April 23, 2008

World’s Youngest Professor is a 19 year old Woman

By Bob Considine
TODAYShow.com contributor
updated 7:42 a.m. PT, Wed., April. 23, 2008
Perhaps in Alia Sabur’s wildly advanced studies she came across a famous quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
“Knowing is not enough. We must apply,” the German writer once observed.
That could serve as explanation for what prompted the 19-year-old to become the youngest college professor in [...]

April 23, 2008

Ethics Controversy: Union Carbide and the Bhopal Tragedy

Al Jazeera examines the devastating events of Bhopal, India in 1984, when a cloud of poisonous gas released over the city killed thousands in the world’s worst industrial disaster. More than 2 decades later, a whole city still suffers. However, Dow Jones, the new owner of Union Carbide, has attempted to reject all liability [...]