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Research fellow says public is uninformed
By: Shawn C. Millender
Issue date: 7/12/04 Section: News
Both Boatman and Stranges agree that an educated public is important because it determines the direction policymakers in Washington, D.C., will take.
"It's a sensitive issue. Most of the public is not really well-informed," Stranges said.
"There are so many misconceptions out there about what stem cells can do. It's total misinformation, and in many cases whoever speaks the loudest and longest, but not necessarily the best, will carry the weight."
Honors program executive director Edward Funkhouser said programs like the undergraduate research fellowship give students an edge in post-graduate studies.
"Students who participate in the honors program and become university undergraduate research fellows are able to 'test-drive' graduate school as they complete their baccalaureate degrees," Funkhouser said.
Barbara Gastel, professor of journalism, medical humanities and biotechnology, was a plenary speaker at the Sixth Undergraduate Conference In Bioethics 2003. She said Boatman's work will prove beneficial for his future.
"I'm very pleased to see that he did his thesis on this," Gastel said.
"Writing a thesis is a very valuable experience, and it appears he is addressing a very serious and important topic."
"It's a sensitive issue. Most of the public is not really well-informed," Stranges said.
"There are so many misconceptions out there about what stem cells can do. It's total misinformation, and in many cases whoever speaks the loudest and longest, but not necessarily the best, will carry the weight."
Honors program executive director Edward Funkhouser said programs like the undergraduate research fellowship give students an edge in post-graduate studies.
"Students who participate in the honors program and become university undergraduate research fellows are able to 'test-drive' graduate school as they complete their baccalaureate degrees," Funkhouser said.
Barbara Gastel, professor of journalism, medical humanities and biotechnology, was a plenary speaker at the Sixth Undergraduate Conference In Bioethics 2003. She said Boatman's work will prove beneficial for his future.
"I'm very pleased to see that he did his thesis on this," Gastel said.
"Writing a thesis is a very valuable experience, and it appears he is addressing a very serious and important topic."
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