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  • November 28, 2017

    “If we could use gene editing to remove the sequences in an embryo that cause sickle cell disease or cystic fibrosis, I would say not only that we may do so, but in the case of such severe diseases, we have a moral obligation to do so.”

    —Ronald Green, professor emeritus of religion and the Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor Emeritus for the Study of Ethics and Human Values in Science News

  • November 27, 2017

    “The Sinai attack underscores that the elimination of the ISIS caliphate will have little effect on the group’s regional affiliates, whose success or failure depends on local conditions.”

    —Daniel Benjamin, the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding in The Washington Post

  • November 22, 2017

    “I think that the culture of narcissism, which is all around us, which turns inward, is utterly opposed to a culture of thanks giving. If we can move beyond ourselves and treat others with humility, we are closer to a culture of thanks giving.”

    —Randall Balmer, the John Phillips Professor in Religion in VPR

  • November 21, 2017

    “The single most important thing that (Janet Yellen) has done since 2014 is restrain the pace of the tightening of monetary policy and allow the economy to continue producing more jobs.”

    —Andrew Levin, professor of economics in The Huffington Post

  • November 20, 2017

    “People are looking for other labels to identify themselves with because they find the term ‘evangelical’ so fraught and associated with things they don’t embrace.”

    —Randall Balmer, the John Phillips Professor in Religion in Deseret News

  • November 17, 2017

    “There are so many lies, and so much indecency, and I’m not only talking about President Trump. There is just a world of it exploding, and we are, I fear, as a nation, becoming conditioned and accepting of it, and it’s horrific.”

    —Jake Tapper ’91, CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent in The Atlantic

  • November 16, 2017

    “Right now we have such a huge problem on the surface web — and (it’s) really easy to access literally tens of thousands of videos that are fed to you, one after the other, (and) that are leading to radicalization.”

    —Hany Farid, the Albert Bradley 1915 Third Century Professor of Computer Science in Voice of America

  • November 15, 2017

    “There’s no question that we have a lot to learn about the workings of the universe and, who knows, one day we may be able to travel close to the speed of light.”

    —Marcelo Gleiser, the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and professor of physics and astronomy in NPR

  • November 14, 2017

    “English classes encourage students to move from theory to practical application—a hurdle that medical students and physicians must surmount nearly every day in clinical medicine.”

    —Cassie Kosarek ’20, a student at the Geisel School of Medicine in Student Doctor Network

  • November 13, 2017

    “In the middle of the night, I observed a coconut crab attack and kill an adult red-footed booby.”

    —Mark Laidre, assistant professor of biological sciences in The Washington Post

  • November 10, 2017

    “When a country announces it is pursuing nuclear energy, it’s a sign to other nations that maybe they should start paying more attention to what that country is doing.”

    —Nicholas Miller, assistant professor of government in Motherboard

  • November 9, 2017

    “With a simple investment of about $35 and specifying coverage requirements, a wireless reflector can be custom-built to outperform antennae that cost thousands of dollars.”

    —Xia Zhou, assistant professor of computer science in TechCrunch

  • November 8, 2017

    “This collection is a crucial addition to scholarship on the Holocaust and on United States history.”

    —Susannah Heschel, the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies in Israel National News

  • November 7, 2017

    “It’s in the future but it feels like it’s not too far away. With just a few sort of shifts of the parameters, one might say, we might actually be there tomorrow. ... I think science and technology has a significant influence on the way that kind of stuff gets written.”

    —Dan Rockmore, associate dean for the sciences and the William H. Neukom 1964 Distinguished Professor of Computational Science in VPR

  • November 6, 2017

    “Threats to the rule of law often start with these softer kinds of actions, these norms that grow weaker.”

    —Brendan Nyhan, professor of government in The Star

  • November 3, 2017

    “Well-designed tax policies have the potential to raise economic growth. But there are many stumbling blocks along the way and certainly no guarantee that all tax changes will improve economic performance.”

    —Andrew Samwick, the Sandra L. and Arthur L. Irving ’72a P’10 Professor of Economics and director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, and a study co-author in The Christian Science Monitor

  • November 2, 2017

    “As someone who researches the impact of immigration on workers, I believe their plan to change who can enter the country legally is a big mistake.”

    —Ethan Lewis, associate professor of economics in The Conversation

  • November 1, 2017

    “Bilateral deficits are going to keep popping up everywhere. Trump is going to be playing Whac-a-Mole.”

    —Robert Staiger, the Roth Family Distinguished Professor in the Arts and Sciences and a professor of economics in The New York Times

  • October 31, 2017

    “We desperately need another energy source that’s clean.”

    —Barrett Rogers, ’84, GRAD ’86, Thayer ’86, the Pat and John Rosenwald Professor of Physics and Astronomy in OZY

  • October 30, 2017

    “Facebook, Google, and Twitter function as a distribution mechanism, a platform for circulating false information and helping find receptive audiences.”

    —Brendan Nyhan, professor of government in The Seattle Times

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