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...that although the use of IT has become prevalent in most other professions, only 30 percent of physicians maintain regular e-mail contact with colleagues and less than 4 percent communicate consistently with patients via e-mail. “The use of information technology among doctors was much lower than what we had expected, especially since e-mail is such an efficient way of communicating,” said Richard W. Grant, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and the lead author of the study. “There’s no time...
...grade-capped Princeton students are (surprise!) not happy with their deflated GPAs. Specifically, 75 percent told the student government that Princeton's grade-deflation policy is having a "negative effect on the University's academic environment." This is from an anoymous comment on the survey: "My grades are much lower than those of my friends from other schools. Why would an employer hire a Princeton grad with a [GPA of] 3.5 instead of a Harvard grad with a [GPA of] 3.8? Are we arrogant enough to believe grades from Princeton mean something more than other schools...
...calling Ground Zero in Manhattan a "hole in the ground"? Well, let's see how people react to this fine comparison in the Daily Pennsylvanian by Penn's new top facilities manager (formerly design director for the Ground Zero memorial): For Penn's new top Facilities official, rebuilding lower Manhattan after Sept. 11 has been good preparation for rebuilding University City...
...several legitimate counterpoints to that, primary of which is Stanford Provost John Etchemendy's IRS analogy in his Times op-ed, which concludes: There is nothing about early admissions, in itself, that gives an advantage to those who apply early. It all depends on whether the university imposes lower, the same, or higher standards to the early pool. Nor can you infer the standards by simply comparing admission rates in the early and late pools.Fair enough. But from a journalist's standpoint, it's better to have the numbers, and the Ivy papers should be after them. The Dartmouth struck...
Trans fatty acids, more commonly called trans fats, are most often found in processed foods that contain partially hydrogenated oils. Trans fats are unhealthy because they raise the body’s bad cholesterol and lower the good cholesterol. Canola, olive, and vegetable oil are among the ones that do not contain trans fats...