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"Children are exposed to diesel exhaust from school buses at levels far above those predicted by current government monitoring efforts. But we're not telling parents to keep kids off the bus. We're saying the ride to school could be healthier."
-- John Wargo, professor of environmental risk analysis and policy, "No Need to Panic Despite Worrisome Diesel-Cancer Risk on School Buses: Experts," The Canadian Press, Aug. 31, 2003.
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"[T]here may be people looking back at us from Mars by then."
-- Sean O'Brien, associate research scientist in the Department of Astronomy, noting that the next time Mars will be this close to Earth will be 2287, "Mars Zooms in for Close-Up," USA Today.
§ "Negative net migration does not equal declining population. Due to births and foreign immigrants, Connecticut's population has actually grown modestly. For the environment, highways and demands on public services, moderate rather than rapid population growth sounds OK."
-- Josiah Brown, associate director of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, "State Has Plenty Going for It, Make Most of It," New Haven Register, Sept. 10, 2003.
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"We economists decided in about 1998 that the whole world was wrong about the Internet, and the Internet is not about companies making money."
-- Judith Chevalier, professor at the Yale School of Management, "The Internet Book Race," Sept. 11, 2003.
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"It's ingrained in our culture to express the horror of something by saying it's so bad that it causes mental illness."
-- Dr. Robert Rosenheck, professor of psychiatry & professor of epidemiology and public health, adding that traumatic events do not necessarily lead to stress disorders, "Calculating the Toll of Trauma," The New York Times, Sept. 9, 2003.
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"Young lawyers, especially women but increasingly men, too, don't strive for that type of life."
-- Kelly Voight, director of the private sector section of the career development office at the Law School, on the long workdays demanded by some law firms, "Lawyers Push To Keep the Office at Bay," The New York Times, Sept. 7, 2003.
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"Normally, a patient's history and physical findings direct the doctor toward the diagnosis. With so little guidance from these normally key elements, a doctor must fall back on two familiar allies: probability and anatomy."
-- Dr. Lisa Sanders, clinical instructor in internal medicine, in her article "Hip and Buttock Pain, Difficulty Walking, Normal X-Rays," The New York Times, Sept. 7, 2003.
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"Some think that faith that matters must be rigid, static and authoritarian, but I am convinced that the pace of a faith that matters must be growing, dynamic and compassionate."
-- The Reverend Samuel N. Slie, associate pastor of the Church of Christ in Yale, in his article "People of Faith Keep a Different Pace," New Haven Register, Sept. 14, 2003.
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Yale, unions forge 8-year agreements
Team Lux car to compete internationally
Camp stamp to be dedicated at Cornell game
Scully honored for shaping he vision of urban planners
Once-misunderstood tree is now a state champ
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPSAlumnus Robert Post is named the first David Boies Professor
Dan Kahan appointed the Elizabeth Dollard Professor of Law
Stathis Kalyvas comes to Yale as the Arnold Wolfers Professor
Grant supports SOM partnership with non-profits
Episcopal Church at Yale launches new initiatives with recent gift
Events honor theologian Jonathan Edwards' legacy
Jazz luminary, virtuoso pianist to play at Sprague
Texas native is winner of Yale poetry prize
Celebration will feature winners of prestigious Italian literary award
In Focus: Geology and GeophysicsRenovated facilities
Strengthened faculty
Team traces Utah desert sand to Appalachian mountains
Yale geologist leading international study of Italian mountain range
New theory explains mystery of Earth mantle's mixed-up composition
Fall workshop series will focus on gallery's collections and treasures
Symposium honors the contributions of late sociologist Roger Gould
Symposium will showcase the research of graduate students . . .
Open house
Volunteer helps others 'feel at home'
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