globe about the economic future of the U.S. (3/3).

Harry Harding, dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs, had the text of a speech he delivered to the States Institute of International Education in the Schools titled “Creating Curiosity about International Affairs” published in the March 2005 issue of State of Education Standard.

Stephen Hess, distinguished professor of media and public affairs, was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about President Bush’s proposal to overhaul the Social Security system (3/6).

Lance Hoffman, research professor of computer science, was quoted in a WashingtonPost article about privacy rights (3/11).

James Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Civilization and of History, was quoted in The Providence Journal about the history of slavery in the U.S. (3/1).

Murhaf Jouejati ,assistant professorial lecturer in political science, was quoted in an USA Today story about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (3/14).

Philip Joyce, associate professor of public policy and public administration, was quoted by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune about U.S. budget deficits (3/5).

Steven Keller, assistant professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by RollCall about President Bush’s appreciation of the legislative branch (3/2).

Orin Kerr, associate professor of law, was quoted in The Free Lance-Star ( Fredericksburg) about home incarceration (3/10).

Taras Kuzio, visiting assistant professor of international affairs, was quoted by TheWashington Post (3/7) and The Wall Street Journal ( Europe) about a local public relations firm playing a role in the Ukrainian October Revolution (3/8).

Jeanne Lambrew, associate professor of health policy, was quoted by NEA Today about health care for children (3/1).

John Logsdon, director of the Elliott School’s Space Policy Institute, was quoted by Bloomberg news (3/11), The New York Times, Knight Ridder Tribune News Service, and CIO Today about the new NASA administrator, Michael Griffin (3/14).

Ira Lupu, F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor of Law, was mentioned by ABC News about the public display of Christianity (3/2).

Jarol Manheim, professor of media and public affairs and political science, had his book, Biz-War and the Out-of-Power Elite: The Progressive Left Attack on the Corporation, reviewed by The Washington Times (3/8) and The New York Sun (3/14).

Edward McCord, associate director of the Asian Studies Program and associate professor of history, was quoted by The Washington Times about senior citizens taking taped lecture classes (3/3).

Joan Meier, professor of clinical law, was quoted in a National Law Journal article about a domestic violence case to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court (3/7).

Lawrence Mitchell, professor of law, was quoted by The Globe and Mail ( Canada) about Martha Stewart’s release from prison (3/5). Mitchell was quoted by The Star Ledger regarding corporate America scandals (3/13).

George Novak, senior research scientist at the Aviation Institute, was interviewed by Red Herring regarding strategies by Boeing and Airbus to develop and market the 777-200LR jet (3/7). He was interviewed on NPR Talk of the Nation about the current state of aviation security (3/14).

Jerrold Post, professor of the practice of political psychology and international affairs, was quoted by Associated Press, Dow Jones International News (3/8), Agence France Press (3/9, 3/10), and Monday Morning (Lebanon) (3/15) about worldwide terrorism issues.

Peter Reddaway, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs, wrote a Newsweek op-ed titled “The Real Crisis in Putin’s Russia” (3/14).

Jonathan Reiner, associate professor of medicine, was interviewed on CNN WolfBlitzer about former President Bill Clinton’s surgery (3/8).

Steve Schooner, associate professor of law, was quoted by The Washington Post in regards to the Army’s Future Combat System (3/15).

David Shambaugh, professor of political science and international affairs, was interviewed by NPR Weekend AllThings Considered about China’s increased defense spending raising concerns in Taiwan (3/6). Shambaugh was quoted by Voice of America in regards to China’s military ambitions (3/14).

Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was quoted in a Cox News Service article about a new study that addresses whether states are embracing the concept of open government (3/14).

Christopher Sterling, professor of media and public affairs and of public policy and public administration, was quoted in a Detroit Free-Press story about proposals to put cell phone towers in cemeteries (3/13).

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, was interviewed on Fox News (3/1, 3/2) and quoted by The Seattle Times (3/2) about a lawsuit against defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld. His op-ed titled “Dissing the Dead to Save the Accused” appeared in the Los Angeles Times (3/4). Turley wrote a National Law Review op-ed titled “A Check on Wartime Power; Danger Assertion of Power” (3/7). He was quoted by The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about a charter high school that will focus on students who feel discriminated against or bullied. Turley was quoted by The Richmond Times Dispatch about Senate Republicans’ threat to ban judicial filibusters (3/13). Finally, Turley was mentioned by Slate in regards to the consequences of refusing to testify before Congress (3/15).

Bernard Wood, Henry L. Luce Professor in Human Origins, was quoted by New Scientist in regards to the species known as Ebu that was discovered on an Indonesian island (3/12).