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“Where you have new areas of knowledge developing, then the science is going to
be disputed, subject to errors arising from inadequate data or the failure to
recognize new matters.” §
“Just because we don’t know something is dangerous doesn’t
mean it’s safe. These are a class of chemicals where the data [concerning
possible harm to human health] is incomplete but the concern is real.” §
“[Coaches and players in professional sports] tend to think that others
are doing what they are doing and thinking what they are thinking. You think
you were doing things for a reason, and assume other people have the same reasons,
so you think it’s likely that they’re cheating.” §
“So where are we in the war on cancer? We are closer to Normandy than we
are to Pearl Harbor. The early defeats are behind us, we have identified the
vulnerabilities of our enemies, we have mobilized and armed a great force and
are developing a winning strategy, and final victory is within grasp. It is thus
surprising and disheartening that the proposed federal budget includes only a
paltry increase in the $5 billion annual budget for the National Cancer Institute,
an increase that does not even keep up with inflation and is, in effect, a reduction
in funding. This level of funding would represent a major setback in the battle
against cancer, one that will prolong the war.” §
“There is a stereotype of the inner-city, poor, young black male. A lot
of employers don’t want to take a chance on him. There’s a bias against
him — even kids who are ‘decent’ have a lot of trouble. You
go to a lot of restaurants, and you don’t see black people working on the
wait staff. It’s almost segregated. It’s different in the kitchen.” §
“President Roosevelt wanted to be sure that all resources that were needed
for the war would be available, and so he thought there was no reason for people
to build houses. He said no house could be built without permission, and the
War Production Board had great power. In order to build a house you had to make
a case that it was needed for national defense, so he had shut down the construction
industry for years. Everybody was off fighting the war; they weren’t buying
houses or building houses. Then they came home and they wanted to live normally
again, and the houses weren’t there. Prices shot up, and a lot of people
were expecting prices to fall, because they thought it was a temporary result
of the end of the war. But they never did. It was one of those surprises. Prices
shot up and then they kind of leveled off, and they stayed level until the 1970s — a
long time.” §
“To understand how people lived their lives in the past, historic sites
should extend their interpretations to all classes and seek to explain how men
and women, children and the elderly, and the wide spectrum of ethnic groups experienced
these places. Anything less is not to engage with the full set of possibilities.’’ §
“Chili, of course, is the best example [of the globalization taking place
centuries ago] because Asians’ pride of their food is that it is the really
hot, spicy food. … Chili pepper came from Mexico. It was Christopher Columbus
who found it in the Caribbean in the 1500s. Then it was brought by Portuguese
and Spanish traders to Asia, and it spread from Manila to Korea to Japan to Southeast
Asia to China. So without Christopher Columbus, there would be no Szechwan hot
food or hot Indian curry.” §
“[News of the Amish community that forgave the man who slaughtered 10 girls
in a local school one year ago] came at a time when, rightly or wrongly, religion
was in the news but not in a way that was flattering. I’m thinking about
religiously sanctioned violence, Middle East terrorism, and the people who were
making strong claims that religion is a source of conflict and violence. In the
midst of all this ... you suddenly have this prominent case where [religion]
is shown in a very different, positive light. I think that is why the story remains
powerful.” §
“[T]here exist great challenges to peace-loving peoples, threats we would
ignore at our peril.”
T H I S
— Daniel Kevles, the Stanley Woodward Professor of History and director
of graduate studies in the Program in the History of Medicine and Science, noting
that the search for scientific truths involves trial and error, “Most Science
Studies Appear To Be Tainted by Sloppy Analysis,” Wall Street Journal,
Sept. 14, 2007.
— Dr. Mark Cullen, professor of medicine and public health and director
of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, “The High Price of Beauty,” The
Nation (NY), Sept. 21, 2007.
— Daylian Cain, lecturer at the School of Management, “Bad Sports — Why
People Cheat When They Don’t Have To,” Boston Globe, Sept. 23, 2007.
— Dr. Daniel C. DiMaio, the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics
and professor of therapeutic radiology, in his article, “Don’t Short
War On Cancer,” Hartford Courant, Sept. 27, 2007.
— Elijah Anderson, the William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Sociology, “The
Real Rap on Street Crime,” Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 24, 2007.
— Robert J. Shiller, the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, “An
Interview With Housing Index Guru Robert Shiller,” Seeking Alpha (NY),
Sept. 24, 2007.
— Dolores Hayden, professor of architecture and of American studies, “For
Day Trips, Places Where History Happened,” The New York Times, Sept. 30,
2007.
— Nayan Chanda, editor of YaleGlobal Online and director of publications
for the Center Study of Globalization, “Globalization,” ABC News
(Australia), Sept. 27, 2007.
— Miroslav Volf, the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology, “Amish
Example Brings World Reaction; Nickel Mine Families’ Forgiveness of Their
Children’s Killer Seen as Action to Emulate,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Sept. 30, 2007.
— Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, in his
article, “Our Twin Worlds of Mars and Venus,” Khaleej Times (United
Arab Emirates), Sept. 6, 2007.
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Yale’s United Way fundraising goal set at $1.2 million
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Symposium to examine the intersection of faith and politics
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IN MEMORIAM
Deno Geanakoplos: One of world’s foremost Byzantine scholars
Felix Zweig: Former dean’s impact still felt in Yale engineering today
Exhibit examines post-war effort to halt the spread of communism . . .
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