Your PLB editors have received several reports that, after receiving the distinguished Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences, Professor Lori Holt has decided to “step it up a notch.”

“We all knew that Lori was such a superb scientist, but who knew that she could juggle her work and personal life so elegantly???” says Dr. AW, a professor at the University of Arizona who commented on the condition of anonymity (for concerns that Lori may or may not be reviewing a future grant submission).

True to form, Dr. Holt was spotted giving an hour long lecture on auditory physiology to a packed house at U of A, while simultaneously taking care of her 5 month old son.

“It was absolutely incredible,” said another witness, “She would seamlessly bounce back and forth between talking about the psychophysics of frequency tuning, fielding questions about the pitfalls of imaging the auditory cortex and singing the theme song to Dora the Explorer. By the end of the lecture we all felt very bonded with her at an intellectual and maternal level.”

When asked for a comment comment on the experience, Dr. Holt simply replied, “Screw it. A working mom’s gotta do what a working mom’s gotta do.”