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...financial planning, will step down as vice president for finance in May, the University announced yesterday. In its press release, the University notably omitted any reason for Mora’s resignation, which will take place in mid-May, rather than on July 1, when administrative changeovers often occur. Dan Shore, who is now director of budgets and financial planning, will replace Mora in an interim capacity. University spokesman John D. Longbrake said that Shore would only serve as “acting chief financial officer,” leaving the vice president post temporarily vacant. Mora?...
...dangerous or embarrassing situation, the human mind retreats into rationality, allowing those involved to move past the event and return to former levels of happiness. Because this psychological immune system does not kick in until necessary, people predict more dramatic changes in their happiness levels than actually occur...
...substance abuse issues. “These factors make it hard to measure short-term outputs and long-term outcomes, which makes it all the more intriguing and important,” he said. From the data he gathered, Ebrahim hypothesized that organizational learning is more likely to occur if staff perceive evaluation as central to their own jobs and if error is embraced as a learning opportunity. He explored these theories via surveys of 62 D.C. nonprofit directors. The room’s experts raised some concerns with Ebrahim’s data. Most agreed that in terms...
...specific shooting and not to the gun problem generally. "I'm very concerned that there is this level of acceptance - that these shootings are just going to happen no matter what," says Thom Mannard, president of States United to Prevent Gun Violence. "What never really seems to occur is a real, thorough discussion on the fact that often the only common denominator in these tragedies is the use of guns. There is no other weapon that is legally available that can kill so many in such a short period of time. It's amazing that more people don't make...
...Jews along with representatives of other religions at Washington's John Paul II Center. On Friday at 5:00 p.m. he will become the first Pope to visit an American synagogue when he drops by to deliver Passover greetings at Manhattan's Park East synagogue. The only controversy may occur at his Thursday 9:30 a.m. Mass at Washington's Nationals Park. The gospel passage the Pope has chosen is the verse from the Gospel of John including Jesus' offering to his disciples, "peace be with you." But that sentence begins, "On the evening of that first...