© University of Rochester 1996-2012
“Longevity is a Pyrrhic victory if those additional years are characterized by inexorable morbidity from chronic illness, frailty-associated disability, and increasingly lowered quality of life.” —William Hall, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Healthy Aging, in the New York Times, talking about the interaction of healthy life habits and longevity.
“Sarah Palin, if she was just a plain Evangelical woman, would have a tough time thinking that she could be VP. An evangelical woman might have issues with submission. What’s going to happen with my kids? But a Pentecostal woman is saying, ‘God is calling me, I’m going to answer this call.’”—Anthea Butler, assistant professor of religion, talking about how Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s religion may shape her approach to leadership.
“[International] students are here legitimately. They’re amazing, the best and brightest in the world.”—Cary Jensen, director of the University’s International Services Office, talking about a report that raised concerns over increased Border Patrol inspections.
“Understanding how children respond to discord between parents is a pressing priority for public health.”—Patrick Davies, professor of psychology, commenting on a study he led that examines how children’s concerns about parental conflict may be linked to future adjustment problems.
“It’s fair to say [SEC Chairman Christopher] Cox is now in a storm that is probably the most serious since the 1930s. A lot of people have been finding their way.”—President Joel Seligman, a historian of the Securities and Exchange Commission, talking about concerns that Cox was slow to react to this fall’s financial turmoil.
“We do not plan to let the race for rankings blind us to our mission to attract the best students and then prepare them to lead.”—Mark Zupan, dean of the Simon School, and James Brickley, Gleason Professor of Business Administration, writing in a guest essay in which they argue for bringing more young people into graduate business administration programs.
“The take-home message is that core training and exposure to courses that span the disciplines of science and engineering—including uncertainty analysis—are essential for all liberal-arts students.”—Robert Clark, the dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, in an account of remarks he made at a symposium on the importance of integrating engineering into the disciplines that have traditionally been thought to make up the liberal arts.
“It’s not an accident that the great growth of New York came after the building of the Erie Canal.”—Stanley Engerman, the John Munro Professor of Economics, commenting on the role that airline service plays in regional development.
© University of Rochester 1996-2012