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-- Nov.
17, 2006
Friday's Forecast: Rain, High: 50°
Tomorrow: Rain/Snow, High: 44°
In
Today's Issue
- CEIS Announces
$114M Economic Impact
- Nursing Expands
Doctoral Program
- November Issue
of HR Intercom
- Breast Cancer
Q&A
- Women in the
Arts
- Events:
International Education Week, Polish Film Festival, My America Family
Day
- In the Headlines:
Composer Adler, Alumna Pearson on 'Bug Opera'
News
and Announcements
Center
for Electronic Imaging Systems Announces Record $114 Million Local Economic
Impact
The University's Center for Electronic Imaging Systems has announced
a record $114 million economic impact in New York State during its 2005-2006
fiscal year. (See reports by the Rochester
Business Journal and the Democrat
and Chronicle.)
School
of Nursing Expands Doctoral Program
The School of Nursing has opened its Ph.D. program in Health Practice
Research to physical therapists, occupational therapists, and clinical
social workers. Since 1979, the school has accepted applications to
the program only from nurses. An open house for those interested in
the program will be held on Thursday, December 7, at 5 p.m. in the Evarts
Lounge in Helen Wood Hall.
November
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.
Wilmot
Breast Cancer Experts Offer Q&A Session Nov. 30
Two breast cancer experts from the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center will
lead an ask-the-expert session at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 30,
at Gilda’s Club, 255 Alexander Street.
Gallery
Hosts Conversation on Women in the Arts
Hear a discussion on just how far women artists have come in the last
30 years on Sunday, December 3, at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Art Gallery
auditorium. "100 Years Since Susan B.: Women's Progress in the
Visual Arts from Georgia O'Keeffe to Generation Y" is free with
gallery admission. To reserve a seat, call the Anthony Center at x5-8799
or visit www.rochester.edu/sba.
Events
November
17
International Education Week Film Screening: The Aliens: Being a
Foreign Student, Gowen Room, Wilson Commons, noon to 1 p.m.
November
18 to 22
Polish Film Festival: Organized by the Skalny Center for Polish and
Central European Studies, Little Theatre, 240 East Avenue. See Web site
for a list of titles and show times.
November
19
My America Family Day: Art activities, tours, storytelling, and musical
performances, Memorial Art Gallery, noon to 4 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
St. Petersburg
Times (November 16)
Viola
Gets Rare Turn in the Spotlight
The article spotlights a performance this weekend by the Florida Orchestra
featuring Brahms's F-Minor Sonata as a Viola Concerto, a work orchestrated
by American composer Samuel Adler, professor emeritus at the Eastman
School.
Boston Globe
(November 16)
Ick!
Eek! Encore!
"Audience members don't need to see it perfectly literally,"
says alumna Alisa Pearson '96E (MM), cocreator of The Bug Opera,
a work making its debut on Saturday. "They'll give you a lot as
long as you're believing what you do and you keep the magic."
In
Higher Education
Inside Higher
Ed (November 16)
Racism
Rears Its Head
"A wave of race-related incidents on college campuses begs the
question: Is it always about hate?"
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