Here is a sampling of quotations from Cornell University faculty, students and staff that have appeared recently in the national and international news media:
"The wealth of the country, I believe, is based on the invention of new products. That can only come from a thriving scientific community. I worry that this manpower gap can compromise our standard of living."
-- Robert C. Richardson, vice provost for research, commenting on a report by a panel he chaired for the National Science Board that found a decline in the number of young Americans seeking careers in science, in The New York Times, July 6.
"It's the pattern in every industry, that executive compensation has grown over 30 years, while workers' pay stayed flat for the same period."
-- Robert Frank, the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and professor of economics, in an article about the salaries for top orchestra conductors, in The New York Times, July 4.
"At every step along the life path if one has slightly less intellectual ability there would be potential consequences. What would you give for an extra five IQ points? ... In a very practical sense, like scores on SAT tests or graduate school exams, it affects important decisions that are made on a child's opportunities."
-- Richard Canfield, senior research associate in nutritional sciences, commenting on his research findings that even low levels of lead, under the government's official safety threshold, can significantly reduce IQ in children. The story ran on the Scripps Howard News Service wire June 30, and it appeared in the Abilene Reporter News and Wichita Falls Times Record News and was carried by the NBC-TV affiliate in Kansas City.
"It can make the difference between making money and losing money."
-- Giuseppe Pezzotti, School of Hotel Administration senior lecturer, counseling restaurants to consider their clientele as well as industry trends before changing their menus to include low-carb foods, in the Orlando Sentinel, June 26.
"Cornell has enjoyed a uniquely important relationship with China over the past century. That is the background of the new proposal, [the] Cornell-China New Century Initiative. ... I am excited to have the opportunity to bring that relationship to an entirely new level."
-- Jeffrey S. Lehman, president, discussing his trip to China in Xinhua, the Chinese wire service, June 18.
"The collection provides enormously rich materials for teaching and research and will enable us to attract outstanding scholars from across the hemispheres."
-- Jane Mt. Pleasant, director of the American Indian Program, discussing Cornell Library's acquisition of one of the world's largest collections of Native American artifacts, in Native American Times, June 17.
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