Quotes

Rochester in the News

“It’s a struggle. You want to provide guidelines that work but are not unreasonable. You can’t put everyone in spacesuits.”—Clement Ren, director of the University’s Cystic Fibrosis Center, talking with ABC News on doctors’ advice to cystic fibrosis patients in an effort to limit the bacteria to which they are exposed.

Washington Post

“I certainly expected . . . that the paper ballot would be the standard by which everything else would be compared.”—Richard Niemi, professor of political science, commenting on a study he coauthored that shows voters generally prefer electronic voting machines.

New York Times

“I cannot tell it’s not gold. It looks very pretty.”—Chunlei Guo, associate professor of optics, talking about his research to use laser light to change the properties of metals so that they look gold—or blue, or black, or other colors.

International Herald Tribune

“There’s a social bias issue here. . . [There is a] national support system for those under 19 and those 65 and older [but not for those in between, even though] the bulk of the burden from suicide is in the middle years of life.”—Eric Caine, professor of psychiatry, commenting on a reported rise in the rate of mid-life suicide.

U.S. News & World Report

“You have to make a decision about what will be in the vaccine in advance. It takes six to eight months to make the vaccine after you’ve chosen the strains. But the reality is that new strains emerge after the decision is made. So, you could be wrong.”—John Treanor, professor of medicine, microbiology, and immunology, describing the challenges of developing effective flu vaccines.

CBS News

“It has generally been assumed that living to 100 years of age was limited to those who had not developed chronic illness.”—William Hall, professor of medicine, talking about research suggesting that people who develop heart disease or diabetes late in life can still hit the century mark in age.