“Those who pin their hopes for a better Middle East on shocks that compel its leaders to reconsider their strategies stand to be disappointed.”
Ezzedine Fishere, senior lecturer, Middle Eastern Studies| The Washington Post
May 4, 2020
“The underlying massive change is that wealth no longer needs to justify itself—it is self-justifying. I look back, and I think, that's when we gave up on being a 'we.' ”
“The political future of the discriminatory handshake could be as easy to suspend as the handshake itself—and for perpetuity.”
Yuliya Komska, associate professor of German studies| Artforum
April 29, 2020
“We face a global health crisis and we must be laser-focused on resolving it. But as the coronavirus also takes down our economy, let's use our response to address an even more potent—albeit slower-moving—threat called climate change.”
Dan Reicher '78, member, the Irving Institute Advisory Board| The Hill
April 28, 2020
“Fans grieving the absence of sports … are starving for games to return. When they do, sports will once again play the role of national healer.”
“We need to be aware that this epidemic is far from over.”
Elliott Fisher, professor of medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute| CBS News
April 24, 2020
“Conspiracy theories seem especially likely to take hold during disasters and tragedies when people experience a loss of control and are trying to make sense of the world.”
“You're teaching people how to succeed in a crisis. This is the ultimate test of your leadership and an opportunity for you to show your employees what you're made of.”
“The global economic collapse is already deeper than in the Great Recession and early indications are that the damage is happening at least 20 times faster and will be several times larger than it was in 2008 and 2009.”
David Blanchflower, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economics| NewStatesman
April 17, 2020
“Protecting the most vulnerable communities and ensuring equitable access to treatment for all, including undocumented and incarcerated individuals, will be essential to stemming the spread of COVID-19.”
Anne Sosin '02, the global health initiative program director at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding| STAT News
April 16, 2020
“The overarching idea is that we want to help anyone who has to put their personal health at risk in order to do their work and is unable to work from home.”
Amy Guan '20, who, with Rine Uhm '22, created Give Essential, which helps connect essential workers with supplies from donors| NJ.com
April 15, 2020
“The research shows it is nearly impossible to convey polls in a way that does not confuse the audience.”
Sean Westwood, assistant professor of government| Newsweek
April 14, 2020
“Fortunately, there is a straightforward way to learn how widespread and deadly COVID-19 really is: Test randomly.”
Dan Rockmore, associate dean of the sciences, and Michael Herron, the Remsen 1943 Professor of Government| The National Interest
April 13, 2020
“People are willing to do things for the greater good if they believe that what they're doing actually helps the greater good. Whether you believe the leadership has good intentions is critical.”
Erzo F.P. Luttmer, the Dartmouth Professor in Economics| Law360
April 10, 2020
“Passover gives us an opportunity to express our deepest fears and yearnings in a concrete way.”
Susannah Heschel, the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies| Valley News
April 9, 2020
“Ecosystems are communities, they're assemblages of species that are interacting, and if you affect one, you affect all of them. That's what's important, and he (Theodor Geisel, Class of 1925) nailed that beautifully.”
Nathaniel Dominy, the Charles Hansen Professor of Anthropology| Biography
April 8, 2020
“The generosity of the (unemployment insurance) benefit increase marks a sharp contrast with low-wage workers who remain employed providing services we need during this crisis.”
Patricia Anderson, professor of economics, and a co-author| Econofact
April 7, 2020
“There have been so many novel and attention-demanding events recently, that time may have dilated, making this recent span seem to have lasted much longer than a comparable period of ordinary or expected events.”
Peter Tse, professor of psychological and brain sciences| New York