GW In The News
July 1-15, 2005
An announcement that GW is partnering with the Sabin Vaccine Institute to advance the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative (HHVI) was mentioned by Pharma Business Week, Managed Care Weekly Digest, Health and Medicine Week, Gastroenterology Week, Clinical Trials Week, Biotech Business Week (7/4), Life Science Weekly, the Science Letter (7/5), VaccineWeekly (7/6), Drug Week (7/8), and Obesity Fitness and Wellness Week (7/9).
GW was mentioned on ABC News Nightline about Sandra Day O’Conner’s 2003 Law School Commencement address (7/1).
A GW convocation ceremony featuring Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheik Sabah was mentioned by Reuters, the Associated Press, and The Financial Times (7/1).
General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt’s May 9 address at GW about a company-wide initiative called Ecomagination received coverage in The Seattle Times (7/3).
A GW study about the affects of physical activity on academic achievement was mentioned by The San Diego Union–Tribune (7/5).
GW was featured in a Chronicle of Higher Education cover story about increased security and operability for campus servers. David Swartz, GW chief information officer, was quoted extensively in the article (7/8).
A gift of more than $3.3 million from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences to create an endowed chair at GW received coverage from The Washington Post (7/9).
GW was mentioned in a Post Standard ( Syracuse) story about how the University successfully handled the increased number of incoming freshmen in the fall of 2001. Kathy Napper, director of undergraduate admissions, was quoted in the story (7/9).
The Associated Press referenced a study conducted by GW’s Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies on how motor vehicle offices screen false applicants (7/9).
The Charleston Gazette cited a 2000 study by GW that accurately projected population growth of prison inmates (7/12).
WRC-TV (NBC 4) profiled GW’s new professional master’s degree in middle-school mathematics (7/13).
Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent medical check up at GW Medical Center was covered by the Associated Press, Dow Jones International News (7/7), Houston Chronicle,Technology Daily, Fox News Special Report (7/8), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Deseret Morning News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Record (7/9), and The Arizona Republic (7/14).
A $1 million journalism scholarship given to GW by talk show host Larry King was mentioned by The Sacramento Bee (7/11).
James Humphreys’ $3 million gift to the GW Law School to launch the Humphreys Complex Litigation Center and an endowed faculty position was covered in The Washington Post and The Charleston Gazette (7/14).
John Banzhaf, professor of law, was profiled in an American Lawyer article titled “Class Action: Law Professor John Banzhaf has a Talent for Stirring up Trouble” (7/1). He was quoted by The New York Times about the tobacco industry (7/7). Finally, Banzhaf was quoted by the International Herald Tribune about to obesity lawsuits (7/7, 7/8).
Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted in a Fresno Bee story about the proposed Iraqi constitution (7/10).
Paul Butler, professor of law, was quoted by The Record in regards to the television program CSI being brought into the courtroom (7/3).
Peter Caws, University Professor, was quoted by The Independent about British Prime Minister Tony Blair (7/12).
Frank Cilluffo, associate vice president for homeland security, was quoted by Financial Times (7/7) and The Christian Science Monitor (7/8) about the terrorist attacks on London. He was quoted by TheChristian Science Monitor regarding security in small towns (7/12). Finally, Cilluffo was quoted by the Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal (7/13, 7/14), and Bloomberg.com (7/13) about overhauling homeland security.
Naomi Cahn, professor of law, was quoted in a Washington Times story about regards to custody battles after divorce (7/10).
Mary Cheh, professor of law, was quoted in a St. Petersburg Times story about Sandra Day O'Connor’s retirement from the Supreme Court (7/3).
Carol Darr, director of the Institute for Democracy, Politics and the Internet, was quoted by Reuters News (7/8) and The Washington Post (7/12) about political blogs. She was quoted by The Atlanta Journal Constitution on how a candidate would be chosen for the U.S. Supreme Court (7/12).
Thomas Dienes, Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, was quoted in a ProvidenceJournal story about a proposal to prevent parties to court cases, their lawyers, and court employees from disclosing any information about any pending case (7/10).
Martha Finnemore, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted by the Harvard International Review on authority over international organizations (7/1).
James Goldgeier, director of Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, co-wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post titled “Now’s Not the Time for Europe to Go Wobbly” (7/3).
Stephen Hess, distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by The Baton Rouge Advocate on the next Supreme Court justice (7/10).
Karl Inderfurth, professor of the practice of international affairs, was quoted by US Fed News and Voice of America about the United States policy regarding Pakistan (7/1).
Murhaf Jouejati, director of the Elliott School’s Middle East Studies Program, was interviewed by Radio Free Europe about the war in Iraq and the global war on terror (7/11).
Orin Kerr, associate professor of law, wrote a Los Angeles Times op-ed about Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement from the Supreme Court (7/3). He was quoted by CNET News.com about legal and ethical issues involving Wi-Fi networks (7/8).
William Kovacic, E.K. Gubin Professor of Government Contracts Law, was quoted by TheDeal.com on his taking a seat at the Federal Trade Commission (7/11).
Steven Livingston, SMPA interim director, was quoted in a Hartford Courant story about the London bombings (7/8).
John Logsdon, professor of political science and international affairs, was interviewed by NPR Talk of the Nation (7/1), Voice of America (7/8, 711), and quoted by The New York Times (7/1), The PalmBeach Post (7/3), Financial Times (7/5), Agence France Press, The Seattle Times, Independent Online of Cape Town (7/6), TheChristian Science Monitor (7/7), The Times (7/9), New YorkDaily News, South China Morning Post (7/10), Engineering News Record,US FedNews, The Guardian, and The Boston Globe about NASA returning to space.
Richard Longstreth, professor of American studies, was quoted by The New York Times about preservation of buildings and the former houses of famous Americans (7/14).
Jay Lorenz, adjunct instructor in film studies, was quoted by The Washington Post about American studios remaking French films (7/10).
David Michaels, research professor of environmental occupational health, wrote an op-ed for The Record titled “Manufacturing Uncertainty to Shape Public Opinion” (7/6).
Lawrence Mitchell, professor of law, was quoted by Asbury Park Press,Newsday, and The Ithaca Journal (7/14) about financial crimes by top corporate executives.
Vahid Motevalli, associate research professor of engineering, was quoted by Air SafetyWeek regarding the safety of fuel systems (7/11).
Deepa Ollapally, senior fellow at the Elliott School’s Sigur Center for Asian Studies, was interviewed by Voice of America on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Washington (7/6).
Jerrold Post, professor of political psychology and international affairs, was quoted by The Boston Globe on the arrest of militant Islamic clerics in Milan and London (7/3). He was quoted in a Toronto Globe and Mail article about psychological profiles of the London bombers (7/15).
Bernard Reich, professor of political science and international affairs, was interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation regarding issues in Saudi Arabia (7/5, 7/8).
Arnold Reitze, J.B and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, was interviewed by the Nightly Business Report about the U.S. domestic economy (7/5).
Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law, was quoted by the American Enterprise about the U.S. Constitution (7/1). He was interviewed by NPR All Things Considered, The Charlie Rose Show, Eye Witness News (7/1), NPR Talkof the Nation (7/5), ABC News Nightline (7/11), Financial Times (7/2), St. Louis Dispatch, and wrote an op-ed for TheNew York Times (7/3) about Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement from the Supreme Court.
Steven Schooner, associate professor of law, was quoted by The New York Times, The Washington Post (7/12), and the International Herald Tribune (7/13) about an antifraud statue against corporate contractors in Iraq.
Stephen Smith, professor of economics and international affairs, discussed the G-8 Summit with MTV News, XM Satellite Radio (7/2), Voice of America, Fox News Special Report (7/8), and BNA Daily Report for Executives (7/11). His book, Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works, was reviewed by The WashingtonPost (7/10).
Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was quoted by Money magazine about identity theft (7/1). Solove was quoted by The Washington Post (7/7, 7/8), Newsbytes News Network (7/8), Dong-A Ilbo Daily, TheVancouver Sun, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, the Times Union ( Albany) (7/9), The Record (7/10, 7/14), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (7/12), NorthJersey.com, and The DetroitNews (7/14) about using the Internet to humiliate people.
Joanna Spear, director of the Elliott School Foreign Policy Institute, was interviewed on Canadian Broadcasting Company television about the global war on terror and the bombings in London (7/15).
James Starrs, professor of law and of forensics sciences, was quoted by the ABA Journal about forensics evidence (7/1).
Janet Steele, associate professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by the Organization of Asia Pacific News Agencies about embedded journalists (7/11).
Richard Tollo, associate professor of geosciences, was quoted by The Washington Times about the Earth’s formation (7/7).
Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor (7/1), Financial Times, The New York Daily News (7/2), The National Post (7/5), US Fed News (7/7), and interviewed by KDFW-TV, KTVU-TV,MSNBC Here and Now, Fox News Live (7/1), and Voice of America (7/6, 7/7, 712, 7/13) about the future of the U.S. Supreme Court. Turley was quoted by The Star Ledger about national security (7/3). He wrote op-ed on columnist Robert Novak for The Star Ledger (7/6) and Tulsa World (7/10). He wrote an op-ed that was featured in the Times Union ( Albany) titled “Miller Case Shows Need for Law” (7/7). Turley was quoted by Dow Jones about the tobacco industry (7/11). Finally, he was quoted by TheWashington Post regarding a New York Times reporter’s choice not to disclose a source (7/13, 7/14).
Ray Williamson, research professor of international affairs, was quoted by The ChristianScience Monitor regarding NASA’s return to space (7/14).
