Edward C. Kendall—Nobel Laureate

C ORRUPTION IN A MERICA by Edward

We use a data set of federal corruption convictions in the U.S. to investigate the causes and consequences of corruption. More educated states, and to a less degree richer states, have less corruption. This relationship holds even when we use historical factors like education in 1928 or Congregationalism in 1890, as instruments for the level of schooling today. The level of corruption is weakly...

Nobel laureate to grads : Find your passion

Finding your passion is key to success, Brian Kobilka, MD, said in a speech June 15 at the School of Medicine commencement. In his usual self-deprecating manner, the Stanford scientist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry last year, minimized his credentials and credited support from others for much of his success. “I believe my career to date is an example of how a relatively average ...

Edward.

, Experimenter , Engineer , and Nobel Laureate

The Nobel Foundation was established by the will of Alfred B. Nobel, engineer and chemist, who died in 1895. The will funded annual prizes to “those who shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” The prize in physics was to go to “the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention.” In 1912 the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Nils Gustaf Dalén, an enginee...

Blood recipient notification for hepatitis C in Prince Edward Island.

BACKGROUND Two of the major risk factors for hepatitis C are injection drug use and receipt of blood or blood products. Many patients are unaware that they have received transfusions. In 1998 Prince Edward Island conducted a province-wide look-back notification program to notify patients who had received transfusions in PEI between Jan. 1, 1984, and June 1, 1990. The authors present the results...