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In Today's Issue

  • Nominate a Deserving Student
  • Summer Institute Application Deadline is March 1
  • Warner Student is Sesame Street Science Advisor
  • Jazz, Jazz, and More Jazz at Eastman This Spring
  • Warm Up to Working Out

News and Announcements

Nominate a Deserving Student
Nominations for this year’s University Student Life Awards open today. Undergraduate students at the College and the Eastman School are eligible. The annual awards recognize students who have significantly and positively impacted the University and/or surrounding community through service to others, investment of talent and time, and pursuit of excellence. The awards are divided into two categories: Individual Leadership Awards and the Student Organization and Programming Awards. Nominations can be submitted online. The deadline is Monday, Jan. 25. For more information, call Joanne King at 275-4085.

Summer Institute Application Deadline is March 1
The Genesee Valley Writing Project is accepting applications through March 1 for its 2010 Summer Institute. The program brings together area public and private school teachers, in all grade levels and all disciplines, for a month of intensive reading, writing, research, and practice.
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Warner Student is Sesame Street Science Advisor
Kathy Conezio, a doctoral student at the Warner School, serves as the head science curriculum advisor for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street.
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Jazz, Jazz, and More Jazz at Eastman This Spring
Jazz fills Rochester venues year-round and this spring the Eastman School will be hosting noted guest artists who will give public performances with Eastman musicians.
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Warm Up to Working Out
A free informational session offering tips to those new to working out and to those looking for a refresher course will be held at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, in K307 (3-6408) in the Medical Center. The session is open to all University employees. Seating is limited. Enroll online. For more information, call 276-5050.

January 12, 2010
Snow Showers
 Today's Forecast:
Snow Showers, High 19°
Tomorrow:
Partly Cloudy, High 30°
Today's Event Highlight
Financial Health Bites: Home Buying
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Rochester in the News
Reuters (Jan. 9)
'3-D Movies a Pain in the Head'
3-D movie buffs may want to get their eyes checked first—or risk a 3-D headache. "The illusions that you see in three dimensions is not exactly calibrated the same way that your eyes and your brain are. This disparity will give some people a headache," says Deborah Friedman, professor of ophthalmology and neurology at the Medical Center. Read more…

In Higher Education
In Higher Ed (Jan. 11)
'PhD Supply and Demand'
At the meeting of the American Historical Association, grad students and those who lead doctoral programs considered the bleak job market, quality of graduate programs, and whether there is an "oversupply" issue. Read more…

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