Here is a sampling of quotations from Cornell University faculty, students and staff that have appeared recently in the national and international news media:
"All the big milestones in human medicine have eventually been adopted by veterinary medicine."
--Robert Gilbert, associate dean for clinical programs and professional services in the College of Veterinary Medicine, in a feature article describing the medical treatments available at Cornell's Hospital for Animals, in The New York Times, Aug. 14.
"The transition [to retirement] is stressful for anybody."
--Phyllis Moen, professor of human development, in U.S. News & World Report, June 4.
"Visitors don't vote."
--Glenn Withiam, executive editor of the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, commenting on why travelers are charged "stealth fees" (room taxes and other surcharges), in the July issue of Consumer Reports.
"... you should always ask if the hotel has any deals. The hotels are trained to deal with people who push."
-- Sheryl Kimes, professor in the School of Hotel Administration, giving advice in the "Practical Traveler" column in The New York Times, Aug. 12.
"We expect half our cloned animals to die."
--Jonathan Hill, assistant professor of clinical sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine, discussing problems with cloning in an Associated Press news article in the Dallas Morning News, Aug. 8.
"It's like giving the union movement an issue that makes it very easy to mobilize people to work on the campaign of your opponent. It's their lifeblood."
--Richard Hurd, professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, commenting on the strongly anti-labor stance of Bret Schundler, the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, in the Aug. 15 edition of The New York Times. The state is among the top five in the nation in union membership.
"It's a system, and RoboCup is really the only thing that makes us understand each other's language."
--Brett Nadler, mechanical engineering student and member of Cornell's student RoboCup team, explaining the importance of teamwork among engineering disciplines in an article about the international competition for robots in The New York Times, Aug. 2.
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