GW In The News
March 1-15, 2007
Financial Planning (3/1) mentioned GW 's place as most expensive school in the nation.
Tmcnet.com (3/5) noted GW 's School of Business regarding dilemmas facing companies attempting to use CRM.
Insidehighered.com (3/6) published an article regarding GW 's plan to increase its need-based financial aid and The Boston Globe (3/11) and USA Today (3/15) noted that it will decrease its merit aid.
Smalltimes.com (3/9) noted that GW is involved with the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School , which studies how cultural orientation affects people's political views.
Houston Chronicle (3/11) mentioned GW 's tuition freeze, maintaining the price of tuition for students throughout their education.
Latimes.com (3/11) noted a study by GW 's Institute for Policy, Democracy, and the Internet regarding campaign donations.
Susan Aaronson, adjunct professor of strategic management and public policy , wrote an article posted on yaleglobal.yale.edu (3/13) regarding forced child labor in West Africa .
Gordon Adams, director, security policy program at GW's Elliott School of International Affairs and professor of the practice of international affairs, was quoted on boston.com (3/4) regarding President Bush's plan to expand ground troops in Iraq .
John Banzhaf, professor of law, was quoted in an Associated Press article posted on BusinessWeek.com regarding a Supreme Court case against Philip Morris USA and on wral.com ( Raleigh ) regarding possible ethics charges to be brought against Mike Nifong, a prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case.
Kathleen Barr , research associate for GW's Young Voter Strategies, was quoted in National Journal (3/10) regarding the role of youth in the history of politics and voting.
Lisa Benton-Short, associate professor of geography, was quoted in The Washington Post (3/14) regarding the artwork of a former GW student, Nikolas Schiller.
Reem Berro, research associate, was quoted in Science Letter regarding HIV research.
Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archive housed at GW , was quoted in The Washington Post (3/2), on insidehighered.com (3/2), on iht.com (3/8), in The New York Times (3/8), and in The Chronicle of Higher Education (3/9) regarding a House proposal regarding the release of presidential papers. The Washington Post (3/8) quoted him regarding the glimpse at the culture of secrecy in the White House revealed through the Libby trial, and Capitolhillblue.com (3/9) quoted him regarding the increase in government secrecy. Clarionledger.com (3/11) quoted him regarding keeping emergency plans secret and Atlanta Journal-Constitution (3/12) and Austin American Statesman (3/12) quoted him regarding federal agencies' non-compliance with requirements to publicize documents on the Web. USA Today (3/13) published his op-ed and Foxnews.com (3/13) and Dow Jones International News (3/14) quoted him regarding government secrecy. A Reuters story posted on Fox6news.com (3/15) quoted him regarding a 2001 order that allowed President's to keep their papers private indefinitely which was overturned by the House.
Don Braman, associate professor of law, was quoted on firstscience.com (3/7), on huliq.com (3/8), and on azonano.com (3/13) regarding U.S. attitudes toward nanotechnology.
Frank Cilluffo, associate vice president for homeland security, wrote an article published in USA Today (3/1) and on news.yahoo.com (3/1) regarding his call for a strategy of chaos for subway security.
Gene Cohen, professor of health care sciences, was quoted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (3/13) regarding the aging brain.
Mark Feldstein, associate professor of media and public affairs, was quoted in The New York Times (3/8) in an article reprinted in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (3/8) and posted on theledger.com (3/8) regarding the role of the press in the trial of Lewis �Scooter� Libby. Fortwayne.com (3/8) quoted him regarding the BALCO affair. NPR: Weekend Edition-Saturday (3/10) hosted him and Sacbee.com (3/11) and English.ohmynews.com (3/14) quoted him in a discussion regarding the role of reporters in the Libby trial. Nytimes.com (3/11) and iht.com (3/12) quoted him regarding Democrats' objection to using Fox News as a debate platform.
Meredith Fuchs, general counsel to the National Security Archive, was quoted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (3/15), Contra Costa Times (3/15), and St. Louis Post-Dispatch (3/15) regarding the House's vote to force federal agencies to be more responsive to Freedom of Information requests for documents.
Edward William Gnehm, Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs, was quoted on arabtimesonline.com (3/13) regarding the need for Middle Eastern studies programs.
Richard Roy Grinker, professor of anthropology and international affairs and human sciences, was noted in Nature (3/8) in a review of his book, Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism .
Stephen Hess, distinguished research professor of media and public affairs, was quoted in Reuters News (3/3), gulfnews.com (3/4), and on thenews.com.pk (3/3) regarding U.S. political dynasties. St. Petersburg Times (3/10) quoted him regarding the popularity of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Houston Chronicle (3/13) quoted him regarding Rep. Ron Paul's announcement of his candidacy for the Republican primary.
Frederick Lawrence, dean of the law school, was quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education (3/2) regarding the rising trend of American universities seeking partnerships with higher education institutions in India .
John Logsdon, research professor of political science and international affairs, was quoted on myfoxcolorado.com (3/6) ctv.ca (3/6) Wyoming News (3/7) and jacksonholestartrib.com (3/12) regarding NASA's lack of funding to search for and remove asteroids from Earth's path.
Richard Longstreth, director, graduate program in historic preservation and professor of American studies, was quoted in The Arkansas Democrat Gazette (3/11) from his comments at an architectural conference in Fayetteville , Arkansas .
Ira Lupu, associate dean for faculty development, law school, and F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor of Law, was quoted in Times Union (3/3) regarding the U.S. Supreme Court case Hein vs. Freedom from Religion Foundation.
James Arthur Miller, director of the department of American studies and professor of English and of American studies, wrote a review of �Tales of the Out & the Gone,� a compilation of short stories by Amiri Baraka. His review was published in The Washington Post (3/14).
Veronica Miller, associate research professor of prevention and community health, was quoted in AIDS Weekly (3/11) regarding HIV research.
Lisa Delpy Neirotti, associate professor of tourism and sport management, was quoted in thedesertsun.com (3/14) regarding the Pacific Life Open.
Adelaide Robb, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was quoted in The Washington Post (3/13) regarding a Harvard study which found that more males suffer from eating disorders than previously thought.
Sara Rosenbaum, chair of the department of health policy and professor of health policy, was quoted on upi.com (3/13) regarding quality health care for children.
Stephen Saltzburg, director of the litigation and dispute resolution program and Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law, was quoted on latimes.com (3/7) regarding the trial of Lewis �Scooter� Libby.
Roger Schechter, William Thomas Fryer Research Professor of Law, was quoted in Fortune Asian Edition (3/5) regarding an intellectual property dispute between Starbucks and Ethiopia .
Heather Schell, assistant professor of writing, was noted on macnewsworld.com (3/9) regarding her use of podcasts in her writing classes.
David Shambaugh, professor of political science and international affairs, was a guest on CNN: This Week at War (3/3) in a discussion regarding the U.S. 's dependence on the Chinese economy.
Dinah Shelton, Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law , wrote an op-ed posted on latimes.com (3/6) in Montreal Gazette (3/11) and in Orlando Sentinel (3/12) regarding Japan 's moral and legal obligation to compensate the comfort women, who were coerced into providing sex for the Japanese military during World War II.
John Sides, assistant professor of political science, was quoted on crosswalk.com (3/6) regarding former Virginia governor James Gilmore.
Bruce Siegel, research professor of health policy, was quoted in Detroit Free Press (3/15) regarding efforts in Detroit to make hospitals more efficient.
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president of the university, was quoted on cnsnews.com (3/9) from his introduction of former president Jimmy Carter to an audience of students at Lisner Auditorium.
Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Service Law, was quoted in The San Francisco Chronicle (3/7) and in The Spectator (3/10) regarding the trial of Lewis �Scooter� Libby. Deseret Morning News (3/10), Journal Times Online (3/10), Boston Herald (3/10), and Tulsa World (3/10) quoted him regarding a federal appeals court which overturned the District's handgun ban. SBS 6.30pm TV World News Transcripts (3/10) quoted him regarding the FBI's improper use of terror legislation to impede the privacy of American citizens and Rawstory.com (3/10) quoted him regarding President Bush's role in the torture of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay. Times-Picayune (3/11) quoted him regarding how the president of Nigeria could become a key witness in the probe of Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans and MSNBC: Countdown (3/12) hosted him in a discussion of Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. The Salt Lake Tribune (3/14), Roll Call (3/14), and The Washington Post (3/15) quoted him regarding the D.C. Voting Rights Bill, a bill proposed to give Utah a fourth seat and to give D.C. a vote in the House of Representatives.
Guanyu Wang, assistant research professor of physics, was noted in Science Letter (3/6) and Life Science Weekly (3/6) regarding his creation of a computer model which reproduces all three stages of HIV infection.
Bernard Wood, University Professor of Human Origins and professor of human evolutionary anatomy, was quoted on sciencenow.sciencemag.org (3/13) regarding findings that claim our ancestors grew at a similar rate as contemporary humans, based on evidence from the ancient jawbone of an 8-year-old found in Morocco .
