@Rochester
-- Oct.
13, 2006
Friday's Forecast: Partly Cloudy, High: 54°
Tomorrow: Showers, High: 50°
In
Today's Issue
- No Investments
in Companies Supporting Sudan
- Voter Drive
- Alzheimer's
Drug
- Artist John
Greene
- Immigration
Documentary
- Events:
Tea Talk on Broadway Musicals, Baroque Organ Recital
- In the Headlines:
Fenno on Davis/Reynolds Congressional Race
News
and Announcements
Committee
Bans Investments with Sudanese Friendly Companies
The Board of Trustees Investment Committee has voted to prohibit direct
investments in companies identified as supporting the Sudanese government’s
activities in Darfur.
Students
Conduct Voter Drive, Hold Programs on Election Issues
The Black Students' Union and the Mu Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity are hosting a series of events as part of a voter awareness
and registration initiative titled "Raise Your Voice! A Voteless
People Is a Hopeless People." Among those events is a voter registration
drive in Wilson Commons today from noon to 2 p.m.
Drugs
Aimed at Troublesome Alzheimer’s Symptoms Work for Some, Not Most
The medications that doctors most often turn to when treating Alzheimer’s
patients who are aggressive or agitated work for some patients but aren’t
effective enough to be used broadly, according to a study conducted
by doctors at the Medical Center and 41 other sites across the nation
and published in the October 12 issue of the New England Journal
of Medicine.
Hartnett
Features Work by New York Artist John Greene
Hartnett Gallery is hosting Surfaces, an exhibition of works
by artist John Greene, as part of its 30th anniversary season. Greene’s
paintings and sculptures explore smells and textures using materials
such as beeswax, copper, wood, cloth, and lead. The exhibition continues
through November 9 in Wilson Commons.
Filmmaker
to Screen Documentary on Mexican Border, Immigration
Filmmaker Bill Brown will give a talk and present his 2006 documentary,
The Other Side, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 29, in Hubbell
Auditorium in Hutchison Hall. The event is part of a year-long series
of talks by leading commentators on law and the war on terror.
Events
October
15
Radio personality and arts writer Michael Lasser presents “When
Broadway Musicals Went to College" at 2 p.m. in the Welles-Brown
Room of Rush Rhees Library as part of this fall's series of Tea Talks.
October
15
The Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative Festival continues with a recital
by Francesco Cera on the Italian Baroque organ at 5:30 p.m. at the Memorial
Art Gallery.
See
these calendars for more events: Currents,
Eastman
School, Medical
Center, Warner
School, School
of Nursing, and Memorial
Art Gallery.
Rochester
in the News
Buffalo News
(October 12)
Reynolds,
Davis Campaign on the Air but Are Not Out on the Trail
"I've never seen a campaign like this," says political scientist
Richard Fenno, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, about the
Congressional race between Democratic candidate Jack Davis and Republican
Representative Tom Reynolds.
In
Higher Education
The New York
Times (October 12)
It’s
Good Advice, and the Price Is Right
"More small businesses are turning to M.B.A. programs for consulting
services, as a way to save on costs and provide students with more hands-on
experience."
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