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June 16 - 30, 2003

GW's women's water polo team received the "American Water Polo Coaches Association Academic Honors" award.  The story was covered in The Official College Sports Network (6/18).

 

GW's plan to create special correspondence courses to enroll about half a dozen college-age members of the Saudi royal family who are wary of traveling to the United States in a climate of terrorism fears, was featured in an article on the front page of The Washington Post.  The story was also covered in the following outlets: Dow Jones International News (6/23), the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (6/23), The Press Trust of India Limited (6/23) and the Times Union (Albany, NY) (6/23).

 

GW's READI center for disaster management was the subject of a Washington Post article (6/26).  It was also featured in The Loudoun Observer (6/16), the Loudoun Times Mirror (6/18) and Leesburg Today (6/27).

GW Washington Forum radio programs included Cynthia Lee, professor of law, discussing her book, "Murder and the Reasonable Man" (6/22); and Fredrick Joutz, associate professor of economics, and Peter Locke, associate professor of finance, analyzing the domestic economy (6/29).

John Banzhaf, professor of law, was mentioned in Dow Jones International News and Dow Jones Commodities Service regarding the lawsuit he is bringing against fast food chains (6/18, 6/23).  A similar story also ran in the following outlets: The Daily Telegraph (6/16), USA Today (6/18), Reuters News (6/18, 6/19, 6/20), Reuters Health E-Line (6/19), the Financial Times (6/18, 6/19, 6/22, 6/23), the Hindustan Times (6/19), AP Online (6/19, 6/20) Associated Press Newswires (6/19), The Orlando Sentinel (6/19), Agence France Presse (6/20), The Washington Times (6/20, 6/23, 6/27), The Daily Telegraph (London) (6/20), the Charleston Gazette (6/20), The Wall Street Journal (6/20, 6/30), The Cincinnati Post (6/20), The Salt Lake Tribune (6/20), The Times of India (6/21), the Houston Chronicle (6/22), The Asian Wall Street Journal (6/22), All Africa (6/22), the Boston Herald (6/24),  Investor's Business Daily (6/25), the Denver Post (6/25, 6/27) and The News and Observer (North Carolina) (6/29).  He was also interviewed on the FOX News Channel's "Your World" (6/18), FOX News Channel's "Special Report with Brit Hume" (6/19), NBC News' "Today" (6/19), CNNfn's "Markets Impact" (6/20), Minnesota Public Radio's "Marketplace" (6/23), CNBC's Business Center (6/26) and CNNfn's "Market Call" (6/27).

 

Neal Barnard, professor of medicine, was quoted in the Tampa Tribune regarding his new book "Breaking the Food Seduction" (6/16).

David Brunori, was a guest on NPR's "Morning Edition" to discuss cigarette taxes (6/17).

Paul Butler, professor of law, was quoted in The Washington Post regarding racial inequality in the law enforcement community (6/23).  He was also quoted in The Washington Post regarding the Supreme Court ruling in the University of Michigan affirmative action case (6/25).

Yvone Captain, professor of Spanish and international relations, was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio's: "Marketplace" discussing the combination of Univision and Hispanic Broadcasting to create the first Spanish language media empire in the U.S. (6/26).

Michael Cornfield, research director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, was quoted in The Columbian discussing MoveOn.org (6/28).  The article also ran in The Washington Post (6/29) and the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette (6/29).

Charles Cushman, associate professor of political management, was quoted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution talking about Donald Rumsfeld (6/22).

Amitai Etzioni, GW University Professor, discussed his book, "My Brother's Keeper: A Memoir and a Message," at a GW Bookstore forum that was covered by C-SPAN's "Book TV" (6/16).  He also wrote an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, "Don't Separate Mosque and State," discussing U.S.'s reconstruction of Iraq (6/16).  He was also quoted in the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette talking about diversity and the Supreme Court ruling in the University of Michigan affirmative action case (6/24).

Adriane Fugh-Berman, associate clinical professor of medicine and assistant clinical professor of medicine, was quoted in the Times Union (Albany, NY) about the correlation between defective sperm and miscarriages (6/24).

Kerric Harvey, professor of media and public affairs, was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor about government's new plan to stop telemarketers (6/30). 

Lance Hoffman, distinguished research professor and professor of engineering and applied science, was quoted in The New York Times discussing the national effort to improve homeland security (6/30).

James Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Civilization and of History, was quoted in the Boston Herald regarding new research about the battle of Bunker Hill (6/16). He was also quoted in an article in The Washington Post regarding racial studies and the controversial and new academic field that seeks to change how white people look at race (6/20).

Karl Inderfurth, professor of the practice of international affairs, was interviewed on BBC's "World Today, Europe Today" program and CNN's "Today" program discussing Pakistan President Musharraf's visit to D.C. and meetings with President Bush (6/24).  He also co-authored an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun titled "Building Momentum for Peace in Pakistan" (6/22).

Darryl Jenkins, director of the Aviation Institute, was quoted in the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette talking about US Airways CEO David Siegel (6/17).  He was also quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article discussing the decrease in airline delays and traffic (6/23).

Orin Kerr, associate professor of law, was quoted in an AP Newswire article discussing copyright laws (6/16 and 6/17).  The story also ran in AP Online (6/17), The Canadian Press (6/17) and the Patriot-News (6/18).  He was also interviewed on CNBC's "Business Center" (6/17) and FOX News "The O' Reilly Factor" (6/19) discussing the same issue. 

John Lachin, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, was quoted in Reuters Health E-Line discussing the results of his recent diabetes study (6/16).  He was also quoted about the same study in USA Today (6/16).

 

Jeanne Lambrew, associate professor of health policy, was quoted in the Times Union discussing the new prescription drug plan that is being debated in Congress (6/20).

John Logsdon, director of the Elliott School's Space Policy Institute, was quoted in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the British spacecraft Beagle 2, which is scheduled to land on Mars (6/16).

                                                                                                                                       

Jason Mader, manager of the Virginia Campus information technology, was quoted in Business Wire in an article discussing a new software system, CommuniGate Pro v4.1 (6/23).

Frank Morris, professor of law, was interviewed on NBC News "Nightly News," CNBC " Business Center " and CNN's "Moneyline" talking about the Supreme Court's ruling on the University of Michigan 's affirmative action case (6/23).

 

Thomas Nagy, associate professor of expert systems, was quoted by Gannett News Service discussing the civilian state of Iraq in the aftermath of the war (6/23).

 

Susan Phillips, dean of the School of Business and Public Management, appeared on Bloomberg Television regarding the Fed's decision to cut interest rates (6/24).  

 

Dr. Jerrold Post, professor of psychiatry, political psychology and international affairs and director of GW's Political Psychology Program, was quoted in the South China Morning Post discussing the mental state of suicide bombers (6/28). He also discussed Saddam Hussein in a half-page article in the Stavanger Aftenblad, a Norwegian daily (6/21). Finally, he was interviewed by The Sankei Shimb um about Kim Jong-II and terrorists (6/29).

Jeffrey Rosen, associate professor of law, was interviewed on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" discussing the Supreme Court's ruling on the University of Michigan's affirmative action case (6/23).  He was also quoted in the Financial Times discussing the same issue (6/24).  Finally, he was interviewed on NPR's "All Things Considered" discussing the Supreme Court (6/27).

 

Jonah Seigel, part-time faculty, was interviewed on NPR's: "Morning Edition" discussing MoveOn.org, a liberal group that conducted a Democratic Internet primary (6/25).

The Elliott School's Ambassador David Shinn, was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live (national news network) on the closure of the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, following a terrorist threat (6/21).

Jo Spear, director of the Elliott School's new U.S. Foreign Policy Institute, was interviewed by Radio 5 and BBC Radio (United Kingdom) discussing her new role as the director of the USFPI (6/23).

Stephen J. Trachtenberg, president of The George Washington University, was quoted in The Washington Post, The Washington Times and The Boston Globe discussing the Supreme Court ruling on the University of Michigan's affirmative action case (6/24, 6/29).  He was also featured on WTOP discussing the same issue (6/23). 

 

Jonathan Turley, professor of law, was interviewed on NPR's "All Things Considered" discussing Canada's recent approval of a bill that will recognize same-sex marriages (6/18).  He also appeared on FOX News Channel's "Special Report with Brit Hume" and MSNBC's "Hardball" to discuss the Supreme Court's ruling on the University of Michigan's affirmative action case (6/23).  Turley was quoted in the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette, the Dayton Daily News, and the Austin-American Statesman discussing the trial of al Qaida leader Zacarias Moussaoui (6/27).  Finally, Turley was interviewed on MSNBC's "Hardball" discussing the Supreme Court ruling in the Texas sodomy case (6/27).

John Silvanus Wilson, executive dean of GW's Virginia campus, was quoted in the Washington Business Journal discussing the growth of the bioscience industry in Loudoun County (6/27).

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