September 5, 2007 · 1 Comment
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Duke University on Monday named a
Harvard researcher as the first woman to lead its medical school, making her the only woman permanently at the helm of one of the nation’s top 10 medical schools.
“The fact that in 2007 there are still firsts for what women can do in medicine says something about how difficult it can be. I hope this does not seem so unusual a few years from now,” said Nancy C. Andrews, who will officially take over at Duke on Oct. 1.
Andrews, 48, succeeds R. Sanders Williams, who has been promoted to senior vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Andrews joined the Harvard faculty as an instructor in pediatrics in 1991 and rose through the academic ranks, most recently serving as dean for basic sciences and graduate studies at
Harvard Medical School.
She will be the only woman permanently leading a medical school listed among the top 10 in the annual survey by U.S. News & World Report, school officials said. At Harvard Medical School, which also appears on that list, a woman, Barbara J. McNeil, is serving as acting dean.
Categories: glass ceiling
“[It is] absolutely clear … that the first priority — where a woman is likely to find her greatest fulfillment in God’s plan — is going to be in the home being a wife and a mom.”
– Al Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, defending a new “Homemaking” degree at a southern Baptist seminary in Texas.
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Crooks and Liars has the video.
On this evening’s Countdown, Keith Olbermann quotes a breaking Associated Press story that Republican Senator, Larry Craig is reconsidering his resignation from the Senate.
Categories: Sen Larry Craig
“I’ve got God’s shoulder to cry on, and I cry a lot,” Bush told biographer Robert Draper, referring to war casualties. “I’ll bet I’ve shed more tears than you can count as president.”
When it comes to his low popularity ratings, the president said, “That guy who said if you want a friend in Washington get a dog, knew what he was talking about.”
[About leaving office] Bush said, “I’ll give some speeches, just to replenish the ol’ coffers.” With assets that have been estimated as high as nearly $21 million, Mr. Bush added, “I don’t know what my dad gets — it’s more than 50-75” thousand dollars a speech, and “Clinton’s making a lot of money.”
“I made a decision to lead,” Bush said of pursuing his strategy despite its unpopularity. “It makes people accuse you of unilateral arrogance, and that may be true. But … is the world better off as a result of your leadership?”
The answer, in a word, is NO!
Quotes from The New York Times.
Categories: Bush administration
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