In Short
In Short
Jean Cui ’09 will be on “Jeopardy!” on Thursday. She competes against Lawrence Sullivan and Liz Murphy from Fairfield, CT and Arlington, VA, respectively. Cui is pictured at right with “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek.
Stephen D. Immerman, Sr. Associate Dean in Student Life, is being laid off, as are other personnel in the Division of Student Life. Dean Colombo declined to make available details on personnel laid off. Immerman has been at MIT since 1979, and has nine months of notice before the layoff takes effect. In the meantime, his office has been relocated from building 5 to building W98, west of the Hyatt hotel.
Daniel Barkowitz, Director of Financial Aid, moves to Columbia University effective June 1. The move follows his boss defecting to Columbia earlier this fall — Elizabeth M. Hicks is now Associate Vice President of Student Administrative Services and University Registrar at Columbia. MIT took Dean for Student Life Costantino “Chris” Colombo from Columbia last August. Score: Columbia 2, MIT 1.
Apollo 13 is showing for free in 26-100 tomorrow at 7 p.m., courtesy of LSC and Aero-Astro, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings.
Tuesday is Produce Stand Day! Outside East Campus.
DormCon elected officers last night. See table, p.15.
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