Someone New at CUA:
An Employee Training Manager
Al Sullivan is teaching employees how to be more effective at their jobs through classes on leadership skills, customer service and more. Departments are invited to inform human resources of other training needs. See story.
Ode to an Etruscan Urn
In 1987, Library Director Adele Chwalek ventured into the seldom-visted Curley Hall vault and spotted something on the floor behind a pillar — a dusty urn. Remarkably, the urn turned out to be a 4th century B.C. Etruscan vase, one of only seven known to have been made by a craftsman known as the Nazzano Painter. See Research and Teaching.
Former Bank Tansformed Into
University Visitors Center
It's not a bank any more. The small building on a hill across from Mullen Library will soon open as CUA's first visitors center. Students will man the center, dispensing brochures and talking about life and events on campus. See story.
CUA Celebrates Biography of
Its Own Show Biz Priest
More than 100 members of the Catholic University community fondly remembered the Rev. Gilbert V. Hartke, O.P., at a reception to celebrate a new biography of this charismatic founder of CUA's drama department. See story.
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Pingpong Balls Fly
During Engineering Olympics
Resourceful engineering students took over University Center East last month, fashioning slingshots from paper clips and Popsicle sticks to propel pingpong balls into fishbowls. The kooky exercise was part of an effort to promote National Engineers Week. See story.
An Iranian Professor Takes Up
Western Philosophy at CUA
Professor Ahmad Iravani has left Iran and come to CUA to embrace a unique opportunity to expand his knowledge of Western philosophy. He hopes his work will create more opportunities for exchange between Islamic scholars and CUA professors. See People.
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Inside CUA Online is produced monthly by the Office of Public Affairs. Richard Wilkinson is managing editor; Alison Eckert is editorial assistant. Submit story ideas or information about recent publications, awards, media interviews or speaking engagements by contacting Richard Wilkinson at 202-319-6984 or e-mail wilkinson@cua.edu.
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