In Review

Rochester Quotes

“You’d probably have to have a pretty poor marriage to begin with for this to have a big effect.”

—Gordon B. Dahl, assistant professor of economics, in the Washington Post, talking about his research that indicates couples who have at least one boy among their children are less likely to get divorced than families with all girls. “For most marriages there is likely no effect at all,” he notes.

The Guardian

“We should certainly care about this. It’s too early to be alarmed, because we don’t yet know what the particles might do in humans. We shouldn’t stop working with them; we should just look for what adverse effects these particles might cause.”
—Gunter Oberdörster, professor of environmental medicine, discussing a study he led that showed for the first time that nanoparticles—carbon particles only 35 nanometers in diameter—can travel to the brain.

The New York Times

“Some day we’ll see that like smoking, this isn’t good for you.”
—Michael Perlis, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the sleep research laboratory at the University, commenting on the importance of understanding the underlying causes of insomnia.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

“You wouldn’t invite people to your wedding who are strangers you found in the phone book. You want to invite people who know what’s going on. We feel that we’re really different from all these other places, and we want to make sure our students are paying attention to that.”
—Jonathan Burdick, dean for admissions and financial aid in the College, talking about how important it is for prospective students to indicate that they have a genuine interest in attending a university during the application process.

Los Angeles Times

“It was above and beyond anything they could have imagined—seeing your home burned down, seeing your parents dragged off, having to escape into the woods.”
—Eric Caine, professor and chair in the Department of Psychiatry, testifying in a civil trial about the psychological effects that have reverberated from a 1921 rampage by white rioters who devastated a predominantly black neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing as many as 300 people.