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"[This study] certainly doesn't prove causality, and it would be inappropriate for...clinicians to grasp onto this and no longer prescribe acetaminophen for children.”

Mary Beth Fasano, clinical associate professor of internal medicine and director of the Allergy-Immunology Training Program in the Carver College of Medicine, on a study that showed that children given acetaminophen in the first year of life were more likely to have asthma symptoms at age 6 and 7 (American Medical News, Oct. 27).

"For the last four months, I've been an author. I'm ready to be a writer for a while and write my next book."

Sarah Prineas, scholarship coordinator for the University of Iowa Honors Program, who is on a book tour for her children’s fantasy novel. The first-time author has a three-book contract with HarperCollins and is working with an editor to develop her next project (Des Moines Register, Oct. 26).

"There's value added when it comes to critical thinking and moral reasoning.”

Ernest Pascarella, professor and Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education in the College of Education, explaining that higher education is not just about financial rewards (Chicago Tribune, Oct. 14).

"When we began this work, we knew it would be risky. We did not know if we would just end up with a big mouse."

Michael Welsh, professor of internal medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics in the Carver College of Medicine, on developing a pig model for cystic fibrosis that appears to closely mimic the disease in human infants (Science magazine, Sept. 25).