I Speak for Myself

… Myself That I Remake

“I a lover of nature. I have to paint from within .... As I used to tell my students, anything I do must be of a caliber that will live after me. That is really my credo, even now,” said Lois Jones when she was in her 80s. During an artistic career that spanned more than 6 decades and continued until the end of her life, she sought excellence and a place in art history. When, in her early effor...

Here I Am, Despite Myself

As I sit down to write this abbreviated tale of my laboratory's research and my own professional journey, I'm struck by how things have turned out. I often will tell students who visit Fox Chase Cancer Center, where I've been a faculty member for 20 years, that a common Image 1. Glenn Rall.

How do I feel about myself?

I see myself ? Learning by doing

own face, although children do not develop self-recognition before the age of about 18 months. Self-face recognition is clearly a high-level ability and might be an important component of self-awareness1. The question of how the brain responds to the sight of one’s own face has recently been tackled by Kircher and colleagues2. They used computerized morphing procedures to blend a photograph of ...

Buy It for Myself ’

Ecommerce web sites are increasingly introducing personalized features in order to build and retain relationships with customers and increase the number of purchases made by each customer. While survey data, (Personalization Consortium, 2000; Personalization Consortium, 2001), user studies (Karat, et al, 2003), and experience (Manber, 2000) indicate that many individuals appreciate personalizat...