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‘LOVING GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR MIND’ Collins Chosen to Lead National Institutes of Health Posted March 3, 2010 By Eileen Scott, Senior Writer for The Ivy League Christian Observer
It’s not surprising that gifted scientist Francis Collins, Yale Ph.D.’74, would become the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, leading the team that unlocked the intricacies of DNA. But what did surprise many was when, in the announcement about the Human Genome Project, President Bill Clinton included God in the scientific equation.
“Today we are learning the language in which God created life,” said Clinton. “We are gaining ever more awe for the complexity, the beauty, and the wonder of God’s most divine and sacred gift.”
But for Collins, a self-described evangelical Christian, identifying God in scientific discovery was nothing new.
“Was I, a rigorously trained scientist, taken aback at such a blatantly religious reference by the leader of the free world at a moment such as this?” Collins writes in his book, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. “No, not at all. In fact, I had worked closely with the president’s speechwriter in the frantic days just prior to [the] announcement, and had strongly endorsed the inclusion of this paragraph.” Click Here for Full Story
UNDERSTANDING THE NET GENERATION Social Networking Sites Blur Boundaries, Creates Confusion in Young People Posted March 3, 2010 By Catherine Elvy, Staff Writer for The Ivy League Christian Observer
Students at the University of Pennsylvania are highly motivated and deeply shaped by their immersion in a digital culture.
That was among the key messages from a series entitled “Understanding Today’s Student Culture,” which was hosted by Penn’s Faculty Commons, (www.facultycommons.com), an outreach of Campus Crusade for Christ to academicians. Faculty Commons held the series in October to give professors and staffers insight into the mindset of the so-called “Net Generation.” Click Here for Full Story
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