@Rochester
— April
17, 2008
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Forecast: Sunny, High 71°
Tomorrow: Sunny, High 72°
In
Today's Issue
- Promising Parkinson's Finding Spurs New Clinical
Study
- Eastman Presents Balinese Gamelan
- Eat Well Live Well Challenge
- Novelist Bradford Morrow to Give Plutzik Reading
- 'Take Back the Night' Rally Tonight
- Medicine Drop-Off Event Aims to Protect Water Supply
- Sports
Buzz: Golf Takes 4th at UAAs, Upcoming Home Games
- Event
Highlight: Sustainable Energy Lecture Series
- Rochester
in the News: Kathryn Douthit on Counseling Interventions for
Alzheimer's, Eastman Alumna on Overseeing Music for the Pope's
Visit to New York City
- In Higher
Ed: Pentagon's Plans for New University Consortia
News
and Announcements
Promising Parkinson's
Finding Spurs New Clinical Study
The progression of Parkinson's disease is slower in patients who have
high blood levels of urate, a close chemical cousin of the molecule that
causes gout, according to a study led by physicians at Harvard and Massachusetts
General Hospital together with neurologists at the Medical Center. Read
more...
Eastman Presents
Balinese Gamelan in World Music Series
The Eastman School concludes its 2007-2008 World Music Series with a
performance by the school's own Gamelan Lila Muni, an ensemble of percussion
instruments from the Indonesian island of Bali. Read
more...
Take the Eat
Well Live Well Challenge
It is not too late to join the 2008 Eat Well Live Well Challenge. The
eight-week health program kicks off April 20. Register your
team or learn more about the challenge.
Novelist Bradford
Morrow to Give Plutzik Reading
This year's Plutzik Reading Series continues with writer Bradford Morrow,
professor of literature and Bard Center Fellow at Bard College, on Tuesday,
April 22, in Rush Rhees Library at 8 p.m. Read
more...
'Take Back the
Night' Rally Tonight in Rush Rhees Library
Several campus groups are sponsoring a Take Back the Night march and
rally tonight at 7 p.m. in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Week. The
event in Rush Rhees Library will include a presentation and candlelight
procession. Other related events include the Clothesline Project on view
in Wilson Commons and a River Campus cell phone drive to benefit victims
of domestic violence. For more details and a list of cell phone collection
sites, contact Julianne Nigro at julianne.nigro@gmail.com.
Medicine Drop-Off
Event Aims to Protect Water Supply
Drop off unused or expired medications from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday,
April 19, at the Rochester Operations Center, 444 E. Henrietta Road.
The event is one way the Medical Center's Ruth A. Lawrence Poison and
Drug Information Center and other community partners are working to keep
medications out of the drinking water supply. Read
more...
Sports
Buzz
Golf: Freshman
Ryan Williams wins the individual title; team finished fourth at UAA
championships this week in Orlando, Fla.
At Home This
Weekend: Softball, Men's
Tennis, and Women's
Lacrosse.
For more: www.rochester.edu/athletics
Events
Thursday,
April 17
Sustainable
Energy Lecture Series. Alumnus, Trustee, and Nobel Laureate
Steven Chu, "The Energy Problem and What We Can Do About It." Gleason
318/418. 1 p.m.
For more events: www.rochester.edu/calendar
Rochester
in the News
Counseling
Today (March 2008)
“Untapped Potential”
Kathryn Douthit, associate professor and chair of the counseling and
human development program at the Warner School, discusses Alzheimer's
dementia and how counseling intervention can play a role in delaying,
if not preventing, the onset of dementia cases. Read
more...
Democrat and
Chronicle (April 16)
“Cheers Greet Arriving Benedict”
Eastman Alumna Jennifer Pascual '01E (DMA) will oversee all the music
for liturgical events during Pope Benedict XVI's three-day visit to New
York City, including being lead conductor for the mass at Yankee Stadium. "It's
been incredibly challenging, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime moment
and to lead the music at the center of such an event can't be described." Read
more...
(Related Coverage: Father Brian Cool and Rochester sophomore
Tom Dematteo, as well as about 50 other Rochester students, will attend
the pope's mass in Yankee Stadium. Hear Cool and Dematteo discuss the
trip in this WROC
TV8 video report.)
In
Higher Education
Inside Higher
Ed (April 16)
“A Pentagon Olive Branch to Academe”
"Defense Secretary Robert Gates discusses plans for new university
consortia and grants—largely in social sciences—for nonclassified
research, and pledges no political restrictions." Read
more...
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