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-- Feb.
9, 2007
Today's Forecast: Flurries, High: 23°
Tomorrow: Flurries, High: 25°
In
Today's Issue
- Daylight Saving
Time Affects Computer Functions
- Medical Center
Network Upgrades
- Smith Named
Broadcast Museum's Political Coordinator
- Keeping Experienced
Nurses on the Job
- Regatta Changes
Leadership
- Tim Hortons
Donates Proceeds to Children's Hospital
- Event Highlight:
Eastman Violinist Charles Castleman
- Rochester
in the News: Guzick on Infertility Drug, Rose on Cervical Cancer
Vaccine
- In Higher
Ed:
Preparing for a Pandemic
News
and Announcements
Extended
Daylight Saving Time Affects Systems and Applications
Daylight Saving Time (DST) has been increased by four weeks this year,
starting March 11 and ending November 4. This change, part of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005, will affect date and time processing functions in
computers and applications. Because of this, some systems and applications
that involve logs, calendaring, synchronization, timestamps, mail, and
scheduling may fail to use the correct local times during the expanded
four-week period. Learn more about what this means and ways to address
the issue on the ITS
Web site.
Notice
about Medical Center Network Upgrade Project
The Medical Center Network Upgrade project is under way and will continue
for the next three months. Data network equipment in communications
closets throughout the Medical Center will be replaced to provide additional
reliability and enhanced security. The work will be scheduled during
overnight hours and will only affect a limited area during each outage.
Look for "Network Alert" notices that will be posted one week
before scheduled work. Details are available to Medical Center faculty
and staff at http://intrashare.urmc.rochester.edu/MCNET/default.aspx.
Curt
Smith Named Political Coordinator of Museum of Broadcast Communications
Curt Smith, senior lecturer in English, has been named political coordinator
of the Museum of Broadcast Communications.
Strong
Memorial Hospital Will Evaluate Impact of Lift Program on Nurses
Strong Memorial Hospital has been awarded a $75,000 grant by the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation to help test new ways of keeping experienced
nurses on the job in hospitals.
Head
of the Genesee Regatta Changes Leadership
After serving as the primary co-organizers and co-sponsors of the Head
of the Genesee Invitational Regatta, Rochester Institute of Technology
and the University of Rochester will turn over management of the event
to the Genesee Waterways Center.
Proceeds
from Tim Hortons Benefit Children's Hospital
Twenty-three area Tim Hortons restaurants will be serving up "Smile
Cookies" for $1 each through February 11, with all proceeds benefiting
Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong.
Event
Highlight
February
11
Faculty Artist Series: Charles Castleman, violin. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman
School, 3 p.m.
See www.rochester.edu/calendar
for more events.
Rochester
in the News
CBS News
(February 7)
Clomiphene
Best for PCOS Infertility
David Guzick, dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, says that
many infertility specialists who have abandoned the ovulation-stimulating
drug clomiphene in recent years will be surprised by new findings that
point to the drug's effectiveness. (Also reported by Forbes,
Washington
Post, and others.)
NPR: Talk
of the Nation (February 7)
Should
the HPV Vaccine Be Required?
Robert Rose, associate professor of medicine and microbiology and immunology,
discusses the new cervical cancer vaccine, a breakthrough based in part
on research conducted by Rose and colleagues at the Medical Center.
In
Higher Education
University
Business (February Issue)
Flu
Pandemic Prep
"With the possibility of a deadly flu pandemic—today's worry
being avian flu—good planning may be the best medicine."
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