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AUGUST 2004

The George Washington University was mentioned in The New York Times about student code of conduct while completing study abroad programs (8/23).   GW was mentioned by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about its collaboration with Napster.  GW was mentioned by USA Today about the availability of classes on homeland security (8/25).  GW received the following rankings in U.S. News "America's Best Colleges" among U.S. colleges and universities: #52 overall, the School of Business' international business specialty was ranked #16, the School of Business' undergraduate program was ranked #48 and the School of Engineering and Applied Science was ranked Engineering Undergrad #99 (8/26).  GW was mentioned in The Washington Post about the heightened security during freshmen move-in (8/29). 

The GW-Battleground 2004 Poll, a bi-partisan national survey of likely voters, was mentioned in the Houston Chronicle (8/29).

 

GW's Campaign Finance Institute was mentioned in Newsday about a recent study analyzing the partisanship of Republican and Democrat convention donors (8/1). 

 

The National Security Archive at GW was mentioned in The Gazette (Montreal) and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about a declassified document that proves Secretary of State Henry Kissinger knew about Operation Condor and countenanced attacks on leftists (8/27).

 

Gordon Adams, director of GW's security policy program, wrote an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune about the parallels between the Vietnam War and the current situation in Iraq (8/25).

 

John Banzhaf, professor of law, wrote a letter to the editor that appeared in the Los Angeles Times about how the media should fight back against courts on prior restraint orders, in particular the Kobe Bryant case (8/4).    Banzhaf was quoted by The Las Vegas Sun about determining liability in a gambling case (8/11).  Banzhaf was quoted by The Observer (United Kingdom, 8/6), Reuters (8/24), Newsday (8/25) and The Wall Street Journal (8/31) about lawsuits against the food industry for obesity.  He was quoted by The Kansas City Star about increasing the number of women's restrooms at sporting and entertainment venues (8/30).

 

Robert Beckel, part-time professor of political management, wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Los Angeles Times about how the issue of stem cell research could influence voters (8/27). 

 

Sarah Binder, associate professor of political science, was quoted by the Omaha World Herald about how the government is facing gridlock because of the upcoming election (8/8). 

 

Frank Cilluffo, GW associate vice president for homeland security, was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor about the franchising of Al-Qaeda around the world (8/6).  Cilluffo was quoted by The Washington Post about how increasing the national security level is designed to make the public more vigilant (8/6).  He was quoted by the Seattle Sun Times about America's resiliency to terrorist fears (8/8).  Cillufo was quoted by The Christian Science Monitor about former Rep. Porter Goss being named the new CIA director (8/11). 

 

Mary Cheh, Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law, was quoted by the Boston Globe about the CIA compensating former U.S. spies during the Cold War (8/1). 

 

James Clark, Ronald Weintraub Associate Professor of Biology, was quoted by National Geographic News story (8/25) and co-authored an article in Nature (8/26) about what his team was able to learn from a fossil of a crocodilian ancestor they found in China. 

 

Eric Cline, associate professor of classics, was quoted by The Washington Post about an archeological dig that GW students took part in at Meggido where King Solomon might have lived (8/7).

 

Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law, was quoted by the Baltimore Sun about how the economy has come to the forefront of the presidential election (8/15). 

 

Amitai Etzioni, University Professor, wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Los Angeles Times about America's obsession with dieting and losing weight (8/24).

 

Ron Faucheux, part-time professor of political management, was quoted by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the chance of a Democrat winning the gubernatorial race in Missouri (8/8). 

 

Mark Feldstein, associate professor of media and public affairs, was interviewed by NPR's All Things Considered about journalist Jack Anderson (8/1).  He was quoted by the Observer about his research into the Watergate scandal (8/15). 

 

Richard Green, Oliver T. Carr Professor of Real Estate Finance and finance, was mentioned in The Washington Post, about his study regarding the effectiveness of mortgage lifesaver plans (8/14).

 

Roy Richard Grinker, professor of anthropology, international affairs, and human sciences, was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle about the personality and life of Stanley Kurtz, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University (8/7). 

 

Tee Guidotti, chair of the Department of Environmental Occupational Health, was quoted by The Washington Post about researcher bias in studies of workplace wellness programs (8/17).

 

Jerome Hauer, director of the Response to Emergencies and Disasters Institute, was quoted by the New York Times about how bureaucrats are running bioterrorism defense (8/20). 

 

John Lill, assistant professor of biology, was quoted by The Washington Post about how cicadas affect leaf eaters that live above ground (8/16). 

 

John Logsdon, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted by The New York Times about how it was harder than expected for NASA to return shuttles to space after the Colombia Shuttle explosion (8/27). 

 

Richard Longstreth, director of the graduate program in historic preservation and professor of American studies, was quoted in The New York Times about how more young professionals prefer to live in urban areas causing cities to take in suburban elements (8/19). 

 

David Michaels, research professor of environmental occupational health, was quoted by The Washington Post about how scientists are not able to reproduce good research studies if they conduct bad research (8/16).

 

Rajat Mittal, associate professor of engineering and applied science, was featured in The Wall Street Journal (8/13), Veja (Brazil, 8/19), and WUSA-TV (Channel 9, 8/19) about his computational fluid dynamics research for USA Swimming, which the organization hopes will increase the number of swimming medals the U.S. wins at future Olympics.

 

Michael Moore, associate professor of economics and international affairs, wrote a letter to the editor that appeared in the Financial Times about how George W. Bush is not a "tariff happy" president (8/4). 

 

Vahid Motevalli, associate research professor of engineering, was quoted by The Christian Science Weekly about the new FAA regulations urging the domestic airlines to voluntarily reduce the number of flights during high traffic times to reduce airport congestion (8/4).

 

Matt Nehmer, assistant director of media relations, was quoted by The Washington Post about the status of University operations due to the increased terror threat level (8/2). 

 

Lea Nolan, senior research scientist, was quoted by The Washington Post about the low availability of medical care for the uninsured living in the D.C. metropolitan area (8/3). 

 

George Novak, lead research scientist at GW's Aviation Institute, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times and USA Today regarding delays at Chicago airports and FAA negotiations with major airlines (8/6). 

Susan Phillips, dean of the School of Business, was interviewed by Bloomberg Television and CNBC "Closing Bell" about the U.S. economic outlook and the Fed's monetary policy decision (8/10).

Jerrold Post, professor of the practice of political psychology and international affairs, of psychiatry and behavioral science, and of engineering management, was quoted by the Toronto Star about the psyche of terrorists (8/7).  

 

Jorge Rivera, assistant professor of strategic management and public policy, was quoted in the Denver Post about how ski slopes that do not follow the Sustainable Slopes Program have better environmental records (8/25).  Rivera was mentioned in the Denver Post about his research on the environmental efforts at ski slopes (8/30).

 

Steven Saltzburg,Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law, was quoted by The Washington Post about how the hearing has been delayed for a witness in a Hamas terrorist investigation (8/29).

 

Moses Schanfield, professor of forensic sciences, and Eva Vincze, professor of forensic sciences, were featured in a story by WRC-TV (Channel 4) about GW's forensic science program and facilities (8/6).

 

David Scheffer, visiting professor of law, wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Financial Times entitled "A Rare Chance to Try These Architects of Atrocity" (8/16).

 

Steven Schooner, associate professor of law, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times about how military contracts are given to the same Alaskan firms instead of promoting competition (8/12).  Schooner was quoted by the Los Angeles Times about how the military paid all of Halliburton's fees for their work in Iraq and Kuwait (8/18).  Schooner was quoted by the Financial Times about how the U.S. military is not properly training interrogators in Iraq (8/27). 

 

David Shambaugh, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted by the Financial Times about how the forming of the East Asian Communities (EAC) will take America by surprise (8/5).

 

Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was mentioned in the Boston Herald, about his book The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age, which discusses privacy issues that occur with new technologies (8/12).  Solove was quoted by The New York Times about public records being used in the Kobe Bryant case (8/15). 

 

James Starrs, professor of law and forensic sciences, was quoted by the Baltimore Sun about the questionable 1953 homicide case of Frank Olson who worked for the U.S. Army's Special Operations Division (8/1).

 

Steven Tuch, professor of sociology, was mentioned by The Washington Post about his research comparing religious affiliation and Congressional voting records (8/29).

 

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, was quoted by the Baltimore Sun about the possibility of a terrorist attack on Washington D.C. in August (8/3).  Turley wrote an op-ed that appeared in USA Today about the bitterness soldiers feel when returning from Iraq (8/9).  Turley wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Baltimore Sun about how prosecutors are using the Patriot Act to prosecute the American public (8/9).  Turley was quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle about how the government's treatment of political activists is reminiscent of the anti-communist crackdown during the Cold War (8/21).  Turley wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Los Angeles Times describing his experience on a trip to Disneyland and his opinions of Disney CEO Michael Eisner (8/26).

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