@Rochester
-- Sept.
14, 2006
Thursday's Forecast: Showers, High: 70°
In
Today's Issue
- WXXI/WRUR Partnership
Expands
- Clues to Sudden
Cardiac Death in Teens
- Volunteers Needed
for HIV Studies
- Events:
Club Rochester, DJ Whoo Kid, Men's Health Day
- Sports Buzz:
Upcoming Schedule
- In the Headlines:
Carpenter, Orr
News
and Announcements
WXXI
and WRUR Expand Broadcast Partnership
An expanded broadcast partnership between WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
and WRUR at the University will enlarge the broadcast audience, give
listeners more options, and offer University students new learning opportunities.
Study
Provides Clues to Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death in Teens
New research suggests fainting during childhood and whether a teen is
going through the male or female changes of puberty are among the factors
that predict whether a genetic defect will suddenly stop the teen’s
heartbeat. The study, whose authors include Arthur Moss, professor of
medicine, was published in the September 13 issue of the Journal
of the American Medical Association.
Volunteers
Needed for Local HIV Vaccine Studies
Participants are needed for HIV vaccine research studies being conducted
at the Medical Center. Participants must be HIV-negative and between
the ages of 18 to 50. Volunteers are paid an average of $750. HIV vaccines
are synthetic, so it is impossible to get HIV from the vaccine by taking
part in the studies. To learn more, call the Vaccine Trials Unit at
(585) 756-2DAY (756-2329) or visit www.vaccineunit.org.
Events
September
15
Club Rochester, a monthly happy hour event for faculty, staff, and students,
celebrates the new academic year. Free appetizers and reasonably priced
beverages are available from 4 to 6 p.m. in Salon D of The Meliora.
(No Web link available.)
September
16
UR Hip Hop and UR Concerts presents DJ Whoo Kid from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.
in Douglass Dining Center in the Frederick Douglass Building. Tickets
can be purchased at the Common Market in Wilson Commons.
September
21
Urologists at Strong Memorial Hospital will offer an insider’s
view of treatments for prostate cancer for men concerned about the common
and deadly disease during a Men’s Health Day event in the Class
of ‘62 Auditorium at the Medical Center.
See
these calendars for more events: Currents,
Eastman
School, Medical
Center, and Memorial
Art Gallery.
Sports
Buzz
Upcoming Home
Games:
September
16
Football, noon
Women's Soccer,
4:30 p.m.
Men's Soccer, 7
p.m.
September
17
Field Hockey, 1 p.m.
September
19
Women's Soccer, 4:30 p.m.
Men's Soccer, 7 p.m.
Volleyball, 7 p.m.
(View
a complete schedule.)
Rochester
in the News
Forbes (September
12)
Getting
Connected
Emily Teeple Carpenter, associate director of the College Career Center,
says she uses Vault, an online networking site that offers insider details
about companies, with her students to help them get a sense of a company's
culture.
The New York
Review of Books (September 21 issue)
Talking
Genes
The essay by H. Allen Orr, professor of biology, reviews Nicholas Wade's
controversial new book about human evolution titled Before the Dawn:
Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors.
In
Higher Education
Inside Higher
Ed (September 13)
Diversity
Up for Grad Students
"The enrollment of graduate students increased by 2 percent—to
more than 1.5 million—from 2004 to 2005, according to a report
released [September 13] by the Council of Graduate Schools."
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