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Elizabeth Merritt

The Met Will Pay Museum Guards More Amid Covid-Related Shortages - The New York Times - 0 views

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shared by Elizabeth Merritt on 12 Jan 22 - No Cached
  • The wage increase comes as several museum employees said the morale of some guards had sunk because they felt worn out and undervalued while working in often difficult circumstances.
  • The Met’s main building on Fifth Avenue is now served by a staff of some 300 full-time guards versus the 404 that had been assigned there before the pandemic
  • Under the new wage agreement, existing guards who were being paid $15.51 an hour were given raises and are now being paid $17 an hour. District Council 37 said that average pay among guards at the museum was around $20 an hour.
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  • Nazzaro said he wished that the museum had used its website to list gallery closings in real time.
Ruth Cuadra

Could FastStitch Device, Invented by Undergrads, Be the Future of Suture? - YouTube - 0 views

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shared by Ruth Cuadra on 11 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Ruth Cuadra on 11 Sep 12
     
    After surgeon stitches up a patient's abdomen, costly complications -- some life-threatening -- can occur. To cut down on these postoperative problems, Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a disposable suturing tool to guide the placement of stitches and guard the accidental puncture of internal organs.
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