GW In The News
December 15-31, 2005

 

The Baltimore Sun noted GW’s place as one of the top ten most expensive schools in the nation, and also commented on its guarantee that incoming freshman will not face a hike in tuition within their four years of attendance (12/23).

U.S. News & World Report (12/26) and tampabays10.com (12/27) noted GW’s participation in a study on creativity and aging.

Energy Trader cited a GW study showing that miners and construction workers have the highest percentage of problem-drinking in the U.S. (12/21).

Africa News reported that GW announced its plan to provide capacity building assistance for the health sector in Ethiopia (12/17).

Gordon Adams was interviewed by Copley News Service (12/19) on Iraq and civil liberties issues and by the Wall Street Journal (12/22).

Thomas Blanton, National Security Archive, was quoted in The Boston Globe regarding the National Security Agency’s monitoring of international phone calls and emails (12/23).

Rachel Brem, professor of radiology, was mentioned in Cancer Law Weekly (12/31), Law & Health Weekly (12/31), Medical Imaging Week (12/31), Telemedicine Law Weekly (12/31), Medical Imaging Business Week (12/29), Telemedicine Business Week (12/28), Medical Imaging Law Weekly (12/27), Physician Business Week (12/27), Telemedicine Week (12/27), Life Science Weekly (12/27), Science Letter (12/27), Women’s Health Weekly (12/29), and Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week (12/29) regarding her research on the detection of breast cancer.

Alison Brooks, chair of the department of anthropology, was mentioned in The Economist regarding her research regarding traits which represent conceptual advancement in human evolution (12/24).

Nathan Brown, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted on Iranian.ws regarding Iraq’s constitution in an article entitled “Women, Islam, and the New Iraq” (12/28).

Mary Cheh, professor of law and Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law, was quoted in The Buffalo News (12/30), Bloomberg.com (12/29) and boston.com (12/30) regarding President Bush’s authorization of eavesdropping. Cheh wrote an article published in Legal Times regarding Supreme Court politics (12/26).

Charles Craver, Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law, was quoted in The Washington Post regarding The Washington Ballet’s labor dispute (12/22).

Mark Feldstein, associate professor of media and public affairs, was quoted in The Herald ( Glasgow) (12/22) and in The Washington Post (12/18) regarding the death of Jack Anderson, Pulitzer prize-winning columnist.

Timothy Fort, Lindner-Gambal Professor of Business Ethics, was quoted on sitnews.us regarding the Chinese government’s censorship of the internet (12/26).

Meredith Fuchs, National Security Archive, was quoted in The New York Times (12/16) and in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (12/15) regarding President Bush’s order for federal agencies to improve public access to government information.

Warren Greenberg, professor of health policy, was quoted in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel regarding hospital charges (12/30).

John Harrald, professor of engineering management, was quoted in USA Today regarding disaster preparedness programs for the evacuation of elderly and frail people (12/30).

Stephen Hess, distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, was quoted by the Associated Press regarding the president’s second term (12/23) and was quoted on foxnews.com regarding news and headlines from 2005 (12/28). Hess also was quoted on voanews.com regarding limits of presidential authority (12/27).

Karl Hobbs, coach of the men’s basketball team, was quoted in The Washington Post (12/30), Associated Press (12/30), and wilsondaily.com (12/31) regarding the Colonials’ loss to North Carolina State.

Karl Inderfurth, John O. Rankin Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, David Fabrycky, and Stephen Cohen wrote an article published in The Christian Science Monitor regarding last year’s tsunami (12/27). Inderfurth also discussed the tsunami on NPR: Day to Day (12/26) and All Things Considered (12/29).

Suzanne Jackson, associate professor of clinical law and director of health rights law clinic, was quoted in The Washington Post (12/20) and The Washington Times (12/30) regarding “dual-eligible” people, those covered under Medicare and Medicaid, with the new part D drug benefit.

Orin Kerr, associate professor of law, was quoted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (12/24), The Washington Post (12/23), Omaha World-Herald (12/20), miamiherald.com (12/30), qctimes.com (12/29) and in The New York Times (12/23) regarding the domestic surveillance debate.

William Kovacic, E.K. Gubin Professor of Government Contracts Law, as announced in The Washington Post, was appointed to a seven-year term with the Federal Trade Commission (12/26).

John Logsdon, professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted in The Seattle Times (12/25) and playfuls.com (12/27) regarding Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ private rocket enterprise. He was quoted on sci-tech.com, toptechnews.com and newsfactor.com regarding the future of the American space program (12/27).

Ira Lupu, associate dean for faculty development at the law school, was quoted on axisoflogic.com regarding Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (12/31).

Kate Martin, National Security Archive, was quoted in The Denver Post (12/17) and in The Washington Post (12/16) regarding domestic surveillance.

Peter Raven-Hansen, professor of law and Glen Earl Weston Research Professor of Law, was quoted in The New York Times regarding the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, passed after the September 11, 2001 hijackings (12/20).

Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law, was quoted on pbs.org regarding documents written by Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito and released by The National Security Archive (12/28).

Catherine Ross, professor of law, was mentioned in The Recorder (12/19) and The Legal Intelligencer (12/16) regarding Cobb County’s ( Georgia) mandate that stickers questioning the theory of evolution be placed in high school biology texts.

Julie Ryan, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, was quoted in Times-Picayune ( New Orleans) regarding the ethics of computer security (12/21).

Howard Sachar, professor of history and international affairs, wrote “A History of Jews in the Modern World”, which was reviewed in The Jerusalem Report (12/26).

Stephen Saltzburg, director of the litigation and dispute resolutions program, was quoted in Legal Times regarding bribing witnesses (12/19).

David Shinn was interviewed by VOA Radio (12/21 & 12/29) on the current situation in Ethiopia.

Gregory Squires, chair of the department of sociology, was quoted in Los Angeles Times (12/28) and in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (12/31) regarding home loans for people with poor credit.

Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, was quoted in The Washington Post regarding residential zoning regulations in the city of Manassas (12/30) and in St. Petersburg Times regarding a domestic spying program (12/20 and 12/29). USA Today quoted him regarding behavior detection training for airport security screeners (12/28). Turley wrote an article published in USA Today regarding the debate on Bush’s domestic spying program (12/22). He appeared on ABC: Good Morning America (12/29), and was quoted by The Associated Press (12/29), madison.com (12/30), and voanews.com (12/30) regarding domestic surveillance and terrorism. Detnews.com quoted Turley regarding elderly prisoners (12/28).