"I believe the children are our future...."
NPR's Tell Me More... recently asked Shirley Ann Jackson about what music is playing in her collection.
On Dr. Jackson's list:
- Beethoven's 9th Symphony
- Aretha Franklin's version of "Respect"
- and... Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All"
Earlier, Dr. Jackson talked with host Michel Martin about women in science and science education:
... as far as young women and minorities, we can't afford to ignore half to two-thirds of the talent pool and feel weve tapped all the talent. And talent comes from everywhere. So we have to continue to be attractive to those who would come from abroad - very talented people - and have them stay. But we also have to understand we have talent right here.
And whether we're talking the young man from Iowa, the young Latino girl from the Bronx, the African-American youth from Washington, D.C., or the young woman from Scarsdale, these are talented young people and we have to invite them. We have to excite them. We have to prepare them. And we have to celebrate them when they are successful.
Bonus Shirley Ann Jackson item: she was recently part of an Economist-sponsored Oxford-style debate on innovation with Robert Reich, Tyler Cowen and John Perry Barlow. Jackson and Reich "won the debate in a landslide."
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... said Jessica R on Apr 21, 2010 at 9:25 PM | link
Was the kind of talent she's describing possessed by the check-cashing bandit who 2 weeks ago successfully managed to get away with the 40K in a duffle bag-- all this while RPI's siren boomed MAJOR EMERGENCY LOCK ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS over Troy for 3 hours?
... said Jeff Stannard on Apr 22, 2010 at 6:45 AM | link