<p>just announced: Brown alum Craig C. Mello '82 won the 2006 Nobel prize in medicine</p>
<p><a href=“The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006 - NobelPrize.org”>The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006 - NobelPrize.org</a>
<a href=“http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/mello_bio.html[/url]”>http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/mello_bio.html</a></p>
<p>Fortunate enough to get his PhD at Harvard.</p>
<p>See: "Harvard, MIT Scientists Get Nobel Prize in Medecine"</p>
<p>Come now, Byerly, surely a noble soul such as yourself would not respond so churlishly!</p>
<p>Cool! Thanks for posting dcircle.</p>
<p>Nothing "churlish" about getting your PhD from MIT or Harvard.</p>
<p>In addition, it appears that the research on which the award was based was undertaken when the two PhD recipients subsequently worked together in Baltimore.</p>
<p>Hence Brown alum, not Brown professor, Byerly. If he had done the Nobel Prize winning research here it would have been stated differently.</p>
<p>Also, you come across as a complete pompous ass in everything you post. Good job.</p>
<p>They are professors at Stanford and UMass respectively.</p>
<p>Yup, I can read the article too Byerly. My point was, this line:</p>
<p>In addition, it appears that the research on which the award was based was undertaken when the two PhD recipients subsequently worked together in Baltimore.</p>
<p>Of course, if that work was done here at Brown it would say, "Former Brown Professor receives Nobel Prize for Work Done on College Hill" or something to that effect in the Brown announcement.</p>
<p>Of course Stanford and UMass, where they teach currently, also "claim" them.</p>
<p>Is there a point to what you're posting Byerly? Are you trying to suggest something? Why don't you just say what you want to say already? Are you too much of a coward to simply make a statement?</p>
<p>I'll make it for you, "You Brown kids shouldn't care, because where he did his undergraduate studies is completely unimportant compared to where he received his doctorate, did the work, and currently teaches."</p>
<p>And I'll counter it, "Who cares?" I think undergraduate matters, though I can understand the prospective that the other institutions mentioned are more important-- they certainly matter more professionally at his stage. But there is nothing wrong with being proud of someone who was at least somewhat a product of your institution's education process for being successful. I am sure his high school, middle school, elementary school, and parents all "claim" him too!</p>
<p>Once again, get off the high horse and take your **** somewhere that someone cares.</p>
<p>The point is that everybody loves a winner and wants to claim a piece of him or bask in his reflected glory. in this case, anyone sharing his ethnicity, from the town where he was born, went to high school, college, got his professional training, did research, currently teaches etc. etc. etc. Its traditional when Nobel prizes are awarded. Check out the 861 Google links so far.</p>
<p>Right, so it's exactly what I said. Thanks, we get it. Go back to the Harvard forum, or wherever you came from. I don't think anyone who attends Brown or has a chance to attend Brown doesn't know all of this already. Certain things don't have to be explicity listed as disclaimers on information because it's blantantly obvious. Your linking doesn't mean anything, nor does it say anything that anyone reading the article wouldn't know (referring to the act of posting not the direct content of the article). You're not adding to the conversation, simply detracting from it by wasting our time with obvious information that has absolutely no bearing as to why the story was posted in the first place.</p>
<p>You seem upset and frazzled. Get some sleep. You must be up past your bedtime. ;)</p>
<p>Nope, I just post on many forums and dislike trolls.</p>
<p>As a sophomore, you have a lot to learn.</p>
<p>I am bored. Whenever I look into elite college boards, I always see Byerlys posts. If Harvard dropped early decision, why your schools do not follow Harvard? If your schools have accomplished anything, they are really nothing without Harvards involvements. If you are upset or offended, you know that Byerly means well. He bashes all schools.</p>
<p>Is the spam driving your crazy? Well, I have a fun solution. Lets me summarize his todays messages. You will feel better knowing that you are not the only victims in the CC. LOL</p>
<p>October 2, 2006
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just announced: Brown alum Craig C. Mello '82 won the 2006 Nobel prize in medicine
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Fortunate enough to get his PhD at Harvard.
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You will please note that all these schools do is give us vague spin about the "strength" of the early pool; they <em>never</em> provide detailed supporting stats about the quality of those in the early pool vs those in the RD pool - the applicants, the admits and the matriculants - and the admit rate and yield rate for those in each pool with similar qualifications. Most (giving MIT pros here for being honest) never fess up about how many high-yield early applicants are take after deferral, and * none* ever report the yield rate on these deferreds.
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One might argue that the "Tufts Syndrome" approach - ie, giving an admissions tip to applicants who, based on computer analyisis or the application of some formula (ie, counting "contacts", campus visits, etc) are more likely to enroll should be beneath the stature of a school like MIT which allegedly "doesn't care about" yield.
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MIT, apparently, acknowledges this consideration in theory, but finds it out-weighed by the institutional advantage provided by the ability to fill half the seats with high-yield early applicants.
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Berkeley Alumnus Wins Nobel Prize (Class of '78)
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He was an MIT Phd, and his co-winner was a Harvard PhD.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine
Fire, 47, of Stanford University, and Mello, 45, of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, published their seminal work in a 1998 paper.
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Yes. Lets not leave out Harvard. I think they have been doing fairly well in the Nobel department and otherwise when it comes to recognition - both in the case of alumni and in the case of staff. More National Academy members than any other college or university in America.
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<p>It would be fun to compile this data and fact every day.</p>
<p>Oh I know it's not exclusive to here, I just call him/her out on it when it happens here in excess. I am fully aware what it takes to get as many posts as Byerly has, I have nearly as many on a musicians forum I've been a member off for almost 6 years. Thing is, those posts are less trolling than his/hers.</p>
<p>The issue is Byerly, I don't have that much to learn. You use polite language to try and make it seem like your messages are less predatory. They're not. They're always of the same nature, "Well of course, but Harvard...". When you come int this forum after a football game and politely ask if anyone saw it, is it any coincidence that it as after Harvard make Brown look like the crap they are? Nope, you saw the game, or at least hte outcome, and you were looking to get a response out of people.</p>
<p>No one here is falling for it, your polite passive agressive suggestions are transparent. Your intentions, whatever their reasons, are ridiculous-- who cares that you want to make sure that everyone knows Harvard is the greatest school ever. No one cares about your perfect perception of Harvard and its students. If students want to know about Harvard, they'll go over to the Harvard forum and ask. You're not giving balanced advice on other forums, you're not giving another "perspective". You're giving outside biased adviced about other schools and you always have a hint of superiority about it all.</p>
<p>Enough, you're not adding to the environment here, you're detracting from it.</p>
<p>What a great spokesperson Byerly is for Harvard!</p>
<p>I'm glad I went to Brown :)</p>
<p>As it happens, I'm a big fan of Brown's and have been going to its football games since I was four years old. If I were you - as a sophomore - I'd work on being a little less hostile and judgmental.</p>
<p>I note that one of your recurring themes is dumping on New Haven and Ithaca vis a vis Providence.</p>
<p>Also, the New Haven and Ithaca dumping was almost a year ago, and I stand by the fact that I preferred Providence with extreme prejudice based on the information I listed then.</p>
<p>Of course I preferred Providence, because as I am sure I stated back then, location was something that was appealing to me about Brown. Additionally, I noticed that your recurring theme is coming into threads and talking about Ivy's you didn't attend with a fake sense of authority and proceeding to "nicely" point out the positive aspects, and then quite often, continue to explain why Harvard does all of those things better with the occasionally concession that, "if that's what you'd want, I guess you'd be best off there," with the clear sense that you look down upon those features.</p>
<p>At least when I talk about other schools, I often say "in my experience", "as far as know" and other clarifying statements which make it clear that I am a Brown student attending Brown and that the only issues I can speak wiht any authority with are those that occur here at Brown (unless I specify, "the one time I was there" or "my experience" or even "my limited experience".</p>
<p>As for the moniker, it's not about me, it's from a song lyric. You may not think that I am modest, but I am not really sure that's the point of what I am saying at all. That's just a deflection to name calling essentially.</p>
<p>As for my age, I conduct myself as I see fit and appropriate in the situation, like it or not. Right now, I am calling someone out for being a nusance and disruptive, not helpful as they are trying to come across, or perhaps, would like to think they are.</p>