Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 12, 2001

Volume 30, Number 6

"Physicians should be more like Sherlock Holmes."

-- Professor of dermatology Irwin Braverman, "Doctors Examine Art; Art Appreciation Class Improves Student Doctors' Diagnosis," www.nature.com, Sept. 12, 2001.

"To study differences is not racist. Racists don't need to study differences, they are doing just fine as they are."

-- Professor of genetics and psychiatry Kenneth Kidd, "How Accusations of Racism Ended the Plan to Map the Genetic Diversity of Mankind," independent.co.uk, Sept. 10, 2001.

"If every idea works, you just aren't trying ideas that are crazy enough."

-- Adjunct professor of mathematics Michael L. Frame about the need for risk-taking in science, "Physiologist Models the Human Heart and Reaches Out as a Mentor," The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 7, 2001.

"I'm more than a half-full guy. In fact, some people would say I'm a full-of-it guy. We lost some great people [from last year's football team] but my view on that is other people now have the opportunity."

--Head football coach Jack Siedlecki, "College Football; Kickoff 2001; Ivy League Preview; Yale Bullish on Role," The Boston Herald, Sept. 4, 2001.

"Markets have already adjusted to a forecast of recession and to reflect our more unstable world. I'm assuming things are going to get better. This could be a buying opportunity."

-- Professor of the practice of finance Roger Ibbotson, "The Worst May Be Over, But Brace Yourself -- in Case," The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 25, 2001.

"We're used to helping people who have been harmed in ways we could never imagine being harmed. This is very different."

-- University Chaplain The Reverend Frederick J. Streets about a program to help survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks, "Experts Plan Programs to Heal Trauma; Yale Chaplain Among Specialists," New Haven Register, Sept. 24, 2001.

"The basic problem with fiscal stimulus is that the [time] lags are so long, it is hard to make it work."

-- Sterling Professor of Economics William D. Nordhaus, "Economists Warn Against New Tax Cuts," latimes.com, Sept. 12, 2001.

"We are about to face a time where more [stressful events] might happen than usual. It's important for people to have a preplanned strategy so that once they feel a certain amount of emotional stress, they can counter the effects with healthy responses."

-- Director of the Center for Eating & Weight Disorders Dr. Kelly Brownell, "Back to Basics; In Times of Turmoil, Stabilize Your Health With Diet, Sleep and Exercise," washingtonpost.com, Sept. 25, 2001.

"Society has already decided that drivers shouldn't speed, regardless of the inconvenience of having to obey the speed limit. It's difficult to see what social good the state is upholding with its legal action."

-- William K. Townsend Professor of Law Ian Ayres and Milton Steinbach Professor of Economics & Management Barry Nalebuff in their op-ed essay about a state lawsuit to prohibit Acme Rent-A-Car from charging customers for speeding, "Connecticut's Speeder-Friendly Crackdown," The New York Times, Aug. 31, 2001.

"The deeper wisdom of the generations about evil has been lost. . . . In current Western culture, there's sort of a cartoon depiction of evil."

-- Associate professor of theology Gilbert Bond, "A Glimpse of Real Evil," The Hartford Courant, Sept. 19, 2001.

"When I was 22, if you had asked me, 'What do you want to be in 20 years?' I would have said: 'The dean of the Yale School of Drama.' It's a cliche, but it's a dream come true."

-- Dean of the School of Drama James Bundy, "Great Lakes' Bundy Heads Yale Drama," The Plain Dealer, Oct. 3, 2001.

"Terrorist activity is the tip of an iceberg of massive resentment and envy against the wealth, power and the values of the West. In future years, the conflict will not be about 'democracy' or between the two cultures of 'civilization' and 'barbarism.' Instead, it will be between wealth and poverty."

-- Robert A. Lovett Professor Emeritus of Military & Naval History Sir Michael Howard, "So, Will It Be World War III?" Daily Mail (London), Sept. 24, 2001.

"For some, the idea was that the Muslim world will reach a stage of development in which it can compete with the West. During the mid-20th century, we see it appearing as hatred against the West, and also as a reaction to the fact that such a movement has never been completely successful."

-- Assistant professor of religious studies Frank Griffel, "Attacks Reflect War on Globalization; Tools of Progress Abused to Drive Point Home," The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), Sept. 21, 2001.

"I think the American people in general have internalized a strong sense of their constitutional rights."

-- Southmayd Professor of Law Akhil Reed Amar, "Will the Law Be Silent in a Time of Crisis?" The Associated Press, Sept. 29, 2001.

"Drawing and writing short stories or poems are ways for children to make sense of the unimaginable. It takes them out of the realm of pure reaction and allows them to make something that they can manage and understand."

-- Visiting research scientist at the Child Study Center Dr. Arietta Slade, "Expressing Sorrow and Thanks in Art," The New York Times, Sept. 30, 2001.

"The big difference is that in organized crime, the objective is to hide large sums of money, or to make money that was obtained illegally appear to have been legally acquired. These guys don't make money; they kill people. They operate under a different set of rules, so the old models of tracking them down don't strictly apply in this situation."

-- Professor at the Yale School of Management Rick Antle, "Following the Money Trail; An Army of U.S. Financial Sleuths Begins the Battle Against Terrorism," New Haven Register, Sept. 30, 2001.

"The sources that produce the bin Laden network are deep social, cultural forces, which are unlikely to disappear even if he and his whole network are rolled up."

-- Professor at the Yale School of Management Paul Bracken, "Crushing al-Qaida May Not End Threat; Dangers Go Beyond bin Laden, Some Say," The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), Oct. 1, 2001.

"Over the centuries, what has restored the American nation again and again is process -- the workings of the national political process, and its ultimate grounding in deliberation, debate and compromise. Even after the nation dissolved into civil war, it reformed itself into something new and stronger, founded on the same grounding principles. At this time when anger and outrage threaten to force a course of action, we can -- and, indeed, must -- have faith in the process to guide us."

-- Assistant professor of history Joanne B . Freeman in her essay "The American Republic, Past and Present," The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 28, 2001.

"There is a risk that if anthrax were sprayed, thousands of people could inhale the spores and get sick. You have to inhale the spores to get sick; if you're sick, you don't give it to me. And as an agent of mass destruction, frankly, I'm much more scared about smallpox."

-- Clinical director of infectious diseases Dr. Vincent Quagliarello, "Anthrax Scare Prompts Run on Dubious Drug," The New York Times, Sept. 27, 2001.

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Economist Yellen describes 'The Art and Science of Central Banking' . . .

NIH grant supports new center for biomedical computing

Brain expert to explain 'How Matter Becomes Imagination'

Governor of Washington to be Chubb Fellow

President of The New York Times to address Sept. 11

'From Biology to Ethics' is theme of Terry Lectures

'Do what's good for society at large,' urges alumnus neurosurgeon

Renowned child psychiatrist Dr. Donald J. Cohen dies

Higher education, African development are talks' focus

Challenges of ensuring quality care to be explored in forum on reproductive health

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