Below are some interesting alumni and university links we came across in the past month. Check them out.

• Former music writer for The GW Hatchet, Jake Hyman, CCAS BA ’07, has been writing a blog about music for nearly a year. His blog, A Stereo Sun, is a music review and opinion site. 

• Krystal Sirman, ESIA MA ’07, is in Amman, Jordan, working with the Landmine Survivors Network. She will document her experience there through her blog.

• GW School of Engineering and Applied Science faculty members Rajat Mittal and James Hahn and student Alfred von Loebbecke have been working with USA Swimming to better understand the biomechanics of the dolphin kick. Read The Washington Post story about how their research stands to help the U.S. swimming team’s medal count at the 2008 Olympics.

• Two recent GW health-related studies caught our attention. Research by Dr. Peter Hotez, chair of GW’s Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, about regions of our country where tropical diseases affect poor Americans was featured in The New York Times. A different study, led by Sara Rosenbaum, chair of the Department of Health Policy, found that the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment competitive bidding program that started July 1 could make it more difficult for seniors to manage their diabetes care.

• GW archaeology students blog about their experiences digging at Megiddo (biblical Armageddon) in Israel, on a project co-directed by Eric Cline, associate professor of classics and anthropology. To view excavation photos, click here.

Do you have interesting alumni or GW-related links to share? Know a fellow Colonial who has his/her own blog, was recently published, or appeared on TV? Send your suggestions for links, photos, or larger story ideas to cable@gwu.edu.