Ergonomics fair Workplace improvements to reduce strain and discomfort and improve efficiency are the focus of an Ergonomics Fair being sponsored by Environmental Health and Safety and the Training and Development Office on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Factory representatives and distributors will be on hand to demonstrate their goods and answer questions. The Environmental Horticulture Club is sponsoring a trip to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens in New York and the Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania on the weekend of Nov. 7-8. Registration and information forms may be dropped off in 100 French Hall, in the Environmental Horticulture mailbox. The symposium's focus is on identifying students in personal crisis, responding to them, and making effective and appropriate referrals.
Space is limited.
The Department of Public Safety has a heavy duty, six-step steel warehouse ladder for sale. The top platform is equipped with hand rails and a locking pedal function is included. Peiss's talk covers the history of American beauty rituals, cosmetics marketing and ideals about manliness and womanhood. Commonplace assumptions about gendered appearance and identity, according to Peiss, are rooted in a complex history. The lecture is free and open to the public.