One-day Session Research Articles

Diversity in the high-tech workplace: making engineers feel at home

Intel Corp.'s intercultural training for employees is described. The keystone of the program is a multicultural integration workshop, a one-day session where newly hired professionals get together with managers to identify the cross-cultural issues in the workplace that affect them directly. This is augmented by courses on American business culture, accent improvement, speaking under pressure, American idioms and vocabulary in the workplace, and technical and business writing.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

Sand, gravel and crushed rock aggregates for construction purposes

1. Introduction Engineering geology has traditionally been concerned more with interaction between the engineering structure and its geological environment than with the performance of rock aggregates in the structure itself. In recognition of this imbalance, the Engineering Group of the Geological Society established a Working Party in 1978 to compile a reasonably comprehensive document covering the most important aspects of natural and crushed rock aggregates used for construction purposes. The objectives of the Working Party are set out in detail in Section 1 of the Working Party Report, which is being published by the Geological Society in separate book form. The membership of the Working Party, under the Chairmanship of Professor Peter Fookes, reflected a broad range of expertise and consisted of experienced individuals involved with construction materials, including producers, specifiers, users and researchers. The Working Party members are listed at the end of this summary. The first complete draft of the Report was submitted for open discussion at a one-day session of the 17th Annual Regional Meeting of the Engineering Group in 1981 at Bangor. A great number of suggestions arising from the open discussion have been considered in the preparation of the final Working Party Report; additional advice has been obtained from a considerable body of corresponding members and professional organizations. The Working Party Report contains a full list of acknowledgments. The Report was written for a wide audience and is intended to provide basic information on subjects that are new to the reader as well as serving

Activities and Resolutions of IAU Commission 51

The origin of our Commission can be traced to a highly successful, one-day Session on “Strategies for the Search for Life in the Universe” which we organized in 1979 at the 17-th IAU General Assembly in Montreal. When on the next evening Frank Drake and myself gave a report on this Session to the IAU in an open meeting, the large auditorium of the University of Montreal was packed to standing room only with more than 1,000 astronomers from all around the world, confirming the unexpectedly strong interest that indeed existed among astronomers on this subject.

Supernovae: Proceedings of a Special IAU Session on Supernovae held on 1 September 1976 in Grenoble, France (Astrophysics and Space Science Library Vol 66)

David N Schramm (ed) Dordrecht, Holland: D Reidel 1977 pp x + 192 price $22 As the editor of this book suggests, supernovae are among the most dramatic things occurring in the universe. The book reports the proceedings of a one-day session which brought together some of the leading workers on a wide variety of aspects of supernovae.

The American Medical Association civil defense program.

The Civil Defense Committee of the Council on National Defense directs its activity toward the following specific objectives and projects: The Committee sponsors a one-day session on civil defense and related problems on the Saturday preceding the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association and a two-day session on civil defense and related problems, annually, in the fall, for county medical societies. It prepares permanent reports of sponsored meetings for state medical associations, county medical societies, and those attending such sessions. The Committee accomplishes the necessary research for testimony before congressional committees concerned with civil defense. It acts in a liaison capacity between the A. M. A. and national organizations concerned with disaster preparedness. On request, it recommends physicians for membership on advisory committees, private or federal, concerned with civil defense and disaster preparedness. Resolutions are prepared by the Committee for submission to the A. M. A. Board of Trustees

The Sixty-First Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union

THE sixteenth meeting to be held in New York City took place October 20, 1943. Headquarters were at the American Museum of Natural History and all of the business sessions were held there. Due to the request of the Office of Defense Transportation, a regular meeting, involving presentation of papers, annual dinner, social gatherings, and field trips was not held. However, the by-laws of the A. 0. U., and the regulations governing incorporated societies are such that it was found necessary to hold a 'streamlined,' one-day business session. This was similar to the Monday sessions of past meetings and, of course, was open only to members of the Council, Fellows, and Members. The program sessions, open to Associates and the general public, usually arranged for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, were eliminated. BUSINESS SESSIONS The meeting on Wednesday, October 20, included two sessions of the Council, a meeting of the Fellows 'at 3:00 P. M., and a meeting of the Fellows and Members at 4:00 P. M. Fifteen members of the Council, 19 Fellows, and 29 Fellows and Members were present at these three meetings. Ten members of the Council met again Thursday morning to complete business on the agenda. There were elected 2 Fellows, 5 Members, and 145 Associates. On December 1, 1943, vacancies in the various membership classes were as follows: Fellows, none; Honorary Fellows, 7; Corresponding Fellows, 24; Members, 18. The audited Treasurer's report, after review by a committee (Ludlow Griscom, Rodolphe M. de Schauensee and William Vogt) was approved. This report indicated that the treasury was in good condition-in fact, with a nice increase over the previous year, not considering the expense of issuing during the past year the new 'Ten Year Index to The Auk.' The Secretary's report indicated that on the day of the meeting the paid-up members of the Union were as follows: Associates, 1309; Members, 127; Fellows, 48; Patrons, 3; Emeritus Fellows, 2; Honorary Fellows, 18; Associate-elects, 77-total, including 76 Corresponding Fellows, 1660. In addition there were 194 subscribers to 'The Auk.' This gives 'The Auk' a slightly larger total circulation than in 1942. Forty-five resignations had been received during the year, and 145