'Year of Physics' Lecture Series Starts Tomorrow

Presidential Science
Advisor Passes Away

Bromley

Allan Bromley, a Yale University professor, nuclear physicist and architect of national science policy during the administration of President George H. W. Bush, died last Thursday. He was 79. The cause was a heart attack. As Bush's top science adviser from 1989 to 1993, Bromley pushed for sizable increases in money for scientific research in a race to keep United States manufacturing ahead of Japan's and Germany's. He also served as chairman of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Full story.

The Lab's Payroll and International Researchers and Scholars Offices will conduct two Nonresident International Tax Workshops in March. An overview of tax forms, tax treaties, and resources for international scholars, students, and researchers will be presented.   Attendees can also get answers to VISA questions relating to nonresident taxation issues. The first session will be held Tuesday, March 1, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Building 50 Auditorium. The second workshop will be on Thursday, March 17, from 1:30 to 4 p.m., same location.

Today's CPR Training
Moved to 51-201

The location of today's 10 a.m. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) class offered by Environment, Health and Safety has been changed from Building 48 to the Building 51-201 conference room.

Visa Rules Relaxed
For Scientists, Students
By Kristen Lee

Responding to concerns that onerous visa requirements are discouraging foreign students and scientists from coming to the United States, the State Department has extended the time many of them can remain before renewing security clearances. The clearance is required for foreigners working in areas the government deems "sensitive." Fields like chemistry, engineering and pharmacology can be in that category. Full story.