GW In The News
August 1-15, 2005

Research conducted by GW about the use of aggregated clinical data was mentioned by Federal Computer Week (8/4).

General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt’s May 9 address at GW about a company wide initiative called Ecomagination received coverage in the National Journal (8/6).

GW was profiled in a Washington Examiner story about freshmen move-in day (8/9).

GW’s community planning efforts regarding the old hospital site, square 54, was the subject of a Steve Pearlstein Washington Post column (8/12).

A Washington Post article about animals in the around the District mentioned the GW hippo statue (8/14).

Remains of a body from the mid-nineteenth century that might have rested in an old Columbian College, the precursor to GW, cemetery was mentioned in The Washington Post (8/14).

GW’s employee discount for tuition was mentioned in a Wall Street Journal about cutting the cost of college (8/15).

The GW School of Public Health was mentioned by Nations Health regarding healthy aging and Older Americans Month (8/1). The GW Institute for Spirituality and Health was mentioned by Cox News regarding a grant the University awarded to East Carolina University to complete a medical education project on spirituality and medicine (8/1). Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems, a health initiative run by the GW MedicalCenter was mentioned by the Associated Press (8/14). A June press conference at the GW Hospital featuring Senators Hilary Rodham Clinton and Bill Frist regarding bipartisan legislation was mentioned by the Managed Care Weekly Digest, Biotech Business,Health and Medicine Week (8/8), Science Letter,Life ScienceWeekly (8/9), Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, and the Medical Letter (8/12). Research conducted at GW on HIV therapy was mentioned by Health and MedicineWeek, Hematology Week, Cardiovascular Week, AIDS Weekly, Anti-Infectives Week, and AIDS Vaccine Week (8/15).

Sarah Binder, professor of political science, was quoted by the Associated Press about welfare and Congress (8/15).

John Banzhaf, professor of law, was quoted by The San Francisco Chronicle regarding racial and ethic profiling (8/10).

Jerome Barron, Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, was quoted by CNET News.com about new tax regulations (8/1).

Andrea Bonior, postdoctoral clinical fellow in psychology, was quoted by TheBuffalo News about college students making friends (8/10).

Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted by The Gazette about Congress being on vacation for the month of August (8/4). He was quoted in a Knight Ridder story on limiting public input on Iraq’s constitution (8/8).

Mary Cheh, professor of law, was interviewed by Voice of America about the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee John Roberts (8/10).

James Clark, Ronald B. Weintraub Associate Professor of Biology, was quoted by Reuters regarding a dinosaur embryo that dates back to the beginning of the Jurassic age (8/2).

Donald Clarke, professor of law, was quoted by the International Herald Tribune about abolishing the death penalty (8/15).

Jeffery Cohen, professor of English and human sciences, appeared on the History Channel documentary The Flight of Dragons discussing the widespread fascination of the monster (8/8).

Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law, was quoted by Workforce Management about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts (8/1).

Robert Dunn, professor of economics, discussed domestic economic growth on NPR AllThings Considered (8/9).

Harvey Feigenbaum, professor of political science and international affairs, discussed the U.S. popularity of the film March of the Penguins with TF1, French television (8/9).

Mark Feldstein, associate professor of media and pubic affairs, was quoted by TheChristian Science Monitor about the late news anchor Peter Jennings (8/9).

Martha Finnemore, professor of political science and international affairs, had her book, Rules for the World, reviewed by The Yale Journal of International Affairs (8/5).

Richard Grinker, professor of anthropology and international affairs and human sciences, was mentioned by Joins.com regarding research on autism (8/7).

Stephen Hess, distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by the American Journalism Review on media coverage of terrorism (8/1). He was quoted by The Guardian (8/5) and the Desert Morning News (8/7) comparing President Bush’s vacation and how past presidents spent time away from the Oval Office. He was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio about economic growth (8/9). Hess discussed the Democratic Party tackling social issues with the Gannett News (8/11). Finally, he was quoted by TheCincinnati Post about the war in Iraq (8/11).

James Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and of History, was quoted in a Washington Post article about black history (8/15).

Amb. Karl Inderfurth, professor of the practice of international affairs, was interviewed by NPR Talk of the Nation about President Bush’s recess appointment of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (8/1).

Guy Jones, chief technology officer, was quoted by Newsbytes News Network and TheWashington Post (8/11) about increasing internet service speed (8/11).

Orin Kerr, associate professor of law, discussed internet privacy with CNET News.com (8/11), Technology Daily, and Silicon.com (8/12).

Peter Kornbluh, National Security Archive at GW senior analyst, was quoted by the American Journalism Review regarding drug trafficking (8/1).

William Kovacic, E. K Gubin Professor of Government Contracts Law, was mentioned by TheDeal.com about his nomination by President Bush as commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (8/2).

Taras Kuzio, visiting assistant professor of international affairs, was mentioned by TheGlobe and Mail and The Wall Street Journal on issues in Ukraine (8/9).

John Logsdon, director of the Space Policy Institute, was quoted by The New YorkTimes (8/1) and the International Herald Tribune (8/2) about NASA Administrator Michael Griffin. He was quoted by The New York Times (8/2), Knight Ridder, TimesUnion (8/3), The Washington Post, Desert Morning News (8/7), The Boston Globe, Augusta Chronicle (8/10), and the Journal Gazette (8/12) about redesigning the next shuttle. Logsdon was quoted by The Observer (8/7) and The Miami Herald (8/10) regarding the Discovery’s return from space (8/7). He was quoted by The Washington Post, (8/7), TheTimes-Picayune (8/8), MSN Money, Financial Times (8/9), Irish Times, TheMiami Herald, Fort WorthStar-Telegram, The New York Times, PBS The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (8/10), International Herald Tribune, and Hobart Mercury (8/11) on the future of space exploration. Logsdon was interviewed by Newsday (8/11) about commercial space flights (8/11). Finally, he was quoted by TheNew York Times about Robots exploring space (8/14).

Dorn McGrath, professor emeritus of geography and of urban and regional planning, was quoted by The Washington Post about future Metro plans (8/13).

David Michaels, research professor of environmental occupational health, was quoted in TheTimes-Picayune about a refinery health study (8/8).

Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies, discussed Islamic issues with the National Journal and BBC Monitoring Middle East (8/6).

Michael Olding, chief of the division of plastic surgery, was quoted by American HealthLine and The Boston Globe about the approval of silicone implants (8/3).

Peter Reddaway, professor of emeritus of political and international affairs, was quoted by TheDeal.com on issues in Russia (8/15).

Jeffery Rosen, professor of law, had an essay he was quoted in titled “The Next Culture War” mentioned by The Financial Times (8/5).

Sara Rosenbaum, chair of the department of health policy, was quoted by The NewYorkTimes about Medicaid benefits (8/15).

Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law, was quoted by Legal Times (8/1), Miami Daily Business Review, Palm Beach Daily Business, Broward Daily Business, and The Recorder (8/3) about the affects of adopting more aggressive interrogation techniques. He was quoted by Associated Press about Miranda rights (8/13).

Amb. David Shinn, adjunct professor for the Elliot School, discussed the population of Muslims in Sub-Saharan Africa with Voice of America (8/12).

Peter J. Smith, associate professor of law, wrote an op-ed for the New Hampshire Union Leader titled “Understanding ‘Kelo’: Why Justice Souter Should be Praised” (8/3).

Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was quoted by The Houston Chronicle about the increasing amount of identity theft (8/1). He was quoted in an MSNBC story about credit card solicitation mail (8/8) Finally, Solove was quoted in a silicon.com story about the Wiretap Act (8/12).

Ronald Spector, professor of history and international affairs, was quoted by the South China Morning Post on issues in China (8/15).

Christopher Sterling, professor of media and public affairs and of public policy, was interviewed by The Washington Times about the payoff of radio payola (8/8).

Jonathan Turley, J.B and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, wrote an op-ed for The National Law Journal titled “A Model for the Future; The Roberts Nomination Incoherent Positions” (8/1). Turley also discussed Supreme Court nominee John Roberts’s confirmation with the Austin AmericanStatesman (8/6) Voice of America (8/10), and The Washington Post (8/15). Turley was also quoted by Austin American Statesman regarding the CIA leak case (8/6). Finally, he was quoted by the Legal Times (8/8), Broward DailyBusiness, and the Palm BeachDaily Business Review (8/10) about political issues.

Arthur Wilmarth, professor of law, was quoted by The Dealmakers Journal about Merger and Acquisitions cases involving job preservation and market competition (8/1). He was quoted by BusinessWeek about banks violating consumer laws (8/15).