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- April 21, 2011
"From an overall perspective, we are just so much better off. There is still American exceptionalism when it comes to economic well-being."
Michael Czinkota, associate professor of business, on the ability of the United States to fix economic crises in comparison to some European and Asian countries.
Source: U.S. News and World Report
- April 19, 2011
"These tests usually don’t offer a clean bill of health and can be hard to interpret even in the best scenario."
Dr. Kenneth Tercyak, assistant professor of oncology and pediatrics, on take home genetic testing kits.
Source: Fair Warning
- April 18, 2011
“What is not clear [is] how much humans should be taking daily.”
Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, professor of oncology at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, on the recent study that showed vitamin D reduces breast cancer in mice.
Source: The (Toronto) Globe and Mail
- April 16, 2011
"Before the Civil War, the only direct contact the average person [had] with the federal government was through the post office."
Chandra Manning, associate professor of history, on the effects of the Civil War.
Source: The Washington Examiner
- April 13, 2011
"In recent days, we've seen explicit calls for [Mohamed Hussein] Tantawi to be removed, and it is clear that for the military that crosses a red line. Tantawi and other members of the supreme council have been clear beneficiaries of the regime and Tantawi himself was a poodle, completely subservient to Mubarak. So this move against the father and the two sons is a response to public anger, and it will go some way to quelling the dissatisfaction of the protesters. People want these men interrogated and brought to justice – for reasons of accountability, but also for reasons of mischief-making and counter-revolution."
Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab politics, on Egyptian protesters wanting the removal of Mubarak-era ministers.
Source: The (United Kingdom) Guardian
- April 12, 2011
"It is certainly convenient that he's been admitted to the hospital right now. I would say that the credibility of this particular deposed individual is really minus ten."
Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab politics, on deposed Egyptian President Mubarak's recent trip to the hospital.
Source: Al Jazeera
- April 8, 2011
"The interesting thing is we’ve come to the point where the debate is over whether you can carry a weapon in a bar, in a church, in a gymnasium, which were the places in the past where we thought maybe you don’t want to have a gun because fights can break out or people can become inflamed. So it’s really on the edge that we’re having this whole discussion now."
Clyde Wilcox, professor of government, on the gun control debate moving toward where people can bring their guns.
Source: PBS
- March 31, 2011
"[The News is] encouraging, but we have to remain cautious.”
V. Craig Jordan, scientific director at Lombardi, on the Annual National Cancer Report that says (for the first time), women’s death rates from lung cancer are declining.
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Source: Washington Times
- March 29, 2011
"There's always been this public perception that the rich are getting away with murder and the poor guy is left footing the bill. It's true that historically the low-income earner was more likely to be subject to an examination than a high-income earner, but now the higher-income taxpayer is getting the greater focus."
Thomas Cooke, distinguished teaching professor at the McDonough School of Business, on the IRS looking more closely at higher income taxpayers.
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Source: CNN
- March 28, 2011
“It’s hard to believe nuts had such a bad rap during the low-fat craze. They’re really so good for you.”
Thomas Sherman, an associate professor of physiology, on the benefits of nuts in one's daily diet.
Source: Washingtonian
- March 25, 2011
"In the years between the end of the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the start of its successor in 2003, the United States and its allies set up no-fly and no-drive zones for Iraq, imposed economic sanctions, bombed Iraqi military forces and otherwise engaged in actions that look a lot like the limited war the Obama administration is helping wage against Gaddafi’s regime today."
Daniel Byman, professor of security studies, on the similarites between Obama's actions with Libya to those of Clinton's with Iraq.
Source: The Washington Post
- March 25, 2011
"The burns should be covered by a clean, dry dressing as soon as possible to prevent infection."
Itzhak Brook, professor of pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical Center, on how radiation burns that affected Japanese plant workers should be treated.
Source: ABC News
- March 23, 2011
"In men, you could freeze a sperm sample before treatment, but in [prepubescent] boys, you can't. But they do have testes cells, and if you could develop those in culture, they could be used in in vitro fertilization down the line."
Martin Dym, professor of biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology, on the use of developed testes cells for in vitro fertilization.
Source: Technology Review
- March 21, 2011
"There haven't been free and fair national governmental elections in Egypt for 60-some years. So, regardless of what the outcome was, people's votes counted. And that's certainly significant."
Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab politics, on the upcoming elections in Egypt.
Source: PBS NewsHour
- March 21, 2011
“I knew this is what I wanted to do, and I knew I could do well.”
Kevin Handy (M’11), a student at GUSOM, on receiving the news he had been matched at his top-choice residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
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Source: The Washington Post