@Rochester
-- Dec.
19, 2006
Tuesday's Forecast: Few Snow Showers, High: 36°
Tomorrow: Mostly Sunny, High: 45°
In
Today's Issue
- Research: Young
Women and IUDs
- December Issue
of HR Intercom
- Cancer Center
Fundraiser
- Events:
Holiday Social, New Horizons Orchestra
- In the Headlines:
Seligman on Post-Enron Regulation, Smith on Bush's Iraq Policy, Porsteinsson
on Alzheimer's
News
and Announcements
Young
Women Unfamiliar with Safety, Effectiveness of IUD
The IUD might be one of the best-kept birth control secrets for young
women, according to a study by Medical Center researchers published
in this month’s journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
December
Issue of HR Intercom Available Online
View the latest issue of HR Intercom, a newsletter that provides up-to-date
information about Human Resources programs and procedures.
Change
Elves Needed to Support Wilmot Cancer Center
Consider being a Change Elf for the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center. Start
collecting spare change from friends, family, and coworkers and bring
it to the Breakfast Buzz Christmas Spectacular radiothon and holiday
event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 23, at TC Hooligans
at The Mall at Greece Ridge.
Events
December
19
University Holiday Social: May Room, Wilson Commons, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
December
21
New Horizons Orchestra: Eastman School, Kilbourn Hall, 6 p.m.
See
these calendars for more events: Currents,
Eastman
School, Medical
Center, Warner
School, School
of Nursing, and Memorial
Art Gallery.
Rochester
in the News
The New York
Times (December 17)
A
Push to Fix the Fix on Wall Street
“We still are living under the shadow of Enron and WorldCom and
that has tempered the business community’s attempts at more precipitous
action,” says President Seligman in a report about the Securities
and Exchange Commission's proposal to loosen auditing regulations for
small companies. (Seligman was also quoted in similar reports by BusinessWeek,
Washington Post, Forbes,
and others.)
New York
Daily News (December 17)
"'W'
Trashed His Dad's Iraq Wisdom—and America Paid Dearly
"In 1991, Bush the Elder declared war against the same country
that 43 would attack later. Who better to counsel Bush the Lesser now?
Daddy refused to occupy Iraq. Sonny might have asked why," writes
Curt Smith, a senior lecturer in the English department and former speech
writer for George H. W. Bush, in an op-ed.
Winston Salem
Journal (December 17)
Closing
the Gap: Triad Researchers Take Aim at Alzheimer's
"There's a demographic tsunami coming our way, in terms of Alzheimer's
disease," says Anton Porsteinsson, associate professor of psychiatry.
"It's a big problem today, and it's going to be a huge problem."
In
Higher Education
Inside Higher
Ed (December 18)
Casting
a Wide Net
"Dispute over economics job notices may point to larger battle
over how colleges recruit diverse pools for faculty searches."
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