@Rochester
— Nov.
29, 2007
Today's Forecast: Rain/Snow/Wind, High 42°
Tomorrow: Flurries/Lake Snow, High 35°
In
Today's Issue
- Former Simon
Dean Predicts 'Sluggish' Economic Growth
- An Eastman Scholar
in Italy
- Teachers Bring
Writing Skills Back to the Classroom
- Reminder: Gifts
for the Giving
- Event Highlight: Choral
Concert
- Sports Buzz: Basketball
at Home, Swimming Championships, Senior Sets Sights on Bowl Game
- Rochester
in the News: Catherine Lyons on the Caregiver Experience
- In Higher
Ed: Blurring the Line Between a College Application and a Slick
Sales Pitch
News
and Announcements
Charles Plosser
Predicts 'Sluggish' Economic Growth
Former Simon School Dean Charles Plosser, president and CEO of the Federal
Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, delivered the 29th annual Economic Seminar
in Rochester on Nov. 27. The event was cosponsored by the Simon School. "Over
the next several quarters I expect the economy to experience somewhat
sluggish growth, primarily due to weakness in residential construction," said
Plosser. "But I anticipate that by mid-2008, economic activity will
be returning to near trend growth. Of course the devil is in the details." (The
address was reported widely, including by CNN
Money, Houston
Chronicle, and Forbes.) Read
more...
An Eastman Scholar
in Italy
Professor Patrick Macey, scholar of Medieval and Renaissance music and
chair of Eastman's musicology department, recently traveled to Bologna,
Italy, to take part in an international conference on women and spirituality
in the early middle ages and early modern period that brought together
historians, theologians, and other scholars. Read
more...
Teachers Bring
Summer Institute Writing Skills Back to the Classroom
A group of 16 teachers, representing a wide range of area schools and
disciplines, who participated in the Warner School's Genesee Valley Writing
Project have taken what they learned back to the classroom to help students
improve their writing abilities. Read
more...
Reminder: Gifts
for the Giving
Help make the holidays a bit brighter for those in need by contributing
to the Gifts for the Giving Project organized by the Interfaith Chapel
communities, the Religious Roundtable, and other area groups. Drop off
gifts or monetary contributions to Hirst Lounge in Wilson Commons, Dec.
3 to 5, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., or to the Interfaith Chapel Office,
room 211, by the morning of Dec. 6. For more information and gift suggestions,
contact efronczak@ur.rochester.edu, ebruton@admin.rochester.edu,
or call 275-4321.
Events
Friday, Nov.
30
 Choral
Concert: Featuring the University Chamber Singers, Men's Glee
Club, and Women's Chorus. Interfaith Chapel. 8 p.m.
For more events: www.rochester.edu/calendar
Sports
Buzz
Basketball:
The undefeated men's team hosts Carnegie Mellon on Saturday at 2 p.m.
The women's team, coming off a win against Ithaca, travels to William
Smith College on Tuesday.
Football's Bielecki
an Alternate for Aztec Bowl: Senior running back Matt Bielecki
has been named as an alternate to the United States roster for the
2007 Aztec Bowl, an all-star football game for Division III college
players.
Swimming:
The men's and women's teams compete in the Liberty League Championships
at Union College on Friday and Saturday.
Yellowjacket
sports: www.rochester.edu/athletics.
Rochester
in the News
Wall Street
Journal (November 28)
"More Resources Help Caregivers Help Themselves"
Catherine Lyons, associate director of clinical services at the James
P. Wilmot Cancer Center, says first-hand accounts can help medical staff
understand the challenges family caregivers face.
Read
more...
In
Higher Education
New York
Times (Nov. 28)
"Blurring the Line Between a College Application and a Slick Sales
Pitch"
"Branding is a buzzword among corporations, and colleges, too, are
desperate to distinguish themselves. And so the philosophy—some
might call it an affliction—has filtered down to those applying
to the most selective colleges." Read
more...
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