In Review

Rochester Quotes

“The fact is, when people get older, unless they have illness or have been depressed, they feel pretty much the same inside as they always did.”

—Silvia Sorensen, assistant professor of psychiatry, talking to the Philadelphia Inquirer about the dissonance many people feel between the mental picture they have of themselves and their chronological age.

U.S. News & World Report

“So much adult music making is going on that nobody really has a grasp of how extensive it is.”
—Roy Ernst, professor emeritus at the Eastman School and founder of a program to create all-community bands for amateur musicians over the age of 50. Since 1991, about 102 such New Horizons Bands have been created with about 5,000 musicians in the United States and Canada.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“There’s a legacy and there’s a continuum. You could argue that Barry Goldwater started the resurgence of conservatism and Reagan picked up the Goldwater banner, moved it along, and Newt Gingrich’s version in 1994 captured Congress.”
—Richard Fenno, professor emeritus of political science, talking about the legacy of the late Ronald Reagan.

Seattle Times

“All of our bandwidth is being soaked up by [illegal file-sharing]. Students are complaining and say, ‘You’ve got to fix this problem. It’s like using a dial-up modem.’”
—Charles E. Phelps, University provost and a member of a national committee of educators and entertainment industry leaders exploring ways to curb illegal sharing of copyrighted music and movies by college and university students, discussing the impact that such sharing can have on computer networks.

San Francisco Chronicle

“Even great athletes can have high cholesterol.”
—Burns Blaxall, assistant professor of medicine, talking about the difficulties in identifying people at risk for heart disease after a well-known Bay Area track coach died of a heart attack.

Chronicle of Higher Education

“The commercial world has a built-in system to enable ideas—venture capitalists—but the not-for-profit world does not, leaving wonderful ideas to die.”
—James Undercofler, dean and director of the Eastman School, emphasizing the importance for college students to be exposed to the ideas behind entrepreneurship during their education.