I’ve been a Grumpy Blogger this week, what with one thing and another (some of my general malaise has finally resolved into a cold, which I suspect explains a lot). I’m headed to Boskone for the weekend, though, so let’s end the week on a positive note. I’m declaring this a Happy News Open Thread: if you’ve got something positive to report, leave it in the comments.
some happy thoughts to get things started:
- Two of Union’s librarians (one of whom is a regular in our lunchtime basketball games) have won an award from the American Library Association. Congratulations, Bruce and Gail!
- One of our former students, Jason Slaunwhite ’04, has defended his Ph.D. in experimental particle physics (Search for the Higgs boson produced in association with a W boson at CDF Run II), and is off to CERN for a post-doc. Congratulations, Jason!
- At least one person I know who is on the academic job market has received at least one offer from at least one good school. (That ought to keep the Rumor Mill occupied…).
Has something positive happened to you or somebody you know? Leave a note in the comments.
(Pointless grousing in the comments will be summarily deleted. This is a Happy News Open Thread– bitch about your life somewhere else.)