For her achievements she has received an Emily Daugherty Award for Teaching Excellence, a Lubrizol Award, a Paul F. Bagley Fellowship, a Dow Chemical Foundation Fellowship, and membership in the Phi Lambda Upsilon and Sigma Zeta Honorary Societies and the American Chemical Society. Most recently, she was named to the 2000 edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers. The Political Abuse of Research. Participants discussed the unfounded scientific claims and theories that are employed today for political purposes, and in particular for justifying more intrusive regulation of private and economic life. From persistent doomsday scenarios like global warming to the latest ergonomic arguments for near-total regulation of the American workplace, this abuse of science represents not only an economic threat, but a threat to freedom as well.
Science is exciting partly because single discoveries can change the course of history.
Error is a regular part of science. That is why reports of new findings or discoveries, no matter where or how widely they are reported, should be regarded with healthy skepticism. The proper scientific approach to such claims involves a set of procedures called the scientific method. This method requires the design of tests or experiments that can be repeated with the same results by anyone. These tests must also contain controls to ensure that the results are statistically significant.