Pharma Research: Changing But Still Expensive

Last week, Gabrielle Levy, a sophomore at Dartmouth College, outlined her take on Big Pharma for the college’s newspaper The Dartmouth: Drugs are expensive, sure, but the research is worth it, and demonizing the pharmaceutical industry plants a seed of anti-science beliefs in the general American populace. Though Levy’s points are a much-needed reminder of the fiscal value of rigorous research in a political climate rightfully hung up on issues of corruption and the profit-seeking behaviors of l

Fresh Faculty: Julia Scarborough

Julia Scarborough is a visiting assistant professor of classics. She received a B.A. in classics from Oxford University, an M.A. in art history from Courtauld Institute of Art and a Ph.D. in classical philology from Harvard University. Q: What attracted you to classics?A: My father started teaching me Latin when I was quite young, and it was appealing in the same way that a lot of other things were appealing at that age. I liked playing with puzzles and Latin really presents you with puzzles. W