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Rochester Quotes

“It is the million-dollar question for evolutionary biologists. Asexual reproduction is so much easier. Why don’t all organisms do it?”—John Werren, professor of biology, in the Toronto Globe and Mail, commenting on new studies exploring whether some species that rely on sexual reproduction can be biomedically altered to reproduce asexually.

The New York Times
“Alternative medicine becomes standard medicine when it is proven true”—Paul Okunieff, professor of radiation oncology, on claims that the spice turmeric can help alleviate some symptoms of radiation burns.

Eastman student Dreama Lovett at Goteborg

Christian Science Monitor
“It’s very important that they’re not just looking, but really working with these instruments. It’s as if one had access to a cookbook with wonderful recipes, but without the appropriate ingredients”—Hans Davidsson, associate professor of organ and founder of the Goteborg Organ Art Center, discussing the benefits to Eastman students who traveled to the Swedish center to study an internationally recognized collection of historic organs.

Associated Press
“We constantly stress how difficult the work is. I look people in the eye and say, ‘Are you sure you want to do this?’”—Rita D’Aoust, director of accelerated bachelor’s and master’s degree programs for non-nurses, challenging baby boomers choosing new careers in nursing.

Business Week
“We’re discovering that recruiters see some value in people with MBA training who don’t have a huge amount of work experience. Employers want someone who’s hungry, who will work a lot of hours, and who they don’t have to pay as much as somebody with six years of work experience”—Pamela Black-Colton, admissions director of the Simon School, discussing the changing face of MBA admissions.

UPI
“The biggest difference from duck and cover’ and all that we used to do is first, there probably would be no or very little warning, so there might not be time to go to the fallout shelters beforehand. Second, on the positive side, any sort of attack like that is probably going to be a lot more limited in scope. . . . We won’t have to worry about 25 or 30 or 100 cities getting hit all at once”—P. Andrew Karam, University radiation safety officer and director of external education for the Health Physics Society, comparing preparations for surviving an enemy attack from the 1950s with those of the present.