News and Announcements
Rochester Plans Diversity Conference
On Monday, April 5, representatives from all of Rochester’s constituencies will gather to discuss diversity and inclusion at the 2010 Diversity Conference: Building a Stronger Community. Conference organizers have created a survey to ensure that all University employees can be a part of the conversation. Postcards have been sent to the 1,200 employees that do not have University e-mail addresses so that their voices also will be heard.
Wilmot Cancer Center Receives Excellence Award
The Wilmot Cancer Center is one of only eight centers
nationwide to receive a New Program Outstanding Achievement Award from
the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.
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International Theatre Program Takes on Comedy
The International Theatre Program will continue its 20th anniversary season from April 15 to May 1 with performances of Criminal Genius and Featuring Loretta, two comedies from George Walker's Suburban Motel.
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ArtAwake Music and Arts Festival is April 10
ArtAwake 2010,
an art and music festival organized by University students, takes place
from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, April 10, at the Monroe County Savings
Bank in downtown Rochester. The festival will feature more than
150 pieces of laser art, installations, paintings, and photographs.
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Craig Owens Memorial Lecture is Today
The 14th annual Craig Owens Memorial Lecture will feature a presentation by Juliane Rebentisch of the Institute of Philosophy at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University. Rebentisch's lecture, "On Realism Today," will be held in the Rush Rhees Library Hawkins-Carlson Room at 5 p.m. today. Rebentisch will also give a seminar on the aesthetics of installation art at 10 a.m. Friday, March 26, in room 209 in the Computer Science Building.
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Interfaith
Chapel Will Hold Easter Week Services
The Interfaith Chapel will hold the
following Easter Week services:
Palm Sunday, 1:30 p.m. March 28; Maundy
Thursday, 12:30 p.m.
April 1; Good Friday Catholic Communion
Service, 12:30 p.m.,
Meditation, 1 to 3 p.m., Friday, April
2; Easter Sunday, 1:30
p.m., April 4.
Register Online for Entrepreneurship Events
The Center for Entrepreneurship has recently launched a site for online event registration. Visit the page to register for upcoming events, including the Mark Ain Workshop on April 1 or the Prison Entrepreneurship Program on April 8.
Join Well-U and Team Up for Heart Health
There is still time to create or join a team and help Well-U
raise awareness for heart health. Proceeds from the American Heart
Association’s Start! Heart Walk will go to local charities. The 3K walk will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 10, at the Blue Cross Arena. Visit the University's team page to participate. Call 276-5050 for more information.
