@Rochester
— April
24, 2008
 Today's
Forecast: Sunny, High 69°
Tomorrow: Partly Sunny, High 77 °
In
Today's Issue
- Medical Center Launches New Community Health Blog
- 'Across Borders' Art Initiative Returns for Second
Year
- Friday Lunchtime Concert Features Sounds of Hawaii
- Weekend Symposium Features Rochester Astrophysicist
- Sports
Buzz: Softball at Home
- Event
Highlight: Forum of Faith Community Leaders
- Rochester
in the News: Mark Noble on Chemo Brain
- In Higher
Ed: Student Achievement and Parents' Expectations
News
and Announcements
Medical Center
Launches New Community Health Blog
The Center for Community Health has started a new blog for faculty, staff,
and students involved or interested in community health. The forum, "Community
Health VOICE,"—Volunteer, Organize, Innovate, Collaborate,
and Empower—builds upon the University's leadership in community
outreach to create stronger partnerships inside and outside the Medical
Center and to stimulate conversation about public health topics. Read
more...
'Across Borders
Rochester' Launches Second Year
Memorial Art Gallery director Grant Holcomb and Nazareth College Arts
Center director Lindsay Reading Korth recently announced the return of "Across
Borders Rochester," a community-wide initiative that explores contemporary
Latin American and Latino art and culture. Read
more...
Aloha: Friday
Lunchtime Concert Features Sounds of Hawaii
The SEAS Performing Arts Series wraps up its 2008 schedule with an "Aloha" concert
on Friday, April 25, in Goergen Hall featuring Hawaiian slack key guitar,
ukulele, and vocals. The performance from noon to 1 p.m. is free and
open to the public.
Weekend Symposium
on Buddhism Features Rochester Astrophysicist
Professor of Astrophysics Adam Frank will join a group of internationally
recognized speakers at a symposium entitled "Buddhism, Mind, and
Matter: An Inquiry into Nature and Consciousness" at the Memorial
Art Gallery on Saturday, April 26. Tickets for the all-day event are
$60 and available online at www.rzc.org or
by calling 473-9180.
Sports
Buzz
At Home This
Weekend: Softball.
For more: www.rochester.edu/athletics
Events
Thursday,
April 24
Forum
of Faith Community Leaders. Interfaith Chapel. 7 p.m.
For more events: www.rochester.edu/calendar
Rochester
in the News
U.S. News & World
Report (April 22)
“Common Chemotherapy Drug Linked to Memory Problems”
"What we found is the damage done short-term is much less than the
damage that occurs long-term," says Mark Noble, director of the
University's Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Institute and senior
author of a newly released study that links a commonly used chemotherapy
drug with cognitive side effects known as "chemo brain." Read
more...
In
Higher Education
Chronicle
of Higher Education (April 23)
“Mismatches Found Between Student Achievement and Parents' College
Expectations in Federal Survey”
"The Education Department released a report on Tuesday that offers
new insights into the factors influencing whether parents expect their
children to enroll at four-year colleges, and suggests that many young
people who could succeed at such institutions are not being encouraged
by their families or schools to apply." Read
more...
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