@Rochester
— Nov.
30, 2007
Today's Forecast: Snow Showers, High, 38°
Tomorrow: Snow Showers, High, 26°
In
Today's Issue
- Neurologist Named Advisor to Michael J. Fox Foundation
- Student Panel to Discuss City Schools
- Few Flu Clinics Remain
- 'Our Body' Exhibit Discount
- Workshops Offer Tips on Making Lifelong, Healthy Changes
- Event Highlight: Ying
Quartet
- Rochester
in the News: Judith Baumhauer Discusses Bunion Surgery
- In Higher
Ed: Grants to Increase Productivity in Higher Education
News
and Announcements
Irene Hegeman
Richard Named Advisor to Michael J. Fox Foundation
Neurologist Irene Hegeman Richard has been named senior medical advisor
to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving
the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease by accelerating medical
and scientific developments. Read
more...
Student Panel
to Discuss State of Rochester City Schools
A panel of University students who attended public school in Rochester
will be joined by Rochester City School District Interim Superintendent
William C. Cala to discuss pressing issues facing the district and ways
the University could play a larger role in the lives of city students. Read
more...
Flu Clinics Dwindle
as Bug Begins to Bite
With confirmed reports that influenza is starting to filter throughout
the Rochester community, residents still have time to get a flu shot.
The Center for Nursing Entrepreneurship is the only organization still
holding public flu clinics, with one dozen scheduled over the next 10
days. Read
more...
'Always Better'
Series Inspires Lifelong, Healthy Changes
The University’s "Always Better" workshop series will
explore how to change unhealthy habits in two separate sessions on Dec.
10 and 11. Read
more...
'Our Body' Exhibit
Helps Hospital, Gives University Employees Glimpse Within
University employees are invited to catch the Our Body: The Universe
Within exhibit at a discounted rate, now until Dec. 14. Read
more...
Events
 Dec.
2
Ying
Quartet: Kilbourn Hall. 3 p.m.
For more events: www.rochester.edu/calendar
Rochester
in the News
Newsweek
(Nov. 28)
"Beating the Bunion"
Judith Baumhauer, professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation, discusses
complications that can result from unnecessary bunion surgery. "Don't
be bamboozled into surgery or expensive treatment. It won't prevent
problems and it may create new ones." Read
more...
In
Higher Education
Inside Higher
Ed (Nov. 29)
"Inviting States to Innovate"
Responding to the need for American colleges and universities to nearly
double the number of students they educated in the next two decades,
a new program will award more than $10 million to help institutions
find ways to increase the number of students educated while maintaining
high standards and containing costs. Read
more...
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