Here is a sampling of quotations from Cornell University faculty, students and staff that have appeared recently in the national and international news media:
"She gets one hell of a good meal from the victim, but the major benefit may be the defensive chemical."
-- Thomas Eisner, the Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology, told the Associated Press Sept. 2, describing female fireflies that lure male fireflies of a different genus, then eat them to get a protective compound they lack.
"We've got a crop to fit the need of the environment."
-- Richard H. Uva, graduate student in floriculture and ornamental horticulture, discussing his research project on the cultivation of beach plum and babyberry plants in Cape Cod gravel pits, in The Washington Post Sept. 8.
"Clementine showed that small missions can perform useful science, provided that adequate funds are reserved for data analysis. It also demonstrated that a small team of individuals can assume responsibility for planning and executing a deep-space mission. As such, the prospects for NASA's 'smaller, cheaper, faster' missions look good."
-- Joseph A. Burns, professor of astronomy, in an op-ed co-written by David H. Smith of the National Research Council, discussing NASA missions, in the Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise Sept. 10.
"There is now a more cynical attitude that says America is not fully committed to racial justice."
-- James Turner, director of the Africana Studies Center, in an article exploring current race relations in America in the Boston Globe Sept. 14.
"In any sort of negotiation, if you advertise yourself as a perfectly rational person, you wind up being a sitting duck."
-- Robert Frank, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics, Ethics and Public Policy, discussing why strikes occur even though both sides may lose in the long run, in The Washington Post Sept. 18.
"Young people today are lookers, with more of a visual sense than their elders. They are less likely to curl up with a book than to see art."
-- Michael G. Kammen, the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture, commenting on the current popularity of art museums in The New York Times Oct. 5.