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Highlight Reel:1. On his fondness for toxic substances: MacDonald was something of an alcoholic, though he might be loathe to use that particular term. His ability to consume beer in impossibly large quantities had been well established at Yale. ("MacDonald, perhaps you could trade this for a six-pack?" one of his instructors had quipped when handing him a diploma.) Recalling his college days, MacDonald writes, "I had fun. Loads of it. And not the kind of fun people look back on ten years later and regret. I didn't hurt anybody. I didn't steal anything. I didn...
...over 48,000 doctorates last year—the highest number in history and the fifth annual increase in doctorates awarded. The number of doctorates awarded to minorities grew by about 20 percent over the past five years, compared to about 5 percent for white students. Asian women in particular make up the fastest growing segment of minority doctorates recipients, with the total number of degrees awarded rising by 30 percent from 2003 to 2007. The number of doctorates awarded in the sciences and engineering rose, reaching 66 percent of all doctoral degrees, while the number of doctorates awarded...
...Spaepen, interim dean of SEAS, said in a press release. Clarke’s research on ceramic materials focuses on their electrical properties and piezospectroscopy, a technique he developed to measure stress in materials. “Professor Clarke’s world-renowned expertise in materials science, in particular ceramics and semiconductors, will perfectly complement SEAS’s current presence in this field,” Spaepen said in the press release. Clarke did not wish to comment on his appointment. Both Hu and Clarke have also worked outside of academia—Hu at Bell Labs...
...recommendations were put together in collaboration with researchers from 28 teams worldwide working in conjunction with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The policy group declined to endorse one of the four proposals, however, writing that “the decision to adopt a particular [policy] architecture is ultimately a political one that must be reached by the nations of the world...
...academic achievement, integrity of character, a spirit of unselfishness, respect for others potential for leadership, and physical vigor,” according to the scholarship’s Web site. Snider, a resident of Friendswood, Texas and a senior in Mather House, is studying biological anthropology. She said her particular interests lie in the interactions between cultural beliefs and scientific and medical practice. According to Snider, how “social cultural beliefs and institutions interact with biology to shape human perception of illness, medical treatments, and medical practices that occur within a particular society” interest...