"We were overjoyed, overwhelmed. It's a discovery of a new phase of matter. We didn't really have Nobel Prize dreams but we did know that the discovery was important and was in the arena from which Nobel Prizes are selected."
-- David M. Lee, professor of physics and co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in physics, quoted by United Press International, Oct. 9
"The increased awareness among the public that life may not just exist on Earth has given a great boost to astronomy and space science for the next decade or two at least."
-- Yervant Terzian, chair of the astronomy department, in a Gannett News Service story in the Louisville Courier-Journal, Sept. 23
"Nobody has ever made wires this small before, so we are not sure what all the uses are going to be.... It's like trapping a small, skinny sausage in a big bowl of spaghetti."
-- Francis DiSalvo, professor of chemistry, in the Sunday London Times, Sept. 29
"Over time, the food itself -- especially high-acid items like tomato products, fruit and canned juice -- can corrode the metal, producing a gradual buildup of gas that may cause the can to bulge or explode."
-- Joseph Hotchkiss, professor of food chemistry and toxicology, discussing keeping canned food safe in the October issue of Good Housekeeping
"This suggests that dairy products may be protective for the high-protein Western diet. But if we are cutting back on animal protein, we may also need to eat less calcium."
-- Banoo Parpia, research associate, Nutritional Sciences, quoted in a Chicago Tribune wire story in the Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer, Oct. 2
"Higher education is interested in seeing federal investment help us build the infrastructure we need."
-- H. David Lambert, vice president for information technologies, on President Clinton's proposed "Next-Generation Internet," quoted in the Oct. 18 Chronicle of Higher Education
"The things you do to keep your body healthy are the very same things you do to keep your body thin."
-- David Levitksy, professor of nutritional sciences and psychology, in the October issue of Fitness Magazine
"During the struggle to win the vote, suffragettes often argued that women voters would help to clean up government. In recent elections, gender gaps in voting patterns suggest that women are bringing different values to the ballot box....what should a woman do when she is repelled by negative campaigning? In 1994, large numbers of women chose not to vote. ... As a historian of Colonial America -- a period when women's voices had little impact on public policy -- I find such a response self-defeating."
-- Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History, in the October issue of Ladies Home Journal