February 16, 2001
-- Associate professor of history and American studies Robert Johnston, "Shot in the Line of Duty: Military Men -- and a Politician -- Battle Mandatory Anthrax Vaccination," New Haven Advocate, Jan. 25, 2001.
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"[Senator Joseph I. Lieberman is] going to have a lot of opportunities in this honeymoon period to be a power broker."
-- Assistant professor of political science John S. Lapinski, "Invigorated Lieberman Claiming New Role," The New York Times, Feb. 2, 2001.
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"The Internet has definitely changed the way MBA students are looking for job possibilities."
-- Director of career development at the School of Management Mark Case, "New Site Opens for Biz Grads; 6FigureJobs.com Targets Top Schools," New Haven Register, Feb. 1, 2001.
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"The risk is the church might become too dependent on the money and lose integrity and its independence. Once you begin to feed at the public trough, you're at the mercy of your supplier."
-- William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Stephen Carter, "Bush Push for Faith-Based Programs Garners Support, Triggers Criticism," ABC World News Tonight, Jan. 29, 2001.
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"As far as the average investor is concerned, it's pretty abysmal. There's no doubt that these IPO [Initial Public Offering] firms . . . have performed very poorly compared to the normal markets."
-- Professor at the School of Management Ivo Welch, "IPOs Will Make You Rich," wsj.com, Jan. 29, 2001.
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"Right now, we don't give diabetics a new pancreas until they've already ruined their kidneys and they get both organs at once."
-- Associate professor of internal medicine Dr. David Rothstein about how improving anti-rejection drugs could make it possible to do organ transplants earlier in the course of disease, "Late Researcher's Vital Transplant Work Carried On," The London Free Press, Jan. 28, 2001.
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"Our bodies have evolved with exposure to light since the beginning of humanity."
-- Associate professor of psychiatry Dr. Dan Oren, "Worn Behind the Knee, a Light Might Lift Your Mood," webmd.com, Jan. 10, 2001.
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"[Developing a relationship with alienated homeless adults], much less connecting them to services, requires persistence. [Helping the homeless] means starting small, sometimes with a cup of coffee or simply saying hello, and getting to know the person over time."
-- Assistant clinical professor of psychiatry Dr. Michael Rowe, "Homeless Care's Deadly Gaps," washingtonpost.com, Jan. 28, 2001.
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"It was as if I had been invited to an apartment on Parnassus [the home of the Muses in Greek mythology]."
-- Editor of "The Yale Review" J.D. McClatchy about visiting the home of poet James Merrill, "If the Walls Could Talk, It Would Be Poetry," The New York Times, Jan. 28, 2001.
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"Good hearts are not enough to [run a social service program]. It's not something you can staff with volunteers."
-- Director of the Program on Non-Profit Organizations Lisa R. Berlinger, "Some Fear Religious Link in Bush Plan," New Haven Register, Jan. 29, 2001.
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"The kids who are watching more of what we call action adventure, or more violent television that has some degree of violence in it, are more likely to be the ones who are aggressive in daycare."
-- Professor of psychology Dr. Jerome Singer, "Boy Burned in Copy-Cat Stunt Improves Slightly," wtnh.com, Feb. 1, 2001.
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"In 1964, this was the most famous building in the (architectural) world. This is a great transparent church of work."
-- Dean of the School of Architecture Robert A.M. Stern about the Art and Architecture Building, "Modern Milestone; Love It or Hate It, Yale's Art and Architecture Building is Getting a $20 Million Face Lift," New Haven Register, Feb. 4, 2001.
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"Solid confidence [in the economy] is ultimately based on knowledge, on an understanding of underlying mechanisms and a mental accounting of the reasons for security. The problem today is that the economy is in such a cockeyed and unusual situation that it is easy to imagine that confidence could soon erode a great deal."
-- Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics Robert J. Shiller in his op-ed essay "The Mystery of Economic Recessions," The New York Times, Feb. 4, 2001.
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"I thought it was an exciting opportunity to step out of taking care of individual patients and take care of a large number of patients."
-- Adjunct assistant professor of internal medicine Leonard Bell about his decision to co-found Alexion Pharmaceuticals, "Pharmaceutical Company Searches for The Cure," Connecticut Post, Feb. 4, 2001.
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"Just as a predator traps people by cutting off their escape, the public school monopoly keeps poor children in failing, often fearful schools. Some determined inner-city families have taken refuge in higher-performing parochial schools, charter schools, and privately supported academies. But the vast majority must stumble down educational dead ends in their low-performing local public school."
-- Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law Peter H. Schuck in his article, "The Classroom Clash -- The Short History of School Vouchers Validates Their Constitutionality and Justifies Letting Parents Try Them," The American Lawyer, Feb. 2001.
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"I think anybody who fully understands literacy understands that it's not just teaching the child phonics, it's really the whole child. Especially at 3, 4, kids don't read -- they're read to. They need to think that what goes on between the two covers is interesting."
-- Sterling Professor of Psychology Edward Zigler, "Bush Wants to Move Head Start," Scripps Howard News Service, Jan. 24, 2001.
"There's a history of medical experimentation in the military that has been really dreadful. When military personnel question any kind of medical procedure, our bells and whistles should go off."