Among the Columbian College faculty getting recent press are the following individuals, listed by department:

Alison Brooks spoke with NPR's All Things Considered about "Earliest Human Engraving Or Trash From An Ancient Lunch?" and was quoted by National Geographic in "World's Oldest Art Identified in Half-Million-Year-Old Zigzag."

Brian Richmond was quoted in "Study: modern agriculture has weakened human bones" (United Press International).

Christopher Rollston was referenced by the Associated Press in "Mississippi State archaeologist says ancient clay seals may shed light on Biblical era."

Wallace Mullin coauthored a study mentioned in "Are You More Productive At The Office When Your Team Includes Both Genders?" (Forbes).

Tara Sinclair was interviewed by Forbes in "How Boomers, Gen X And Gen Y Look For Work" and quoted by The Florida Times-Union in "Giving up: Workforce dropouts first battle despair, then many retire early."

Joann Weiner authored several posts for The Washington Post blog, She The People, including: "Pension cuts helped keep the government open, but they hurt many retired women," "Is Uber’s surge pricing fair?" and "Janay Rice, Anita Sarkeesian, and ‘Jackie’: Three women who made us get mad in 2014."

Dean Kessmann's work was included in the Washington City Paper article "Worth the Galleries: The Best Contemporary Art of 2014."

Mehdi Moini published "Understanding irregular shell formation of Nautilus in aquaria: Chemical composition and structural analysis" in Zoo Biology and "Assessing the Impact of Synchrotron X-ray Irradiation on Proteinaceous Specimens at Macro and Molecular Levels" in Analytical Chemistry. His research was also referenced by Smithsonian Science in "Nautilus shell deformity puzzles scientists."

Eric Arnesen was quoted in "How the labor and civil rights movements found solidarity" (Al Jazeera America) and "2014 protests: From Ferguson to Hong Kong, impact unclear" (USA Today).

Erin Chapman was quoted by CBS-DC in "Ferguson Protesters Criticized for Blocking D.C., Baltimore Traffic."

James Hershberg authored "Cuba and US: the long, twisted tale of two countries" for The Conversation.

P.J. Crowley spoke with Fox News Channel's Shepard Smith Reporting (video), BBC World News (video) and Voice of America's Encounter (audio) on a range of political topics.

Michael Freedman spoke with WTOP-FM (audio) about late CBS broadcaster Richard Hottelet.

Lee Huebner was quoted in "Petri's departure thins the ranks of House moderates" (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).

David Karpf authored "The reason why your inbox is flooded with political e-mail" for The Washington Post blog, The Monkey Cage, and was quoted by The New York Times in "Facebook Says Experiments Prove Ads on Its Site Can Spur Donations."

Patricia Phalen wrote The Conversation article "The Interview, Hollywood and the politics of ridicule."

Steven Roberts spoke with KGO-AM in San Francisco about various political topics (audio: 1, 2).

Frank Sesno spoke with Al Jazeera about "Covering the CIA torture report" and was quoted in "The media's volatile year" (Politico).

Tara Sonenshine authored "How 'I can't breathe' resonates around the world" (The Hill) and The Huffington Post articles, "A Cuban Chanukah and Christmas Gift" and "'All The Light We Cannot See' Brings War Into Sharp Focus."

Janet Steele was quoted by The Washington Times in "Did 'narrative journalism' on U.Va. rape undo Rolling Stone's Sabrina Erdely?"

Emily Thorson and her research were featured in "No, China does not hold more than 50 percent of U.S. debt" (The Washington Post).

Katrina Pariera's research was discussed in The Atlantic article "People Feel Better About Pornography When It's Educational."

Stephen Biddle was quoted by Agence France Presse in "Obama nominates Ashton Carter as Pentagon chief."

Sarah Binder spoke with American Public Media's Marketplace (audio) about the lame duck Congress and was quoted in "6 dynamics that could make or break the next Congress" (USA Today).

Henry Hale was quoted in the CNN article "Obama gets no credit, Putin gets no blame for economy."

Harris Mylonas co-authored "Why everything is at stake and yet nothing will be decided in today’s Greek presidential election" (The Monkey Cage), and was quoted in "Greek Parliament Fails to Back Prime Minister’s Presidential Candidate in Second Vote" (The Wall Street Journal).

David Shambaugh was quoted by Voice of America in "Asian Neighbors Wary of China, Uncertain About Regional Security" and by The Washington Post in "As Obama opens to Cuba, experts recall benefits from U.S. engagement with China."

John Sides wrote "Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Monkey Cage!" for The Monkey Cage and was quoted in "Would A 'Top-2' Primary Election Help Reduce Gridlock?" (Bloomberg) and "The invisible primary: Can party elites pick a nominee before anyone votes?" (Vox).

Marvin Phaup authored "Could a corporate accounting change cost millions of jobs?" (The Conversation).

Amit Ronen was referenced in two Computerworld articles, "Rooftop solar electricity on pace to beat coal, oil" and "U.S. utilities face up to $48B revenue loss from solar, efficiency."

Robert Eisen participated in a discussion on the "Role of Religion in Combating Terrorism" (C-SPAN3).

Peter Rollberg was quoted by The New York Times in "Champion of the Lone Russian Everyman."

Amitai Etzioni authored the following articles for The Huffington Post: "China: Young Voices," "Debating the ACLU: Advocacy vs. Policy Analysis" and "No Limits to Freedom of the Press?"

Gordon Mantler gave a talk on "Minority Activism and the 1968 Election" (C-SPAN3) as part of his book project.