GW In The News
August 1-15, 2006
The Washington Post (8/2) and wtopnews.com (8/2) mentioned GW in an article regarding a survey conducted by master of public policy candidates regarding whether domestic workers are exploited.
The Globe and Mail (8/2), news.sawf.org (8/8), and scenta.co.uk (8/8) mentioned GW researchers’ involvement in a study regarding the benefits of a vegan diet for those with diabetes.
The Baltimore Sun (8/2) mentioned GW regarding its 2001 enrollment boom when the university had to rent hotel rooms to accommodate an unexpected amount of students.
Irish Times (8/3) and Irish Independent (8/3) noted GW academics’ support for a docklands development project in Galway city.
Gulfbreezenews.com (8/3), U.S. News & World Report (8/2), and St. Louis Post-Dispatch (8/6) mentioned Karl Rove’s speech at GW presented to a small group of political science graduate students.
Mental Health Weekly Digest (8/7), Health & Medicine Week (8/7), Biotech Week (8/9), Life Science Weekly (8/8), Science Letter (8/8), Obesity, Fitness, & Wellness Week (8/12) and Pain & Central Nervous System Week (8/7) mentioned GW’s involvement in a research study that showed that elderly people with dementia are capable of teaching and giving advice.
The Washington Post (8/8) noted GW in an article about increasing numbers of students traveling abroad.
University Business Magazine: UB Daily (8/2) posted a press release and amonline.com (8/11) posted an article announcing that GW awarded a 10-year contract to Sodhexo to manage university dining services.
John Banzhaf , professor of law, appeared on NBC News: Today (8/15) regarding possible changes in U.S. airport security following the foiled terrorist plot in Britain.
David Brunori , professorial lecturer in law, was quoted in The Boston Globe (8/6) regarding sales tax holidays.
Frank Cilluffo , associate vice president for homeland security, was quoted in Dow Jones International News (8/10), in The Guardian (8/11), and in Irish Times (8/12) regarding heightened airport security due to a recently halted terrorist plot. Wilmingtonstar.com (8/12) quoted him in an article regarding British success in foiling a terrorist plot.
Mary Cheh, Elyce Zenoff Research Professor of Law, was mentioned in The Washington Times (8/10) and in The Washington Post (8/15) in an article regarding D.C. Council Ward 3 candidates.
Gene Cohen , professor of health care sciences, was quoted in Seattle Post-Intelligencer (8/3) and Miami Herald (8/4) regarding the therapeutic benefits of art for patients with Alzheimer’s.
Joseph Cordes, associate director of school public policy and public administration,
professor of economics, public policy and public administration, & international affairs, was quoted on thehill.com (8/2) regarding what type of advanced degree best equips people for a career in public service.
Carol Darr , senior research staff scientist, was quoted in Technology Daily PM (8/10) regarding third party candidates’ use of online campaigning and appeared as a guest on NPR: All Things Considered (8/10) in a discussion of online politics.
Christopher Deering, chair of the department of political science and professor of political science, was quoted in The Washington Post (8/15) regarding candidates in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes (D-Md.).
Eric Goplerud, research professor of health policy, was quoted on latimes.com (8/14) regarding viewing alcoholism as a disease.
Stephen Hess, distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, was quoted in Investor’s Business Daily (8/14) regarding how the fear of terrorism is a benefit to the Republican party campaign.
Elliot Hirshman, chief research officer and p rofessor of psychology, was quoted on seedmagazine.com (8/3) regarding a research study by a Carnegie Mellon researcher on how humans form new memories.
Karl Hobbs , coach of men’s basketball, was mentioned on prnewswire.com (8/3) for his participation in a basketball tournament for service members United Service Organizations and Armed Forces Entertainment tour to Japan.
Lance Hoffman , professor emeritus of computer science, was quoted on sciencentral.com (8/3) in an article regarding the use of the internet for planning terrorist acts.
James O. Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and of History, was mentioned in Journal-World ( Lawrence, KS) (8/6) for his participation as a guest historian in a Civil War commemoration.
Ira Lupu, associate dean for faculty development at the GW Law School, and F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor of Law, was quoted in Texas Lawyer (8/14) in an article regarding two Texas cases concerning the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine.
David Michaels, research professor of environmental occupational health, was quoted in Inside OSHA (8/7) and in Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (8/13) regarding unions petitioning the Department of Labor to protect workers from the harmful effects of a chemical used in making popcorn.
Mike Mochizuki, Japan-U.S. Relations Associate Professor of Political Science & International Affairs, was quoted in Financial Times (8/15) regarding Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s controversial visit to Yasukuni war shrine.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies, was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal (8/4) in an article regarding his son, Vali Nasr’s views on the unrest in Mideast.
Jerrold Post, professor of political psychology & international affairs and of psychology & behavioral science, was quoted in The Christian Science Monitor (8/2) regarding Israel’s psychological operations against Lebanon, and in The Miami Herald (8/5) and The Washington Times (8/8) regarding the secrecy in the health status of political leaders. Yonhap English News (8/14) quoted him regarding his assessment of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Il.
Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics & Human Behavior, & Psychology & Behavioral Science, wrote an article published in The New York Sun (8/10) regarding the “human-shield strategy” being used in the Israel-Lebanon conflict.
Jeffrey Rosen , professor of law, appeared on PBS: TheNews Hour with Jim Lehrer (8/15) regarding the difference between British and U.S. anti-terror laws.
Stephen Saltzburg, d irector of the litigation and dispute resolution program and
Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law, was quoted in The Recorder (8/10) regarding Pentagon General Counsel William Haynes II’s attempt to gain a seat on the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Steven Schooner , associate professor of law, was quoted in The Washington Post (8/9) regarding FEMA contracts.
Dinah Shelton, Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law, was quoted in Fulton County Daily Report ( Atlanta) (8/10) regarding the U.S. State Department urging U.S. District Judge Richard Leon to drop a case against a Chinese leader for human rights abuses against a religious group.
Gary Simon , director, division of infectious diseases, vice chairman, department of medicine, and p rofessor of medicine, was quoted in The Washington Post (8/15) regarding an uprising of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), of particular concern to athletes.
Daniel Solove, associate professor of law, was quoted in The Star-Ledger (8/6) and chinapost.com (8/6) regarding privacy.
Ronald Spector, professor of history and international affairs, wrote a review of Robert Harvey’s “American Shogun.” The review was published in The Wall Street Journal (8/3).
Steven Suranovic, associate professor of economics and international affairs, was cited on businessandmedia.org (8/8) in an article regarding price gauging.
Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, was quoted in St. Louis Post–Dispatch (8/3) regarding Sen. Christopher Bond’s (R-Mo.) proposal that government officials be punished for leaking information and appeared on NPR: Weekend All Things Considered (8/5) in a discussion of a federal court case in California regarding the head of a mosque in Orange County. The Star-Ledger (8/13) quoted him regarding a new system of behavioral profiling being used in airport security and Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (8/6) quoted him regarding the high price of jailing older prisoners.
John Vlach, professor of American studies and of anthropology, was quoted on newsleader.com (8/12) regarding Frontier Culture Museum’s tour of the Igbo culture in Nigeria.
Robert Weiner, professor of international business, public policy & public administration & international affairs, was quoted in The New York Times (8/13) and The Globe and Mail (8/14) regarding high oil prices.
Ronald Weitzer , professor of sociology, was quoted in The Baltimore Sun (8/9) in an article regarding internet-advertised prostitution.
Christopher Yukins , associate professor of government contracts law, was quoted on fcw.com (8/14) regarding reverse auctions.
