@Rochester
— Jan.
16, 2007
Tuesday’s Forecast: Snow, High: 24°
Tomorrow: Snow Showers, High: 21°
In
Today's Issue
- Gallery Acquires
Suit of Armor
- Exercise 101
- Events:
Screening of Crash, Young Entrepreneurs Academy Investor
Panel
- In the Headlines: Jarrell on Backdating Options; Treanor on Vaccine Trial; Bredes on the Public’s Fascination with Hillary Clinton
News
and Announcements
Gallery
Acquires Renaissance Suit of Armor
Beginning January 17, visitors to the Memorial Art Gallery can see a
major new addition to the permanent collection—a beautifully decorated
suit of etched armor made in northern Germany in the 16th century.
Learn
More about Starting an Exercise Program
Well-U is partnering with the Medical Center Fitness and Wellness Center
to host a talk on the basics of exercising. “Warm Up to Working
Out” will be held at noon at the Medical Center on Wednesday, January
31, and on the River Campus on Thursday, February 1. Register by January
30 online at www.rochester.edu/well-u
or by calling x5-2437.
Events
January
17
Film Screening: Crash. Part of ongoing events celebrating Martin
Luther King Jr. Natapow Conference Room (1-9545), Medical Center, 5:30
p.m.
January
17
Young Entrepreneurs Academy Investor Panel: Interfaith Chapel Sanctuary,
5:30 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
US News & World Report (January 12)
Options Probes Take a Toll
The newsweekly’s “Briefcase” summary of business school research highlights a working paper cowritten by Gregg Jarrell, a professor of finance and economics at the Simon School, on the effects of ongoing probes into stock options backdating.
Boston Globe
(January 13)
Firm Infects Subjects To Seek Virus Remedy
John Treanor, director of the Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Unit at the Medical Center, comments on a company’s plan to infect people with a virus that causes a respiratory infection in order to test a new vaccine. “These studies, I wouldn’t call them common exactly, but they have a very long history that goes back to before World War II,” Treanor says.
Mother Jones (January/February)
Harpy, Hero, Heretic: Hillary
Nora Bredes, director of the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership, comments on the intense scrutiny that Hillary Clinton draws—on both ends of the political spectrum. Bredes says part of the reason for the longstanding attention is that the former first lady has taken on several roles in the public eye. “People get uncomfortable when it’s not a neat story. Is she a progressive feminist or a cautious moderate? People don’t know exactly who she is, and so different reactions are almost invited.”
In
Higher Education
Chronicle of Higher Education (January 19)
When Legacies Are a College’s Lifeblood
“[At] many small private institutions, particularly women’s and religious colleges, admissions officers say that legacy students are crucial to their institutions’ livelihood, and that recruiting them does not compromise efforts to create a diverse class. In fact, many of these institutions are seeking out academically qualified legacies more aggressively than ever before, hoping to raise their prestige and attract more high-achieving students.”
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