“I have been in Canada in the last few days and people are astonished at Brexit and kept asking me whether the British government has any clue what it is doing. The answer to that question seems to be a resounding ‘no.’”
—David Blanchflower, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economicsin The Guardian
July 24, 2018
“We’re taking real tools from biology and applying them in a super serious way. I hope people find the humor in this.”
—Nathaniel Dominy, the Charles Hansen Professor of Anthropologyin The New York Times
July 23, 2018
“CBT is a success story in psychotherapy—I would say more so than any other type of intervention both in terms of the practical application of it and in terms of its research.”
—Robert Brady, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicinein NHMagazine.com
July 20, 2018
“There are no major national car companies that are just American or just German or just Japanese.”
—Emily Blanchard, associate professor of business management at the Tuck School of Businessin Marketplace
July 17, 2018
“Tuck is a distinctly collaborative community, so being able to challenge others tactfully and thoughtfully is important.”
—Luke Anthony Peña, executive director of admissions and financial aid at the Tuck School of Businessin Inside Higher Ed
July 16, 2018
“I created this app so that books created by and for people of color can be found easily and in one central location.”
“We should all be concerned about heart disease. We should all exercise; we should eat real food.”
—H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine at the Geisel School of Medicinein The Daily Item
July 12, 2018
“I think the consensus is widely shared that we are now engaged in a battle with China on tariffs the likes of which we haven’t seen since the Great Depression.”
—Matthew Slaughter, dean of the Tuck School of Businessin NHPR
July 11, 2018
“With the current trend of medical students choosing not to go into primary care, this shortage is a very real issue.”
—Roshini Pinto-Powell, associate professor of medicine and medical education at the Geisel School of Medicinein The Hill
July 10, 2018
“How we view drinking as a culture is not accidental. It’s been carefully scripted for us by the alcohol industry, in ads we’ve seen since we were little kids.”
—James Sargent, the Scott M. and Lisa G. Stuart Professor of Pediatric Oncology at the Geisel School of Medicinein The Outline
July 9, 2018
“Great universities seek to erase the borders that confine intellectual exchange.”
—Carolyn Dever, professor of Englishin Public Books
July 6, 2018
“Every so often, we find a fragmentary piece of a kid’s mandible, or some teeth. But this discovery is just extraordinary.”
—Jeremy DeSilva, associate professor of anthropologyin The Atlantic
July 5, 2018
“What bothers me is when these things are being sold as woman-friendly or ways to eliminate one’s risk of getting raped. I’m not buying that.”
—Susan Brison, the Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Valuesin Refinery29
July 3, 2018
“Consider the implications: By not including women scholars, you are deliberately distorting the state of the field, narrowing the range of knowledge and interpretation, and excluding important areas of research and insight.”
—Susannah Heschel, the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, and a co-authorin Forward
July 2, 2018
“I expect that here in the United States we will start to see this content in the upcoming midterms and national election two years from now. The technology, of course, knows no borders, so I expect the impact to ripple around the globe.”
—Hany Farid, the Albert Bradley 1915 Third Century Professor of Computer Sciencein The New York Times
June 29, 2018
“It’s really a milestone in black films. You get this narrative of black people always being embattled and oppressed. Films like ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Coming to America’ change this.”
“I think that it will join the ranks of the worst decisions ever rendered by the court over 240 years. I think it is an abomination. And unfortunately, it will set back our national security, not improve it.”
—Daniel Benjamin, the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understandingin Al Jazeera
June 28, 2018
“The fallout from the disastrous Brexit vote and the even more calamitous negotiations are scaring businesses to death, and continuing apace.”
—David Blanchflower, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economicsin The Guardian
June 27, 2018
“Economists generally believe that trade is mutually beneficial and that if you stop trade, you hurt your trade partner, but you also hurt yourself because the price of your imports will go up for consumers.”
—Douglas Irwin, the John French Professor in Economicsin World Finance
June 26, 2018
“U.S. health care obviously needs a heart transplant. Who better than a surgeon, with deeper knowledge of U.S. health care than anyone I know, to guide this effort?”
—Elliott Fisher, director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, talking about Atul Gawande, CEO of the new Bezos/Buffet/Dimon health care venturein The Boston Globe