October 12, 1998
Campus quiz: This handsome lamp lights what campus pathway? Answer below.
Staying limber
Researchers at the School of Medicine are looking for men and women 78 and older to take part in an exercise study. The program focuses on improving balance, flexibility and strength to prevent problems frequently associated with aging. For more information, call 362-2397.
When duty calls
Employees who are called for jury duty and wish to serve may be excused from work. The employee should notify the supervisor of his or her intention to serve before accepting duty. If absences from work for the period of duty would interfere materially with departmental operations, the employee may request to be called at another time. Employees are compensated at their regular base rate of pay for work days spent as a juror, if proof of service is provided (from the Hilltop Campus "Summary of Policies and Procedures" staff handbook).
Out in front
Michel M. Ter-Pogossian, Ph.D., led a pioneering team of physical scientists, chemists and physicians at the School of Medicine in the early 1970s to develop the concept of positron emission tomography (PET), a major medical breakthrough. PET images body and brain function.
Did you know?
A.E. Hotchner -- author, playwright, biographer of Ernest Hemingway and salad-dressing business partner of Paul Newman -- had an early taste of success in the late 1930s as a WU student, when he and two other students were top prize winners in a one-act playwriting competition. The three beat the odds-on favorite, a student named Tom, later known as Tennessee Williams. Williams subsequently withdrew from the University; Hotchner went on to earn both a bachelor's and a law degree here.
Answer: The light provided by this graceful fixture shines on people passing through the Brookings Hall archway.
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