GW's
agreement with Boston Properties to develop the old hospital site, square 54,
was covered by several local media outlets including The Washington Post (12/24), The Georgetown Current (12/29), and the
Washington Business Journal (12/17,
12/24).
The School of
Medicine and Health Sciences was mentioned in a Time magazine article about the school
requiring students to take an emergency preparedness course (12/27).
The GW Homeland Security Policy Institute
was mentioned by the States News
Service, US Fed News (12/30), and
The Orange County Register (12/31)
about a homeland security "white paper" the institute released on Dec.
29.
GW was
mentioned by States News Service in
regards to the University training Brazilian scientists (12/20). GW was
mentioned by Health & Medicine Week,
Cardiovascular Week, OBGYN &
Reproduction Week (12/27), and Women's Health Weekly (12/30) about a
nicotine study the University is conducting. Finally, GW was mentioned by Science Letter and Life Science Weekly about cardiovascular
disease (12/28).
GW
students were profiled in a Washington Post article about the "Facebook," an online guide to the
college community (12/28).
A speech at GW by Michael McDevitt, U.S. military
analyst, was covered by Taipei Times
about what
Taiwan should do
with the money the Chen Shui-bian government wants to spend on
U.S.
diesel-powered submarines (12/18).
Gordon
Adams, professor of the practice
of international affairs, was interviewed by NPR All Things Considered about how Congress
will pay for the war in
Iraq
(12/17).
Edward
Berkowitz, professor of history and of public policy and public
administration, was quoted by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in regards to
his book, Robert Ball and the Politics of
Social Security
(12/19).
Sarah
Binder, associate professor of political science, was quoted by the Christian Science Monitor in regards to the departing of
the 108th Congress (12/22).
Nathan
Brown, professor of political
science and international affairs, was quoted by The San Francisco Chronicle about the upcoming
election in Iraq
(12/16).
Paul
Butler, professor of law, was quoted by The Star-Ledger (12/17) and Legal Times (12/20) about a juror being
dismissed from a case because he could not put aside his racial identification
with a defendant.
Robert
Carmona-Borjas, part-time faculty in the romance languages and literatures
department, was quoted by EFE News
Service about the number of Venezuelans granted political asylum
(12/31).
Mary
Cheh, Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law, was quoted by the Associated
Press about the Justice Department's memo on the definition of torture
(12/31). Cheh was quoted in a Washington Post article about the
overturning of a man arrested for crossing a police line during a war protest
(12/31).
Frank
Cilluffo, GW associate vice president for homeland security, was quoted by
Sarasota Herald-Tribune about
computing security (12/19).
Amitai
Etzioni, University Professor, was quoted by Newsbytes News and The Washington Post about the use of the
term "community" (12/29). His op-ed on
Turkey and the
European Union was published in the Israeli Haaretz Daily (12/16). Finally, Etzioni
was interviewed by several Danish news organizations while visiting
Denmark for the
Copenhagen Conference on Nuclear Terrorism. Outlets include Danish National
Radio, Berlingske Tidende, and the
Danish television program "Deadline" (12/16).
Harvey
Feigenbaum, associate dean for the Elliott School of International Affairs,
was quoted by The Washington Times
about U.S.
popular culture (12/31).
Cynthia
Harrison, associate professor of history, women's studies, and of public
policy, was quoted by The Richmond
Times-Dispatch about Hillary Clinton's possible run for president in 2008
(12/19).
Ambassador Edward
"Skip" Gnehm, Elliott School Shapiro Visiting Professor,
was quoted in a Washington Post
Outlook section article titled, "Freeing Ourselves to Take Bold Diplomatic
Action" (12/26).
Dr. Paul
Kimmel, professor of medicine, was quoted in the National Institutes of Health and US Fed News about diabetic kidney disease
research (12/28).
Taras
Kuzio, visiting assistant professor of international affairs, was mentioned
by The San Francisco Chronicle (12/19) and the Herald Sun (12/29) about the latest
developments in
Ukraine.
Jeanne M.
Lambrew, associate professor of health policy, was quoted by The Baton Rouge Advocate in regards to medical cuts
hurting the state of Louisiana
(12/17).
Forrest A.
Maltzman, professor of political science, was mentioned in a Baton Rouge Advocate article about
Congress and special interest groups (12/19).
George
Novak, senior research scientist at the Aviation Institute, was interviewed
by multiple outlets about holiday air travel delays including WBUR (Boston NPR),
Fox News Channel, CNN, Indianapolis
Business Journal (12/27), WTTG-TV (Fox 5), The Christian Science Monitor (12/28),
and CNBC (12/29). He was interviewed by NPR about the FAA's plans to hire 1,200
air traffic controllers (12/21).
Bernard
Reich, professor of political science and international affairs, was
mentioned in a Christian Science
Monitor article about British Prime Minister Tony Blair restoring
international peace with a road map (12/23).
Jeffrey
Rosen, associate professor of law, was interviewed on CNN
Anderson Cooper 360 and CNN Wolf Blitzer Reports about a recent
Osama Bin Laden tape (12/16). Rosen wrote an article, "Your Blog or Mine," that
ran in The New York Times Magazine
about Web site blogs (12/19). Rosen
was quoted by The Christian Science
Monitor about computer privacy issues (12/28).
Sarah
Rosenbaum, director of the center for health policy, was quoted by The New York Times about health
insurance for autistic people (12/21).
Claire
Rubin, senior research scientist at the Institute for Crisis,
Disaster and Risk Management, was quoted by The Press Trust of India (12/28) and the
International Herald Tribune (12/29)
in regards to the long term effects of the Indian Ocean
tsunamis.
Stephen
Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverly
Woodbury University Professor, was interviewed twice on NPR All Things Considered; first about
airport screeners (12/16), and second about the controversy regarding new self
regulation policies set up by judges (12/17). He was quoted by the Christian Science Monitor about legal
challenges the Supreme Court is facing (12/21). Saltzburg was mentioned by The Virginia-Pilot & The Ledger-Star in regards to misconduct in
the Navy (12/23).
Michael
Selmi, professor of law, was quoted by Dow Jones News in regards to a case
involving Coca-Cola (12/16).
Margaret
Shepard, GWSB executive director of advancement, was interviewed by BBC Newsnight about the differences between
university fundraising in the United
States and Great
Britain (12/16).
Ambassador
David Shinn, adjunct professor of international affairs, was quoted in All Africa (12/21, 12/22, 12/30) about
current issues in Africa.
Jonathan
Turley, J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, was
mentioned by Dow Jones News (12/22, 12/26), and The Wall Street Journal (12/29) about
justice for ID theft. Turley wrote
an op-ed in USA Today about ethics in
Congress (12/28). Turley wrote an
op-ed that ran in the Los Angeles Times and The Star Ledger titled "How Justice
Thomas has Laid Path to Center Seat"
(12/28). He wrote an op-ed featured
in The Cincinnati Post, Deseret Morning News, and The Record regarding the next chief
justice of the United
States (12/30).
Dr. Alan
Wasserman, chair for the department of medicine, was mentioned by Pharma Business Week, Cardiovascular Week,
Anti-Infectives Week, Biotech
Business Week (12/27), Biotech
Week (12/29), Drug Week and Genomics & Genetics Weekly (12/31)
about cardiovascular disease.
Ronald
Weitzer, professor of sociology, was quoted by The New York Times about a sex workers
movement where prostitutes perform and read short stories and poetry
(12/18).