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B.U. Bridge is published by the Boston University Office of University Relations.
No fooling -- April 2 is National Workplace Napping Day
William Anthony, SAR professor and director of BU's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and his wife, Camille -- coauthors of The Art of Napping at Work: The No-Cost, Natural Way to Increase Productivity and Satisfaction (Lawson, 1999) -- have declared April 2 as National Workplace Napping Day.
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| No sheep need apply: Author Robert Benchley demonstrates the fine art of napping in this circa 1935 photo, which came from his Academy Award-winnning short film, How to Sleep. Photo courtesy of BU Special Collections | |
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At least one corporation, Yarde Metals in Bristol, Conn., will recognize the day in a lunchtime celebration for employees that includes music, food, a napping platform for lawn chairs, and a best napping outfit competition.
"It is time to plan ahead for the lost hour of sleep that occurs with daylight saving time," says Anthony, who encourages employers and employees to "promote a 20-minute workplace nap and experience the amazing effect it has on productivity, alertness, and well-being."
On April 2, the Anthonys will release new data from their Web survey on workplace napping, to which over 1,000 people have responded.
To learn more about National Workplace Napping Day and the napping survey, visit http://www.napping.com.
Agni celebrates publication of latest edition
Agni magazine will celebrate publication of its new issue, Agni 53, on Monday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in the Sakey Lecture Hall at the Cambridge Public Library. At the same time, winners of the Agni 2001 awards will be announced.
Agni 53 includes new fiction by Joyce Carol Oates, Chitra Divakaruni, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, and renowned French author J. M. G. Le Ciezio, new poems from Agha Shahid Ali, Martha Collins, James Tate, and Cynthia Huntington, and previously unpublished poems by Randall Jarrell as well as the last poem he wrote.
Agni is a publication of the Boston University Creative Writing Program. For more information visit http://www.bu.edu/AGNI or call 353-7135.
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Boston University
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