“People have a
vision of how it works, but no one has ever done
something like we’ve done here.” L.D.
Chen, director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator
and professor of mechanical engineering in the College
of Engineering, looking for new ways to use the state-of-the-art
machine to become self-supporting (The Des Moines
Register, Aug. 2).
“We just got goofy one afternoon. We were
running around with our face masks and our lab coats.
We said, ‘We’re the moldbusters.’” Nancy
Kraft, preservation librarian, recalling the summer
of 2002 when the law library’s rare book room
was stricken with high humidity and mold spores galore
(The Des Moines Register, Aug. 2).
“Why would they want to let me advertise?
That would be admitting they have problem gamblers
on board.” Donald Black, professor of psychiatry
in the Carver College of Medicine, struggling to
find participants for studies that test the effectiveness
of drugs on pathological gambling because he cannot
post ads at casinos or riverboats (The Gazette, Aug.
6).
“This just feeds into people’s larger
sense that maybe things aren’t progressing
as well as we might have hoped several months ago.” Peverill
Squire, professor of political science in the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences, noting that the economy
has perked up a little bit but not a lot, making
Republicans nervous (Globe & Mail, Aug. 7).
“What we are trying to do is to move the people
from the group that are seriously disabled by tinnitus
into a group where they are not bothered by it.” Rich
Tyler, professor of otolaryngology in the Carver
College of Medicine, studying whether music can help
ringing in the ears (HealthCentral.com, Aug. 11).
“We can’t give answers to why—only
how they grew.” Christopher Brochu, assistant
professor of geoscience in the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, weighing in on study findings
that found Tyrannosaurus rex gained nearly five pounds
a day during its teenage growth spurt and probably
died young, at around age 30 (The Boston Globe, Aug.
12).
“As the recession ends, the investment spending
picks up. That hasn’t happened yet, which is
a little bit surprising.” Beth Ingram, professor
of economics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
puzzling over why a full economic recovery has yet
to take hold (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Aug. 15).
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