March 30, 2001
-- Sterling Professor of the Sciences D. Allan Bromley, "Medical Research Has Healthy Budget," USA Today, March 20, 2001.
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"They really are an amazing group of kids. And the hardest part of this job is to have to say no to so many very, very qualified students."
-- Dean of Undergraduate Admissions & Financial Aid Richard H. Shaw, "Entrance Into the Top Colleges in the Country is Becoming Increasingly Difficult, But Smaller Colleges Are Just as Good," CNBC News, March 6, 2001.
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"I reject the notion that addicts become a zombie and so are not responsible for anything they do."
-- Lecturer in psychiatry Dr. Sally Satel, "A Critic Takes on Psychiatric Dogma, Loudly," The New York Times, March 6, 2001.
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"[The Hague conviction of soldiers who rape as war criminals] could mean that in the future, women's cases will get more resources and attention to gender balance on tribunals, a sufficient number of women in prosecutors' offices and dealing sensitively with rape victims."
-- Professor of law Ruth Wedgwood, "A New Legal Weapon to Deter Rape," The New York Times, March 4, 2001.
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"Each day that I care for another abused or neglected child, I think about why the pain of this child and family could not have been prevented and why the state does not have more home-based, intensive prevention programs to support high-risk families."
-- Professor of pediatrics Dr. John M. Leventhal in his article "We Don't Do Enough About Child Abuse," The Hartford Courant, March 13, 2001.
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"Many diseases are multi-factorial, meaning that several genes are involved. Beyond finding what each gene does, the problem is finding out how they all work together."
-- Sterling Professor of Biology Frank Ruddle, "Sifting Through Genetic 'Junk,'" New Haven Register, March 11, 2001.
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"Africa is data sparse. Satellites can give you consistent data over time periods."
-- Associate research scientist Prasad S. Thenkabail, "Satellites Search for Missing Carbon Dioxide," New Haven Register, March 8, 2001.
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"Too many people in the medical and dental systems are not equipped or trained to deal with mentally retarded people and their solution is awful: simply to avoid them as patients."
-- Sterling Professor of Psychology Edward Zigler, "Yale Study Finds Health Care for Those With Mental Disabilities Insufficient," March 11, 2001.
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"The architect is a little like the storyteller. You know a whole lot of things about the world, but you elect to tell one story at one time."
-- Dean of the School of Architecture Robert A.M. Stern, "Architectural Wonders: Robert A.M. Stern," ctnow.com, March 11, 2001.
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"We tell parents [of autistic children], the rule of thumb is that if someone wants to sell you something expensive and it takes a lot of time away from interventions that do work but where nobody promises a cure -- be careful."
-- Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry Ami Klin, "Autism; Parents Look to Unproven Therapies to Solve Autism," Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2001.
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"I don't think Connecticut cities get the 20-something crowd because, let's face it, they are boring."
-- Lecturer in history Jay Gitlin, "City Drain Continues, Despite U.S. Trend," The New York Times, March 20, 2001.
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"There has to be a balance between the numbers and psychology. Many economists want to believe that the stock market functions according to rules like particle physics. It doesn't work that way."
-- Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics Robert J. Shiller, "Stock Market Psych Out; Emotions Play a Significant Role in Investment Decisions, New Breed of Economists Say," New Haven Register, Feb. 25, 2001.
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"I hope the fact I'm African American will communicate to the community, particularly the African American community, that there is somebody making decisions on the [New Haven] Green who understands their concerns."
-- Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law Drew S. Days, "Law Prof New Green 'Proprietor'; Yale's Drew Days is First Black on Panel in 360 Years," New Haven Register, March 13, 2001.
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"Anyone can get smarter, whether you are at the bottom or the top, and we have studies . . . that show it. We want to help develop schools that work for all kids, not just those with good memory and analytical abilities."
-- IBM Professor of Psychology and Education Robert Sternberg, "Standardized Tests Get a Failing Grade," New Haven Register, March 11, 2001.
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"Seeing the person in the next seat playing a video game while you are trying to puzzle out a law question is demoralizing. And students who surf are not fully present to ask or answer questions themselves."
-- William K. Townsend Professor of Law Ian Ayres in his op-ed article "Lectures vs. Laptops," The New York Times, March 20, 2001.
"Obviously, every congressman or senator understands NIH [National Institutes of Health]. Sooner or later, they know they're going to be stark naked on a gurney looking up at a doctor."