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BLOG ROLL
True Maroons: Herbert Simon, Linda Sandell, and Brad Hirschfield
LEARNING FROM WHAT SIMON SAYS
"Management Guru: Herbert Simon" (Economist, Mar. 20, 2009)
Nobel laureate and economist Herbert Simon, AB'36, PhD'43, gave a name—satisficing—to the real-world behavior of finding what is "good enough."
STRAIGHT TO THE TOP
"Sandell Named Simon Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery" (Economist, Mar. 20, 2009)
Scientist Linda Sandell, who did postdoctoral work in molecular biology at the University of Chicago, studies gene regulation of extracellular matrix proteins and its influence on cell phenotype at Washington University in St. Louis.
HOW DO YOU MEASURE FAITH?
"Americans Reject Labels, Not Faith" (On Faith blog, Washington Post, Mar. 18, 2009)
Brad Hirschfield, AB'86—named one of the nation’s 50 most influential rabbis in Newsweek and one of the top 30 “Preachers and Teachers” by Beliefnet.com—writes that saying 'no' to your parents' religion "does not necessarily mean saying 'no' to faith and/or to God."
March 31, 2009
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