the Hatchet's assistant news editor, is a sophomore majoring in journalism and mass communication. She has been writing for the campus news section of The Hatchet since her freshman year and previously covered the Board of Trustees beat. She is originally from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:58 p.m.
By George!, the University-run newspaper, is currently undergoing a transition phase that will include a new title.
The publication is being renamed GW Today, according to its Web site and Twitter page. The change will facilitate an overhaul from a monthly, print publication to an online, daily outlet, according to the Web site.
University spokesperson Michelle Sherrard said the process is a “broad External Relations initiative.” More information about the transition from By George! to GW Today should be available next week.
Friday, July 10, 2009 2:12 p.m.
Professor Michael Taylor. Courtesy GW Medical Center Marketing and Communications.
A research professor and food safety expert in the School of Public Health and Health Services has been named a senior adviser to the head of the Food and Drug Administration, the organization announced this week.
Professor Michael Taylor will serve as an adviser to Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret Hamburg and will collaborate with other FDA offices and the Obama Administration in planning future food safety legislation and identifying problems in national food programs, according to a news release from the FDA.
Taylor previously worked for the FDA as a staff attorney in 1976 and later as the deputy commissioner for policy. He has also worked in multiple food and agricultural organizations such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Monsanto Corp., and Resources for the Future. He started teaching at GW in 2007.
Monday, July 6, 2009 1:52 p.m.
Gelman Library will operate on a reduced schedule until the end of the summer, University Librarian Jack Siggins said Monday.
GW eliminated the 24-hour, seven-day per week schedule at the library at the end of June. The new hours are 7:30 a.m. to midnight every day. The move will help the University save money and energy, Siggins said.
“We decided to cut back on library hours in order to save energy because use of the library is not at its height at all during the summer,” he said. “It also saves a lot of money since we are not hiring for more hours.”
The regular Gelman Library schedule will resume on August 31.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:34 p.m.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded The GW Medical Center with a $1.17 million grant to research the costs of cancer treatment, the medical center announced last week.
The grant will be used to explore treatment costs in relation to quality of care – essentially determining whether the is the quality of care is on par with the price of care. The research will benefit patients, consumers, and third-party payers, according to a medical center news release.
Specifically, the grant will research three types of cancers: colorectal, lung and uterine. By studying three treatments that correspond with the cancers – colectomy, lung surgery, and uterine hysterectomy – researchers will inspect the relationship between the pricing of the procedures and their outcomes.
Dr. Avi Dor, expert on medical pricing and professor of health policy in the School of Public Health and Health Services, is the primary investigator of the grant. The Research Project Grant is the oldest grant mechanism used by the NIH.
