After twenty-one years of service in the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department and five in the College of Agriculture, Ms. Eileen Orr has announced her retirement effective December 31, 2004. She is looking forward to finishing her family genealogy, writing her family history, taking up ink and artist's brush, and continuing her excursions to art museums.

Akhlesh Lakhtakia, University Distinguished Professor, has been invited to speak at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Latsis Symposium 2005 entitled "Negative refraction: revisiting electromagnetics from microwaves to optics". The symposium will "provide a unique opportunity to bring together key scientists from all around the world to exchange ideas and discuss the fascinating physics of negative refraction."

The symposium is scheduled for February 28 - March 2, 2005.

For additional information visit: http://latsis05.epfl.ch