GW In The News
October 1-15, 2005
GW is mentioned in Restaurants and Institutions for its involvement in a customer-loyalty program for college food service through Aramark (10/01).
The Columbus Dispatch (10/02) and the Toledo Blade (10/03) mention a database maintained by GW and other colleges listing gubernatorial polls since 1958.
Mental Health Weekly Digest and Health & Medicine Week (10/03) cited a research study performed by GW in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin proposing that nature may be more influential than nurture in the families of adolescents. This study was also mentioned in Life Science Weekly and Science Letter (10/04), in Biotech Week (10/05) and in Obesity, Fitness, & Wellness Week (10/07).
The Antigua Sun published an article on The National Society of Collegiate Scholars founded at GW (10/03).
GW is mentioned in The Washington Post in an article about the debate over sex education (10/02).
The Associated Press details a study by GW regarding menopause symptoms in female executives (10/02).
GW’s involvement in a study with the D.C. Taxicab Commission was noted on ABC 7 News and by The Associated Press (10/03).
The Washington Post mentioned that a panel at GW recommended that the former GW hospital site be turned into high-rise office and residential towers and neighborhood-serving retail (10/04).
GW was mentioned in Risk Policy Report for its participation in a study regarding Local Emergency Planning Committees (10/04).
Bridgeton News (NJ), (10/04) and Black Hills News Bureau (10/06) cited a study performed by GW pertaining to tourism’s effect on city economy.
The Hindu mentions GW as the site of a short film called, The Jog (10/05).
The Washington Post reviewed a study surveying the health of Latinos performed by the GW School of Public Health (10/06).
GW is mentioned in an article published on kaisernetwork.org regarding their collaboration with the city’s HIV/AIDS administration (10/06).
GW is mentioned in The Stanford Daily regarding its participation in a divestment campaign spurred by Stanford’s divestment from four companies doing business in Sudan (10/05).
The Associated Press mentions the speech given at GW by Hungarian’s prime minister, after Stephen Joel Trachtenberg awarded him with the GW President’s Medal (10/06).
ISI Emerging Markets Africawire (10/05) and PakTribune (10/09) mentioned GW as a sponsor of a forum to assess Afghanistan’s progress.
GW is mentioned in The Chronicle of Higher Education as a constituent in the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights in an article pertaining to Harvard’s reluctant decision to allow the military to recruit students (10/07).
Tuscon-Citizen mentions The George Washington University’s Office of Parent Programs’ two-day seminars for parents in an article regarding overprotective parents of college students (10/08).
WTOP News mentions that GW is teaming with XM Satellite Radio to continue to produce a weekly radio show with Tony Bennett called GW Presents Beyond Category and GW Presents From The Nation’s Capitol (10/07).
Dr. Helene Emsellem of GW is mentioned in The Washington Times in an article related to sleep deprivation and its effects (10/11).
An altercation between two students on GW campus was mentioned in The Washington Post and on NBC4.com (10/13).
The Security Policy Studies Program and Center for American Progress panel discussion hosted by GW, “ Afghanistan, Four Years Later: Progress, Problems, and Prospects for the Future”, aired on C-SPAN on October 5. The panel was introduced by Gordon Adams , Elliott School’s Director of Security Studies program and Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, moderated by Karl F. Inderfurth, the John O. Rankin Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs, and included Ersel Aydinli, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs.
The Badger Herald noted that GW is a candidate for the Institute of Shipboard Education’s Semester at Sea Program (10/12).
Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems by The George Washington University Medical Center is mentioned on www.about.com for a study released regarding professions at risk for alcoholism (10/12).
GW Hospital’s Jerome Paulson, M.D. is quoted in Medical News Today in an article on cleaning up schools for child victims of Hurricane Katrina (10/03).
Newsbytes News Network, U.S. Health & Human Services Documents, Federal Computer Week, Technology Daily, and U.S. Fed News mentioned GW Medical Center’s use of computer-assisted prescriptions (10/05). This matter was also discussed in Information Week and Fox News (10/06).
Dr. Allan Goldstein, of the GW Medical Center was quoted in Genetic Engineering News regarding PhotoImmune Biotechnology (10/06).
Dr. Rachel Brem of GW’s Medical Center, was quoted on NBC 4 News (10/07) encouraging women to have mammograms in October for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (10/07).
A study performed by the Department of Radiology at GW regarding CAD technology and breast cancer is cited in Obesity, Fitness, and Wellness Week (10/01), Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week (10/02), Health & Medicine Week, Clinical Oncology Week (10/10) and NewsRx.com (10/11).
Obesity, Fitness, and Wellness Week (10/01) and Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (10/02) cited a study performed by GW on the development of a hookworm vaccine.
Obesity, Fitness, and Wellness Week cited a study performed by GW regarding the health benefits of a vegan diet (10/01).
The Hindu notes that a representative from GW, among representatives from other American colleges, was in the UAE attempting to change post-9/11 fears and perceptions (10/11).
GW is mentioned in an article in Newsbytes News Network, Government Computer News, Healthcare IT News, and in Federal Computer Week regarding its receipt of a contract to investigate the number of hospitals and physicians using electronic medical records (10/12). The investigation will take the form of an annual report, as reported in CIO Insight (10/12).
Dr. Farzad Najam of GW is mentioned in The Washington Times regarding his involvement in a voluntary group of trauma surgeons and experts traveling to Pakistan to aid victims of the earthquake (10/15).
GW is mentioned in the El Paso Times for its involvement in a project with other hospitals to help reduce ethnic disparities in cardiac care (10/15).
Kim Acquaviva, full-time faculty, is quoted by Cox News Service in an article regarding hurricane evacuees’ move to a new shelter (10/07).
Ersel Aydinli, visiting assistant professor of international affairs, was quoted in Agence France Presse (10/05) and in Times of Oman (10/06) regarding Osama bin Laden.
John Banzhaf, professor of law, was quoted in Legal Times in an article pertaining to United States v. Phillip Morris USA Inc., et al.(10/10).
Susanne Bathgate, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was quoted in The Washington Post in an article regarding whether breast milk is still healthy for infants (10/11).
Thomas Blanton, National Security Archive, was quoted in U.S. News and World Report regarding public availability of Abu Ghraib records (10/13).
Cheryl Block, professor of law, wrote an article published in The Washington Post regarding federal aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina (10/02).
The Elliott School’s Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace, was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition on October 11 regarding Iraq’s constitution and the role it will carve out for central and regional authorities. He was quoted by the Federal News Service regarding the Iraqi Constitution (10/11).
David Brunori, part-time faculty, was quoted in an article on tax-exempt property on NorthJersey.com (10/02).
Sean Cleary, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, was quoted in Kansas City Star regarding disease rates in minorities (10/10).
Gene Cohen, professor of health care sciences, was quoted by USA Today in an article regarding Johnny Holliday, a retiree turned actor (10/09).
Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law, was quoted in The Washington Post in an article regarding Lockheed-Martin’s plan to cut employee benefits (10/07) and again in The Washington Post regarding Delphi Corporation’s planned transformations (10/11). He appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition in a segment pertaining to an airline strike (10/13).
Carol Darr, senior research staff scientist, was quoted on Fox News regarding Christian blogging (10/12) and in the Toledo Blade regarding blogging (10/15).
Robert Dunn, professor of economics, wrote an article published in American Enterprise about discrepancies in college endowments (10/01).
Lloyd Eby, part-time faculty, wrote an article on teaching evolution in biology that was published in World Peace Herald (10/06) and one on affirmative action also published in World Peace Herald (10/11).
Amitai Etzioni, university professor and professor of international affairs, was quoted in The New York Times in an article on wedding crashers (10/02).
David Fabrycky , a student in the International Affairs M.A. Program, published “U.S. Public Diplomacy and Religion in the Muslim World” in the fall 2005 edition of The Review of Faith and International Affairs. The article discusses the role of religion in the U.S. public diplomacy strategy.
Henry Farrell, visiting assistant professor of political science and international affairs at the Elliott School, wrote an article entitled “The Blogosphere as a Carnival of Ideas,” which October 7 (The Chronicle of Higher Education). He was quoted on the same subject in The New York Sun (10/11) and spoke on October 11 about the effect of blogs on media and politics. The Hatchet and the French publication Liberation were in attendance.
Meredith Fuchs, National Security Archive, was quoted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding the CDC’s information security policies (10/03), in The News-Press (FL), The Clarion-Ledger (MS) and InfoShop News regarding the investigation into FEMA’s mishandling of Katrina’s aftermath (10/03).
Edward “Skip” Gnehm , the Elliott School’s Shapiro Visiting Professor of International Affairs, published “ Trusting God on the Job” in The Review of Faith and International Affairs, which discusses his faith and experiences in the Foreign Service.
Jack Harrald, professor of engineering management, was quoted in the News-Press regarding rethinking evacuation during hurricanes (10/09).
Stephen Hess, distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, was quoted in The Baton Rouge Advocate in an article regarding the GOP’s lack of action in funding victims of Hurricane Katrina (10/01) and in Reuters News regarding Bush’s popularity slump (10/02). He was also quoted in Agence France Presse regarding the early break of unity in the Republican Party (10/11), and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted him regarding the 2008 presidential race (10/13). He was also quoted in The Globe and Mail regarding President Bush’s popularity decline (10/15) and in the Vancouver Sun on the criminal investigation of Karl Rove (10/15).
James Oliver Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and of History, was quoted in the Houston Chronicle (10/01), by The Associated Press (10/06), in The New York Times (10/07), in The Corvallis Gazette-Times (10/08), and in The New York Sun (10/10) in articles pertaining to “Slavery in New York”, at the New York Historical Society.
Peter Hotez, chair of the department of microbiology and professor of microbiology and tropical medicine, was mentioned in Hartford Courant regarding a study performed at GW on an experimental vaccine to prevent hookworm infection (10/04) and is mentioned in Financial Times regarding a study that investigates public health programs in Sub-Saharan Africa (10/11).
Dennis Johnson, associate dean of the graduate school of political management and professor of political management, was quoted in The Washington Post in an article pertaining to Virginia’s upcoming gubernatorial election and its relation to Hurricane Katrina (10/02).
Murhaf Jouejati, director of the Middle Eastern studies program, ESIA and visiting professor of political science and international affairs and of honors, appeared on CNN: The Situation Room (10/12) and CNN: Live at Daybreak (10/13) . He was also quoted in Arab News (10/12), BusinessWeek Online, and in The New York Sun (10/13) regarding the suicide of Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan.
Susan Karamanian, assistant dean of administration, was quoted in the Houston Chronicle (10/09), The Dallas Morning News and in The New York Times (10/15) regarding Harriet Miers’ nomination.
Young-Key Kim-Renaud, Professor of Korean Language and Culture and International Affairs, was featured in a documentary by Korean news network, YTN, on October 1.
Peter Kornbluh, National Security Archive, was quoted in Independent on Sunday regarding Gary Webb of the Mercury News (10/09).
Jeanne Lambrew, associate professor of health policy, was quoted in MarketWatch (10/03), Detroit Free Press (10/04), Knight Ridder Tribune News (10/09), Managed Care Weekly Digest, Health & Medicine Week (10/10) and NewsRx.com (10/11) regarding her study on employer-sponsored health plans.
Michael Lewyn, visiting associate professor of law, was quoted in Grist Magazine in an article regarding schools and urban sprawl (10/06).
John Logsdon, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted in an article in the Cheboygan Tribune regarding the war in Iraq (10/03) and by The Associated Press (10/06) in an article on New Mexico’s X Prize Cup Contest. He was also quoted in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution regarding NASA’s plan for a return to the moon (10/13), in South China Morning Post (10/13) and in The Washington Post regarding China’s space program (10/15).
Ira Lupu, associate dean for faculty development, law school and F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor of Law, was quoted in The Washington Post regarding a federal judge’s ruling on The Salvation Army’s hiring policies (10/08).
Jarol Manheim, professor of media and public affairs and of political science, was quoted in The Sacramento Bee regarding the Service Employees International Union and Sutter General Hospital (10/08).
Jack Mendelsohn, part-time faculty, wrote an article in Arms Control Association regarding U.S. nuclear weapons strategy (10/05).
David Michaels, research professor of environmental occupational health, was quoted in Science News in an article regarding scientific evidence in the courtroom (10/08).
James Millar, professor emeritus of economics and international affairs, was quoted by RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty regarding integrating the Ukraine into the world economy (10/12).
Lawrence Mitchell, director, Sloan Program, Law School Professor of Law and John Theodore Fey Research Professor of Law, was quoted in Reuters News regarding a legal battle over a Walt Disney Company executive (10/07).
Jonathan Molot, professor of law, was quoted in The Boston Globe, in an article about Justice Stephen Breyer (10/03).
Spencer Overton, associate professor of law, was quoted by Knight Ridder Newspapers in an article on Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers (10/06), and in Buffalo News (10/07) and in Inquirer Washington Bureau (10/07) regarding Miers’ views on racial diversity. He was also quoted by blackenterprise.com regarding blogging (10/11).
Randall Packer, deputy chair of the department of biological sciences and professor of biology, was quoted on ABC News regarding the weather’s effect on people still trapped by the earthquake in South Asia (10/12).
Jerrold Post, professor of political psychology and international affairs and of psychology and behavioral science, was quoted in RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty regarding Al Qaeda and terrorist cells (10/07).
Peter Raven-Hansen, professor of law and Glen Earl Weston research professor of law, was quoted by the Houston Chronicle on Bush’s purported memorandum regarding the use of the military for civilian law enforcement in Louisiana (10/02).
Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law, was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered regarding Miers’ nomination (10/03) and in The Denver Post on the same topic (10/09).
Stephen Saltzburg, director of the litigation and dispute resolution program and Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law, was quoted in Corporate Counsel in an article regarding a debate about interrogation procedures used by American troops (10/01).
Ken Schaffner, university professor of medical humanities and professor of philosophy, was quoted in Australian Biotechnology News regarding the genomic revolution (10/12).
Steven Schooner, associate professor of law, was quoted in The Washington Post (10/04) and on GovExec.com (10/11) regarding federal contracts for recovery and reconstruction of Hurricane Katrina and in The Seattle Times (10/10) on oversight of Katrina relief funding. He was quoted in The Washington Post regarding the arrest of the Bush administration’s procurement policy chief (10/11) and again in Knight Ridder Newspapers regarding the National Weather Service’s radar project (10/11).
Joshua Schwartz, professor of law, was quoted in The Washington Post and on MSNBC regarding FEMA’s lack of preparedness for Hurricane Katrina (10/10).
David Shambaugh, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted in Dow Jones International News and in Dow Jones Commodities Service regarding Donald Rumsfeld’s hopes about China’s military (10/15).
David Shinn , an Elliott School adjunct professor, and GW alum Joshua Eisenman published “ Dueling Priorities for Beijing in the Horn of Africa” in the October 13 edition of the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief.
John Sides, assistant professor of political science, was quoted in The Hilltop ( Howard University) in an article about cell phones in class (10/03).
Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was quoted in Corporate Counsel regarding computer security (10/01) and in BusinessWeek, EarthTimes.org (10/02), The Louisiana Weekly (10/03), Dow Jones Newswires (10/06), and The Associated Press (10/09) regarding identity theft insurance. He was also quoted in the Columbia Daily Tribune regarding cell phone monitoring (10/09).
Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, was quoted in Reuters News regarding New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer (10/02) and appeared on Think Progress, on NBC News Today, on MSNBC Live and on NPR’s Talk of the Nation regarding the nomination of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court (10/03). He was quoted in the St. Petersburg Times regarding the new Supreme Court (10/01) and was quoted on the same topic in Broward Daily Business Review, Palm Beach Daily Business Review, The Star-Ledger, and in Miami Daily Business Review (10/04). Jonathan Turley wrote an article published in USA Today (10/06) regarding qualifications for Supreme Court and was quoted in Investor’s Business Daily (10/05). Turley wrote an article in The Washington Post regarding a Supreme Court ruling pertaining to an 1887 Virginia law (10/08) and he was on CNN.com regarding Harriet Miers’ qualifications (10/10). Dow Jones News Service quoted Turley regarding a government fraud case against tobacco companies (10/13).
Bob Tuttle, professor of law, was quoted on NPR’s All Things Considered regarding the use of religion in hiring decisions (10/04) and in The Christian Century regarding FEMA’s plan to reimburse religious organizations for their donations to hurricane relief (10/08).
Christopher Yukins, associate professor of government contracts law, was quoted in The Washington Post regarding increase in budget for government credit cards used by federal employees for services related to Hurricane Katrina relief (10/04), and in The Baton Rouge Advocate, Associated Press and on Nightly Business Report regarding tracking federal contract aid (10/12).
