GW In The News
July 16-31, 2005

Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent visit to the GW Medical Center for his yearly checkup received coverage in The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France Press, Desert Morning News, Dow Jones International News, The CanadianPress (7/16), The Commercial Appeal, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, The Charleston Gazette, Houston Chronicle, The Star Ledger, The Washington Post, The Baton Rouge Advocate, The New York Times, Deseret Morning News, St. Petersburg Times (7/17), Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Health E-Line (7/18), and The Hotline (7/19). GW was mentioned by Health and Medicine Week, Cardiovascular Week (7/25), ScienceLetter (7/26), Biotech Week (7/27), Obesity,Fitness and Wellness Week (7/30), and HeartDisease Weekly, and Medical Letter (7/31) regarding diagnostics research the University conducted. Finally, the GW Hospital’s Center for Integrative Medicine program was mentioned in a Washington Post article about therapy techniques (7/26).

The Hollywood Reporter mentioned CNN On the Story and the fact that it is telecast from GW in a story about CNN’s new lineup of programs (7/18).

GW was mentioned in the Recorder ( Calif.) (7/18) and The New Jersey Law Journal (7/25) about universities that offer law firm management programs.

Research conducted at GW’s Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet regarding online politics was mentioned by Roll Call (7/20).

The Providence Journal mentioned a bill sponsored by Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) that would establish a collaboration between Brown University and GW, regarding the participation of Liberian refugees “in relief, post-conflict reconstruction and development efforts” (7/22).

A GW program that teaches Indian and Pakistani teachers English teaching techniques was mentioned by US Fed News (7/28).

Gordon Adams, professor of the practice of international affairs, wrote a Baltimore Sun op-ed titled “Illusions of Iraq Echo Vietnam” (7/19).

John Banzhaf, professor of law, was quoted by The Sydney Morning Herald on Burger King’s marketing strategy (7/23).

Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, was interviewed by NPR Talk of the Nation and Fox News Channel on the progress being made by the Iraqi constitutional committee (7/26).

Mary Cheh, professor of law, was quoted by The Washington Post on criminal contempt lengthening a reporter’s jail time (7/16). She was quoted by US Fed News (7/22), Gannett News (7/26), and interviewed by Voice of America (7/22) regarding the Supreme Court nominees.

Frank Cilluffo, associate vice president for homeland security, was quoted by TheChristian Science Monitor about security issues in New York City (7/25).

James Clark, Ronald B. Weintraub Associate Professor of Biology, was quoted by TheCharleston Gazette, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, The New York Times, National Geographic, New Scientist, Globe and Mail, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Associated Press, Reuters (7/28), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Houston Chronicle, The Seattle Times, The Record, The Journal Gazette (7/29), Xinhua News Agency, and The Advertiser (7/30) regarding a dinosaur embryo that dates back to the beginning of the Jurassic age.

Thomas Colby, associate professor of law, was quoted in The Times-Tribune on an abuse lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Don Sherwood (R-Pa.) (7/23).

Robert Cottrol, Harold Green Research Professor of Law, was interviewed by NBC News about security issues in New York City (7/25).

Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law, was quoted by The ArkansasDemocrat about campaigns against Wal-Mart (7/24). He was quoted by The BaltimoreSun (7/26) and Voice of America (7/28) about two of the nation’s largest unions breaking away from the AFL-CIO form coalition.

Carol Darr, director of the Institute for Democracy, Politics and the Internet, was quoted by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (7/21) and eWeek (7/28) about the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Robert Dunn, professor of economics, was interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio about the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

Mark Feldstein, associate professor of media and public affairs, wrote a Washington Post op-ed titled “Leak Riddle: Who’s Playing Whom?” (7/24). He appeared on West German Broadcasting regarding the Valerie Plume case (7/26).

Arthur Frank, medical director at GW's Weight Loss Management Program, was mentioned by TheVancouver Sun (7/16) and The Journal Gazette (7/19) on new research suggesting that obesity is a disease.

James Goldgeier, director of Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, reviewed the book Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution inThe Journal Gazette ( Fort Wayne, Ind.) (7/20) and the Houston Chronicle (7/22).

David Alan Grier, associate professor of international science and technology policy and international affairs, appeared on WAMU Kojo NnamdiShow to discuss his book, When Computers Were Human (7/19). His book also was mentioned by Newsbytes News Network (7/30).

Stephen Hess,distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, discussed Karl Rove with The Augusta Press (7/19). Hess was quoted in a New York Post article about who will be replacing Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (7/16, 7/20). He was quoted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about various White House scandals over the years (7/17). Finally, Hess was quoted by the Houston Chronicle and Reuters about President Bush’s agenda (7/31).

Peter Hotez, chair of the department of microbiology, was quoted by Dow Jones, Associated Press (7/19, 720), The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Baton RougeAdvocate, and American Health Line (7/20) about concerns that childhood vaccines cause autism.

Amb. Karl Inderfurth, professor of the practice of international affairs, co-wrote an op-ed for the International Herald Tribune about U.S., China, and India relations. (7/19). Inderfurth was on the BBC as a commentator to Indian Prime Minister Singh’s remarks to Congress (7/19). He was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor about U.S. plans to broaden India’s access to nuclear technology (7/20). He was quoted by Newsbytes NewsNetwork and The Washington Post about issues in Pakistan (7/28).

Murhaf Jouejati, director of the Elliott School’s Middle East Studies Program, was quoted by the International Herald Tribune about the terrorist attacks on London (7/20). He was also quoted by The Jerusalem Post regarding his invitation to attend a ceremony commemorating Yitzak Rabin’s assassination (7/20).

Orin Kerr, associate professor of law, was quoted by the Technology Daily PM (7/18), the Associated Press (7/22), The Charleston Gazette, and The Augusta Chronicle about Supreme Court Justice O’Connor’s replacement. He was quoted by The Plain Dealer regarding Wi-Fi poaching, people who use others computer network but aren’t authorized (7/27).

William Kovacic, E.K. Gubin Professor of Government Contracts Law, was quoted by US Fed News about the nominees for the replacement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O Connor. He also was quoted by AFX International Focus, Reuters, Dow Jones, (7/28), TheDeal.com, and Technology Daily (7/29) regarding his nomination to serve as a member of the Federal Trade Commission.

John Logsdon, director of the Elliott School’s Space Policy Institute, was quoted by Newsweek International about sending robots to space instead of humans (7/18). He was also quoted by U.S. News & World Report (7/18), The San Antonio Express News (7/25), BBC News, (7/26), The Boston Globe, Radio Free Europe, The New York Times (7/27), KTLA 5, The Tampa Tribune (7/29), and San Francisco Chronicle (7/30) regarding the launching of the space shuttle. He was quoted by The Boston Globe about the shuttle Discovery’s return from space (7/29).

Ira C. Lupu, F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor of Law, was quoted in the Tallahassee Democrat on lawsuits that aim to stop faith-based programs from receiving public funds (7/27).

Jarol Manheim, professor of political science and media and public affairs, was quoted in The Baltimore Sun and Voice of America about the AFL-CIO breakup (7/27).

Lawrence Mitchell, professor of law, was quoted by Reuters News on Sanford Weill, the chairman of Citigroup Inc. retiring before his contract is up in April 2006 (7/20).

Jerrold Post, professor of psychiatry, political psychology and international affairs, was interviewed for a Baltimore Sun article on how the bombings in London have sparked bombings and extremists elsewhere.

Peter Reddaway, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs, was quoted by Forbes Global about the murder of a Forbes editor (7/25).

Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law, was interviewed by NPR All Things Considered (7/19), American Health Line (7/20), and the San Francisco Chronicle (7/28) about the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Rosen was interviewed by NPR Morning Edition on conservative judges (7/21). Rosen wrote a New York Times op-ed titled “In Search of John Roberts” (7/21), which also appeared in the International Herald Tribune (7/22). Rosen was quoted by the Houston Chronicle, Winnipeg Free Press, and The New York Times on universal terrorism issues (7/23). He wrote a New York Times op-ed titled “Supreme Modesty” (7/24). Finally, he was interviewed by NPR Talk of the Nation about memos written in Supreme Court nominee John Roberts’ early career (7/28).

Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law, was quoted by The Seattle Times and The Washington Post about Jose Padilla, an alleged al-Qaeda operative (7/19). He was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor about terror issues (7/26).

Nina Seavey, assistant research professor of history, was interviewed on XM Satellite Radio The BobEdwards Show about her film, The Open Road: American Looks at Aging (7/28).

Jonathan Siegel, professor of law, was quoted by the Associated Press regarding the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (7/20).

David Shambaugh, professor of political science and international affairs, co-wrote an op-ed for the International Herald Tribune about U.S., China, and India relations. (7/19).

David Shinn, adjunct professor for the Elliott School, was quoted by USA Today about international support for Ethiopia (7/20). He did an interview with the BBC concerning U.S. counterterrorism activities in Africa (7/26).

Stephen Smith, professor of economics and international affairs, was interviewed by Voice of America regarding aid for Africa (7/19).

Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was quoted by The Journal Gazette,Times Union (7/17), Edmonton Journal (7/18), and Associated Press (7/30) about protecting personal information online.

Joanna Spear, adjunct associate professor of international affairs, was quoted by Today ( Singapore) about the Valerie Plume case (7/25).

James Starrs, professor of law and of forensics sciences, was quoted by The Baton RougeAdvocate regarding the murder investigation of Huey Long (7/25).

Christopher Sterling, professor of media and public affairs and of public policy, appeared on PBS TheNewshour with Jim Lehrer about radio station programming (7/27). He appeared on NPR On Point discussing the future of radio (7/29).

Jonathan Turley, J.B and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, was interviewed by Fox News Special Report with Brit Hume (7/18) and quoted by the Associated Press (7/28) about the CIA leak case. He wrote a Times Union op-ed titled “Senate Democrats in High Court Disarray” (7/18). Turley wrote an op-ed that was featured in Roll Call titled “To Improve the Supreme Court, Let’s Expand It” (7/19). He was quoted by the US FedNews, San Francisco Chronicle, and interviewed by NBC News, Australian Broadcasting, and Voice of America regarding the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (7/20). Turley was quoted by The Christian ScienceMonitor about the importance of a Supreme Court nominee’s ideology (7/22). Turley was quoted by Voice of America about the confirmation process for a Supreme Court nominee (7/29).

Robert Tuttle, professor of law, was quoted by The Washington Post on a federal judge’s ruling that the Pentagon can’t fund the Boy Scouts Jamboree because it is a religious organization (7/17). He was interviewed by PBS Religion and EthicsNewsWeekly about religion issues and the Supreme Court (7/22).