@Rochester
-- Jan.
24, 2007
Wednesday's Forecast: Snow, High: 26°
Tomorrow: Snow/Wind, High: 16°
In
Today's Issue
- Corrigan Gift
Endows Professorship
- Seligman Gives
State of the University Address
- Coping with
Stress Series
- Institute Announces
Pilot Funding
- Event Highlight:
Jan. 24 Talk on Language Rights
- In the Headlines:
Falsey on Research into Antibiotic Use, Hess on Local Performance
of the Opera Norma
News
and Announcements
Corrigan
Endows Professorship, Scholarships at University
E. Gerald Corrigan, a former chief executive officer of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and a current managing director at Goldman
Sachs, is making a $3 million gift to the University for scholarships
and for a professorship in political science.
President
Seligman Delivers State of the University Address
In a presentation to the Faculty Senate on Tuesday afternoon, President
Seligman described the University as "moving systematically in
a positive direction" during his State of the University address.
Read the full speech and view a related slide show at www.rochester.edu/president/memos/2007/sotu.html.
Workshop Offers Tips on Coping with Stress
Well-U in partnership with Strong EAP is offering a seven-week series
called "Coping with Work and Family Stress." The sessions
will be held on Tuesdays from noon to 1 p.m. at the Medical Center (2-7545)
beginning February 6. Register online at www.rochester.edu/well-u
or by calling 475-0432. Limited seats are available.
Clinical
and Translational Sciences Institute Announces Availability of Pilot
Funding
The University’s new Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
announces the availability of pilot funding to support the development
of new lines of clinical and translational research. Awards are available
in four areas: pilot projects, novel methodologies, General Clinical
Research Center pilots, and laboratory support. Preliminary applications
are due in February, however, applications for laboratory support are
accepted on an ongoing basis. For more details, contact Mary Little
at mary_little@urmc.rochester.edu.
(To learn more about the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
funded through a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health,
visit www.urmc.rochester.edu/ctsi/focus.cfm.)
Events
January
24
Linked Fate: Language Rights, Language Varieties. Lattimore Hall 513,
4:30 p.m.
See www.rochester.edu/calendar
for more events.
Rochester
in the News
Newsweek
(January 22)
Fast
Flu Test Could Shrink Antibiotic Overuse
Ann Falsey, associate professor of medicine, discusses findings from
a Medical Center study that indicate rapid flu tests could help reduce
overuse of antibiotics. (See the Medical Center news
release. Also reported by
Wall Street Journal, UPI,
and Reuters
UK.)
Democrat
and Chronicle (January 21)
Opera
'Norma' Holds a Special Drama
Benton Hess, Distinguished Professor of Voice at the Eastman School,
comments on the upcoming performance of Norma by the Mercury
Opera Rochester, a professional opera company now in its second season.
"We're a new company, and Norma will be a stretch,"
says Hess, who is the company's artistic director. "But it's not
beyond us."
In
Higher Education
The Chronicle
of Higher Education (January 25)
Bringing
Artistic Literacy to College Students
Musicologist Robert Freeman, former director of the Eastman School,
will respond to questions and comments during an online discussion about
ways to make the fine arts more accessible for undergraduates as well
as the general public. The discussion begins at noon on Thursday, January
25.
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