キャリアニュース2021年7月23日～8月2日

Every day on my way to lab, I pass a bulletin board tacked with 4-by-6 photos of a petite brunette with twinkling eyes and a broad smile. In one, she's celebrating her successful qualifying exam. In another, she's en pointe , arms arched gracefully above her head. It was in this spot just over 2 years ago that I last spoke to Maria, who was standing in the hallway eating her lunch. “Why don't you go sit down in the break room to eat?” I laughed as I passed by. “If I sit down, I'll fall asleep,” she answered. I walked on, concerned but telling myself she must have been tired from working long hours, as she always did. > “Maria's sudden death was a wake-up call. … I was only alone to the extent that I stayed silent.” A few weeks later, Maria passed away suddenly from a mysterious autoimmune disease. It was as though the life went out of our department. Maria had been a near-constant, vivid presence, and a bright light of welcome to everyone who entered the building. The hallways fel