Work-study kids, you will have to think twice before making up another stupid excuse for not showing up at work. Northwestern is to use a new work-force management software from Kronos Inc. to track employee absenteeism. Let’s just hope no one ever comes up with a similar program to check if students miss class.
Thanks to a Northwestern finance professor, we now know that sex could be a culprit in the recent global economic woes. Northwestern professor Camelia Kuhnen and Stanford professor Brian Knutson found in a study that men were more likely to make high-risk financial decisions when shown erotic pictures. Apparently, the testosterone surge in their bodies equates more money to more chances of attracting mates. I’m not sure I want to know how horny traders have been for the past year or so.
In other recent accomplishments by Northwestern’s esteemed faculty, five of our professors have received 2008 Guggenheim fellowships. And what are they going to do with this money? Engineering professor Yonggang Huang, for one, will use his Guggenheim to work on a project titled, “Atomistic-based continuum theory for nano-structured materials.” Enough said.
If you’ve been begging for more of ASG, today is the run-off election. Neal Sales-Griffin and Mark Crain will compete for presidency, while Nate Perkins and Harry Vijayaraghavan are vying for the post of Student Service vice president. Voting takes place on NU Link from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.