Rochester Quotes
“Biologists aren’t alarmed by intelligent design’s arrival
. . . because they have all sworn allegiance to atheistic materialism; they’re
alarmed because intelligent design is junk science.”
—H. Allen Orr, professor of biology, writing a critical analysis of
the arguments by theorists who posit that Darwinian evolution does not adequately
explain the rise of life on Earth, in The New Yorker.
The Wall Street Journal
“Clearly more older adults are dying from this than are babies.”
—Edward Walsh, professor of medicine, talking about a study he led that
shows the flu-like illness known as RSV, which is often considered a childhood
ailment, is far more widespread—and deadlier—among the elderly and
adults with respiratory trouble than previously thought.
The New York Times
“It really does start with a polarized electorate. People go there girded
to do battle.”
—Richard Fenno, professor emeritus of political science, on a perceived
rise in partisanship in the Senate that was highlighted last spring during the
struggle over whether to limit filibusters.
The Christian Science Monitor
“The devastation of the nation physically, economically, psychically
had a lot to do with [Japanese animation pioneer Osamu Tezuka’s] choice
of subject matter—good versus evil, the conflict between humanmade technology
and nature, even the basic questions of the meaning of humanity.”
—Joanne Bernardi, associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages
and Cultures, commenting on the influence of the Japanese animation style known
as animé.
Los Angeles Times
“Doctors are very competitive people at heart, and they don’t
like to lose.”
—Craig Narins, assistant professor of cardiology, talking about efforts
to create public “report cards” that rate the clinical performance
of physicians for some medical procedures. Narins led a survey of New York doctors
that indicated physicians sometimes avoid recommending patients receive risky
but potentially lifesaving angioplasty because a negative outcome would reflect
poorly in their state-administered grades.
Newsweek
“It can change whole life trajectories.”
—Jeffrey Kaczorowski, assistant professor of pediatrics, commenting on
the benefits to children when health care programs pay attention to the families
in which the children live.
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