GW In The News
May 1-15, 2005
An announcement that GW M.B.A. students will manage a real $1 million investment portfolio thanks to a gift from alumnus, University trustee, and local financier W. Russell Ramsey and his wife, Norma, to the University endowment, received coverage from WTOP-AM 1500 and the Washington Business Journal (5/9).
The GW Law School received mention in the Times Union ( Albany),The Washington Post, and the Associated Press about the Supreme Court’s announcement that it will hear challenges to the Solomon Amendment, which maintains the federal government can withhold money from colleges and universities that obstruct military recruiters (5/3). The Law School also received coverage in The Washington Post (5/3) and the National Journal (5/7) about the Animal Law Litigation Project, a joint-venture between the school and the Humane Society of the United States.
An environmental policy address by General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt at GW’s Jack Morton Auditorium was covered by a number media outlets including C-SPAN, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, Fortune magazine, NPR, Houston Chronicle, The New York Times, Nightly Business Report, Nikkei Business, Reuters, and UPI (5/9).
GW senior Chrissy Trotta was profiled in a Washington Post story about area college students who were freshmen when 9/11 occurred (5/14).
The Washington Business Journal opinion column, “InnerLoop,” profiled GW community relations efforts involving Square 54, the old GW Hospital site (5/6).
A Houston Chronicle story mentioned research conducted by the GW Medical Center program Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems in a piece about alcoholic employees (5/5).
An ovarian cancer study being conducted at GW was cited by The Las Vegas Review Journal, The Globe and Mail, and the Edmonton Journal (5/11).
Christopher Arterton, dean of the Graduate School of Political Management, was quoted by The Spokesman Review about personal relationships between politicians (5/6).
John Banzhaf, professor of law, was quoted by San Bernardino County Sun (5/3) and Investor’s Business Daily (5/10) about obesity lawsuits. Banzhaf was quoted by San Antonio Express News regarding a law passed that forbids customers from blaming obesity on fast food restaurants (5/6).
Sarah Binder, associate professor of political science, was quoted by the Associated Press about President Bush beginning to have a lame duck image with fellow Republicans (5/11, 5/12).
Frank Cilluffo, associate vice president for homeland security, was quoted by The Seattle Times and appeared on Fox News Channel about colleges and universities offering homeland security courses (5/2).
James Clark, Ronald B. Weintraub Associate Professor of Biology, contributed to a Science article about a birdlike dinosaur found in Utah. He was quoted by The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret Morning News about the discovery (5/5).
Gene Cohen, professor of health care sciences, was quoted by The Boston Globe about using art therapy to help Alzheimer patients (5/5).
Mark Feldstein, associate professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by the Associated Press about libel case involving the Chicago Tribune (5/5).
Nancy Gaba, director of obstetrics and gynecology residency program and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was quoted by The Washington Post about Vitamin E being used to relieve cramps (5/3).
Paul Gindoff, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was quoted by The Washington Post (5/3), Kitchener Waterloo Record (5/5), and the Times Union ( Albany) (5/10) about a sound therapy program that claims to enhance the odds of conception by reducing stress.
Theodore Glickman, associate professor of management science, was quoted by Traffic World about drivers seeking less hazardous traffic routes (5/2, 5/3).
Warren Greenberg, professor of health policy, was quoted by The Milwaukee Journal about rising health care costs (5/1).
David Alan Grier, associate professor of international science and technology policy, was interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio Marketplace discussing his book, When Computers Were Human (5/2).
Tyra Hilliard, director of the international institute of tourism studies, wrote an Insurance Conference Planner op-ed titled “Add and Audit Clause” (5/1).
Daniel Kaniewski, deputy director of GW’s Homeland Security Policy Institute, appeared on PBS The News Hour with Jim Lehrer to discuss fallout of the small aircraft that caused the evacuation of the White House and U.S. Capitol (5/12).
Orin Kerr, associate professor of law, was quoted in The Los Angeles Times about efforts to prosecute individuals for file sharing violations (5/9).
William Kovacic, E.K Gubin Professor of Government Contracts Law, was quoted by The Wall Street Journal about the stock market (5/13).
John Larsen, interim chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology, was interviewed for a CBS Evening News story about some doctors banning video taping of births to avoid possible use as malpractice evidence (5/5).
John Logsdon, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted by Newsbytes (5/13) and The Washington Post Magazine about space travel (5/15).
David Michaels, research professor of environmental occupational health, was quoted by BusinessWeek about the hazardous effects of beryllium (5/2).
Mike Mochizuki, director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, was quoted by Kyodo News (5/7) and Japan Policy and Politics (5/9) about issues in Asia.
William Parke, professor of physics, was quoted by The Washington Times about soundproof technology (5/11).
Jerrold Post, professor of psychiatry, political psychology and international affairs, appeared on a Military Channel documentary titled Ace in the Hole that chronicled the capture of Saddam Hussein (5/12).
Peter Reddaway, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs, wrote a Financial Times op-ed titled “Putin Should Defuse the Chechnya Time Bomb” (5/11).
Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs and Ethics and Human Behavior, was quoted by The New York Times about the Holocaust (5/1). He also had his op-ed, “Brits Burning Books,” published in the New York Sun (5/10).
Steven Roberts, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs, appeared on CNN (5/6) and was quoted by The Columbus Dispatch (5/11) about the Washington political landscape.
Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law, wrote a New YorkTimes op-ed titled “The Brawl That May Erupt Over the High Court” (5/1). Rosen was mentioned by Legal Times in regards to an article he wrote for the April 14 edition of The NewYork Times Magazine titled “Constitution in Exile Movement” (5/2). Finally his latest book, A Pivotal Justice Less Than Supremely Confident, was reviewed by The New York Times (5/6).
Steven Schooner, associate professor of law, was quoted by Reuters news about funding for the rebuilding of Iraq (5/5).
David Shambaugh, professor of political science and international affairs, wrote an International Herald Tribune op-ed titled “Beijing Charms its Neighbors China” (5/13).
David Shinn, adjunct professor of international affairs, was quoted by All Africa (5/10) about the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was quoted in a CNN.com story about remedies to identity theft consumer (5/13).
Joanna Spear, director of professional education at the Elliott School, was quoted by Voice of America about the recent British election (5/4).
Ronald Spector professor of history and international affairs, was interviewed by Voice of America about the 60th anniversary of World War II (5/5).
James Starrs, professor of law and of forensic sciences, appeared on CBS News 48 Hours to discuss forensic science and the use of grave exhumations to collect evidence (5/7).
Ralph Steinhardt, Arthur Selwyn Miller Research Professor of Law, was quoted in the New Jersey Law Journal about the Alien Tort Claims Act (5/9).
Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro professor of Public Service Law, wrote an USA Today op-ed titled “When is Violent Speech Still Free Speech?” (5/3). Turley was quoted by Associated Press and Financial Times about the Senate filibuster fight (5/7, 5/9, 5/10). His thoughts on judicial nominees appeared in Tulsa World, The Columbian (Wash.), St. Petersburg Times, The Grand Rapids (5/8), and the Journal Gazette ( Ft. Wayne) (5/9). Turley appeared on WJLA-TV’s (ABC 7) “Capital Sunday” program discussing the military prisoner abuse cases (5/8). He was quoted by The Seattle Times and The Washington Post in regards to the court case involving Vice President Cheney’s energy task force (5/11). Finally, he was quoted by The Oakland Tribune about asbestos litigation (5/11, 5/12, 5/13).
