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“People don’t know we have the option of doing things green. They think that in order to have cars, computers and other modern conveniences, we need to generate all kinds
of nasty poisons. Green chemistry is disproving that myth every day. ... A friend
of mine once asked, tongue in cheek, why there’s no green astronomy, no
green geology. The answer is serious: Unlike other science, which seeks to understand
the world as it is, chemistry introduces new things into the world, and because
of that we have the responsibility for the consequences.” §
“Some day soon someone will remind this whole nation that tolerance is
American but secularism is not. That absolute religious freedom is American but
contempt for religion is not. That America is a biblical republic and Americanism
is a biblical religion. And someone will take up that Bible that was lost and
found, and sounds of the Bible will return in full flood to the sullen cracked
dry earth of American public life.” §
“It seems quite clear that, when Osama bin Laden launched the attack against
the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, one of his major objectives, if not his
principal one, was to bring down the regimes in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. … Bin
Laden considered the regimes in both countries too accommodating to the United
States behind their ambiguous language on Islamism. He expected the United States
to put pressure on the [Pakistani President Pervez] Musharraf regime to engage
his homegrown Islamists totally. Bin Laden’s theory was that, if it did
so, Musharraf’s regime would fall.” §
“We define epilepsy as recurrent seizures, and so, technically speaking,
after you have more than one seizure, you have epilepsy. That’s just purely
a definition. ... Epilepsy is, in fact, a childhood disease. More than 80% of
seizures begin in childhood, but it can begin at any age.” §
“Strength and diplomacy have got to go hand in hand. If you try to do diplomacy
without strength, you’ll get nowhere.” §
“The gap between the United States’ governmental expenditures and
income is covered by floating monthly Treasury bonds, and the majority of recent
purchases of these bonds have been made by foreign (especially Asian) treasuries.
No amount of lecturing by free-market economists and bankers will convince me
that a sovereign nation’s growing dependency upon foreign bondholders (each
of them calculating the odds of staying with the dollar, or dumping it) is somehow
a good thing. It is not. But to reduce that dependency means that Americans have
to bite the bullet and close the gap between federal spending and federal income.
That means, unavoidably, taxes — which the White House hates, and the Congress
fears.” §
“[Obese individuals] are more susceptible to things like depression and
self-esteem issues, even suicidal thoughts. When individuals are ostracized because
of their weight, it has a severe impact on them. One study even showed that obese
adolescent girls are half as likely to attend college as their peers with similar
academic performance.” §
“Better surgical tools and techniques, based on groundbreaking research,
are allowing pediatric surgeons to move rapidly toward using minimally invasive
techniques on everything from routine gallbladder operations on school-age children
and teenagers, to rare, complicated and highly specialized operations on tiny
premature babies the day they are born.” §
“After the Holocaust, there was some soul-searching in some European countries,
particularly Germany and some Eastern European countries. But it never really
took place in Western Europe. I think Britain and France underestimate the strength
and embeddedness of anti-Semitism in their culture. Now it’s 60 years later
and anti-Semitism is changing, and there’s no acknowledgement — never
mind analysis — of the severity of it in British society, and among the
intellectuals in particular.” §
“Imagine you are driving a car hungry, rather than on a full stomach after
a huge dinner. Being hungry promotes your awareness of your environment. If you
think about a cheetah — how it picks the prey and pursues it — it
obviously does it when it’s hungry. A hungry animal is much better at responding
to visual and olfactory cues. … It might be beneficial, when you go to
that test or interview, to go with a reasonably empty stomach.”
T H I S
— Paul Anastas, professor in the practice of green chemistry and lecturer
in chemistry, “Green Chemist Paul Anastas on Making the World Less Toxic
and More Convenient,” UTNE Reader, July 23, 2007.
— David Gelernter, professor of computer science, “America May Be
on Edge of Religious Revival,” Deseret Morning News, July 15, 2007.
— Immanuel Wallerstein, senior research scientist in sociology, in his
article, “Musharraf: Riding the Bomb,” Pacific Free Press (Netherlands),
Aug. 1, 2007.
— Dr. Susan Spencer, professor of neurology and neurosurgery, “Chief
Justice’s Seizure Raises Questions About Causes,” Public Broadcasting
Service, Aug. 1, 2007.
— Charles Hill, senior lecturer in international affairs and distinguished
fellow in International Security Studies, “Rudy’s Sage,” American
Spectator (VA), Aug. 2, 2007.
— Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, in his
article, “Whither America?” Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates),
Aug. 3, 2007.
— Rebecca Puhl, associate research scientist at the Rudd Center for Food
Policy and Obesity, “Obesity Problem Weighing Upon Health Officials,” Toole
Transcript Bulletin (UT), Aug. 3, 2007.
— Dr. Milissa McKee, assistant professor of surgery (pediatrics), “Operating
on Children No Small Feat, But Y-NH Improves Process,” New Haven Register,
Aug. 15, 2007.
— Charles Small, director of the Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study
of Antisemitism, on the proposed boycott of Israeli colleges backed by British
academics, “Yale Expert: Not Enough Known About Anti-Semitism,” Jerusalem
Post (Israel), Aug. 8, 2007.
—Tamas Horvath, chair of the Department of Comparative Medicine and professor
of neurobiology, “Breakfast: Sustenance or Sugar Rush?” New Scientist
(UK), Aug. 18, 2007.
W E E K ' SS T O R I E S
Grant to fund study of stress & self-control
Award-winning researcher named new engineering dean
Zipcar service offers environmentally friendly travel option
Community invited to meet World Fellows at open house, series
FRESHMAN ADDRESSESBritton reappointed to second term as Berkeley Divinity School dean
Development Office announces new associate vice presidents
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS
Dr. Richard Belitsky is the Harold W. Jockers Associate Professor
James Duncan is named the Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor
Dr. Erol Fikrig appointed the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor
Dr. Sally Shaywitz is designated the Audrey Ratner Professor
‘Art for Yale’ celebrates ‘outpouring of gifts’ to gallery
Team seeking key to unlock link between stress and addictive behavior
School of Public Health creates new deanship in academic affairs
F&ES student working to insure survival of the snow leopard
Yale Rep opens its new season with Shakespeare classic
New York Times columnist to offer ‘Mobile Gadget Show-and-Tell’
New works by painter and printmaker Nathan Margalit . . .
While You Were Away ...
Biomass energy is the topic of talk by award-winning engineer
In Memoriam: Biochemists Joseph Fruton and Sofia Simmonds
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