Latest Academic dress Stories
By Boyle, Cynthia J To the Editor: At a time when schools and colleges of pharmacy are expanding enrollments and when new schools are proliferating, the role of the faculty member has never been more important to pharmacy education. There is a common perception that a career in academia requires sacrifice and the benefits of such a career are not generally articulated.My graduation account is intended to sharewhat I believe to be the essential benefit, and even joy, of being a faculty...
By VICKY ANDERSON THE Bluecoat is going green - for a little while, at least. Visitors to the centre on School Lane are now being greeted by a little extra flora and fauna, thanks to a new project which hopes to get people thinking about the importance of our humble trees. Part of Capital of Culture year initiative, Delivering a Green 08, Greenspot has been created by a number of different organisations working in partnership. Some 16 young maple trees are now situated in the courtyard...
By Tom Joyce, York Daily Record, Pa. Aug. 4--You know that when the hospital gives you a gown, the end is in sight. Maybe it's because of the gowns that they call it the "I.C.U." They're kind of like health plans -- they never give you as much coverage as you'd like. Yes, Doris Pope-Banks, clinical products coordinator for York Hospital, said she knows that hospital gowns rank up there with mother-in-laws and airline food in the pantheon of comedy cliches. The traditional design leaves a...
