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...small subset of these brain chemicals, especially serotonin, evidently serves an entirely different purpose. As Steven Hyman, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, describes it, "These neurotransmitters modulate raw information and give it its emotional tone." Northwestern University psychiatrist James Stockard puts it more poetically: "A person's mood is like a symphony, and serotonin is like the conductor's baton." Other neurotransmitters help us know our stomachs are full; serotonin tells us whether we feel satisfied. Other chemicals help us perceive the water level in a glass; serotonin helps us decide whether we will think...
...Northwestern officials also expressed delight at Honig's acceptance of their offer of tenure...
Harvard lost one junior and one senior Faculty member this summer, when Professor of Economics Michael D.Whinston and Associate Professor of Government Bonnie Honig left for tenured positions at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois...
Assistant Chair of Economics Ian Savage said his department at Northwestern started actively recruiting Whinston last fall, when Northwestern learned that his wife, Associate Professor of Government Bonnie Honig, might not receive tenure at Harvard...
Incoming chair of the political science department at Notherwestern University Michael Wallerstein said Honig was "the very best of the applicant pool," and called her departure "a great loss for Harvard, and a great gain for Northwestern...