@Rochester
— April
14, 2008
 Today's
Forecast: Partly Cloudy, High 48 °
Tomorrow: Sunny, High 54 °
In
Today's Issue
- Kodak Commits $10 Million for Eastman Theatre Project
- Ann Mulcahy to Give College Commencement Address
- Nose Spray Anthrax Vaccine Effective in Early Tests
- International Theatre Program Presents 'Family Affair'
- New Clinical Research Center Schedules Open House
- Event
Highlight: Visiting Scholars Lecture, Eastman Philharmonia Postponed
- Rochester
in the News: Steven Goldman on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Studies
- In Higher
Ed: Growth in Arabic and Chinese Language Studies
News
and Announcements
 Eastman
Kodak Company Commits $10 Million to Help Complete Founder’s Original
Vision for Eastman Theatre
Building on the community legacy and vision of founder George Eastman,
Eastman Kodak Company is providing $10 million to the University to support
the renovation and expansion of Eastman Theatre. The project, which includes
the addition of a building for teaching and performance spaces, will
complete Eastman's original plan for the Eastman School of Music and
Eastman Theatre. In recognition of Kodak's major support, the performance
hall will be renamed "Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre" when the
renovations are completed. (Pictured: Kodak chairman and CEO Antonio
Perez and President Seligman during Friday's announcement.) Read
more...
Xerox's Anne
Mulcahy Will Speak at College Commencement
Anne Mulcahy, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Xerox
Corp., will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree and give the Commencement
address for the College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering on Sunday,
May 18. Read
more...
Nose Spray Anthrax
Vaccine Effective in Early Tests
A new mucosal vaccine against anthrax has the potential to provide military
personnel with more effective and efficient protection against a "popular" bioweapon,
according to a Medical Center study published Friday in the journal Clinical
and Vaccine Immunology. Read
more... (Reported by U.S.
News & World Report, Washington
Post, Forbes, Atlanta
Journal Constitution, and others.)
'Family Affair'
Presented by International Theatre Program
The timeless human desire to greedily ascend the social ladder despite
the cost to individual integrity permeates the International Theatre
Program's production of Alexander Ostrovsky's classic Russian satire A
Family Affair, opening April 17 in Todd Theatre. Read
more...
New Clinical
Research Center Schedules Open House
The University's Clinical Research Center (CRC) is holding an open house
Thursday, April 17. The CRC has recently relocated to new, larger space,
enabling it to expand capacity and services. Read
more...
Events
Monday,
April 14
George
H. Ford Visiting Scholars Lecture. Langdon Hammer, Yale
University. Rush Rhees Library. 5 p.m.
Postponed
Tonight's
Eastman Philharmonia Performance. New Date: Saturday, May 3.
Eastman Theatre. 8 p.m.
For more events: www.rochester.edu/calendar
Rochester
in the News
WebMD (April
10)
"New Debate on Human Test of Stem Cells"
Steven Goldman, professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and pediatrics
and a member of an FDA advisory panel on stem cell research that met
last week, comments on the unique concerns surrounding human embryonic
stem cell studies. "It would take very few patients suffering [cancer]
to really put a significant damper on the field for years to come." Read
more...
In
Higher Education
Inside Higher
Ed (April 11)
"Das Ende for German at USC"
Scholars are outraged by Southern Cal's decision to eliminate its German
department. Do European languages need to be cut to make more room for
Arabic and Chinese? Read
more...
Helpful
Sites
Contact
Us
We want to hear
from you!
Send submissions
and feedback to at-rochester@rochester.edu
@Rochester is
produced daily by the Office of Communications during the academic
year. You are receiving this message as a member of the University
of Rochester community or as a subscriber. Please do not forward
this newsletter to other distribution lists. If you are receiving
multiple copies or believe this message was sent to you in error,
send a note to commspt@rochester.edu.
|
