Word: formality
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...Hwang had been fabricated, the medical community is reeling from another scientific scandal. The editors of the New England Journal of Medicine announced this evening that they have doubts about the research of Norwegian cancer expert Dr. Jon Sudbo of the Radium Hospital in Oslo. Their formal ?Expression of Concern? about two articles they published from Sudbo and his colleagues in 2001 and 2004 is being released at the Journal?s website (content.nejm.org). This comes after the Lancet issued its own ?Expression of Concern? about research Sudbo published in that medical journal in October of last year...
...This is just the first step in the process,? says Karen Pedersen, a spokesperson for the New England Journal. The Journal editors are now checking with the authors of the paper to explore whether formal retraction is necessary. Pedersen says that the Journal began looking into the matter earlier this week as soon as they learned about the problems at Lancet...
This broad scrutiny of our collective teaching endeavor is now in its third year. The time has come to move forward with our formal deliberations and toward the legislation that we think appropriate in the light of the recommendations these reports incorporate. In the coming semester we will set before the Faculty the recommendations first on concentrations and then on general education. We will hear further on the recommendations on writing and speaking. We will bear in mind the implications of all of these for the recommendations on advising, which colleagues have already received. If, after we have discussed...
...move from a time of consultation and recommendation to a term of formal discussion and decision, we should bear in mind how much we have accomplished already. We have made great progress in the expansion of the Faculty that I announced in the letter transmitting the April 2004 Report. A larger Faculty is a necessary, though not sufficient, condition for the improvement of undergraduate education. To foster small-group instruction, we have further expanded the Freshman Seminar Program to offer enough seminars to accommodate the entire freshman class. To give our students an education in the broader world in which...
...opening remarks, Tribe said that while he would not offer a formal recommendation to the committee on Alito’s confirmation, he sought to prevent senators from voting with “their eyes wide shut...