Thomas Beauchamp, an internationally known ethics expert and professor of philosophy at Georgetown University, will discuss "The Philosophical Issues in the Debate Over Physician-Assisted Suicide" at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11, in Room 115, Harkness Hall on the River Campus. His talk is part of the 1998 Spring Colloquium Series presented by the philosophy department.
Beauchamp has written many articles on suicide, health care rights, euthanasia and ethical issues in medical treatment. For more information, contact David Braun, x5-8107, or e-mail at dbrn@troi.cc.rochester.edu.
The off-the-wall, rapid-fire comic styling of Gilbert Gottfried comes to the University during Winter Weekend. The comedian will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 in Strong Auditorium.
The Brooklyn-born Gottfried started doing stand-up comedy in Greenwich Village clubs as a teenager. He went on to perform on "Saturday Night Live" and in movies, including "Aladdin," to which he lent his voice as Ayego the Parrot.
The University community is invited to other Winter Weekend activities, including beach volleyball and sumo wrestling in Wilson Commons; free rollerskating in the Zornow Sports Center Saturday night from 8 to 10; and casino activities beginning at midnight Saturday in Wilson Commons. For more information, call Student Activities, x5-9390.
The music of Poland will highlight the first spring event of the Skalny Lecture and Artist Series.
Wojciech Marchwica, Skalny Visiting Professor of Musicology at the Eastman School, will present a lecture with musical illustration on "The National Character of Polish Christmas Carols." Marchwica is on the faculty of Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
The talk will be held at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 29, in the Sibley Music Library, Room 404, Eastman School, 27 Gibbs St. The Center for Polish and Central European Studies is sponsoring the talk. For more information, call Ewa Hauser, x5-9898.
Tom Conley, a Harvard University professor currently on leave at Cornell University, will discuss "Mapping the Humanities," at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11 in the Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library. The talk is sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, and admission is free and open to the public.
Conley's talk is part of the Dr. Matthew E. and Ruth Harmon Fairbank Alumni Lecture Series, which began in 1987 to focus on the role of humanities in undergraduate education. This year's theme is "Alive and Kicking: How the Humanities Still Matter."
The Human Values Cluster is sponsoring a Creative Excellence Award again this year. It is given to the University undergraduate or graduate student who submits the best creative work, in any medium, dealing with issue of human values in health care. The winner receives $200 and an inscribed plaque. Deadline for submissions is Friday, April 10. For more information, call Madeline Schmitt, x5-8889.
Richard Rorty, University Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia and one of America's foremost philosophers, will speak on "Does Postmodernism Matter to Politics?" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, Room 2-162, Dewey Hall.
The lecture, part of the history department's Verne Moore History Seminar series, is free and open to the public. For more information, call x5-2052.
The Medical Center Athletic Club is offering tai chi for beginners, on Thursday evenings at 5 p.m. For costs and registration information, call x5-2437.
The Research Group of Otolaryngology has added an image analysis laboratory to develop systems/software that automates research techniques and/or other projects using inexpensive, off-the-shelf imaging hardware and software. It is designed to make data collection for research projects easier, faster, and more consistent. Call x5-1041 or 5-1042 for more information.
The Multimedia Center in Rush Rhees Library is offering free, walk-in demo sessions of software in Room G113, Rush Rhees Library. Presentations are by the Multimedia Center's Stuart Larson and will run every Tuesday from 5 to 6 p.m. for the next several weeks. Topics include "Flatbed scanning of images" (Jan. 27) and "Advanced Photoshop" (Feb. 3). Later Tuesdays will cover such topics as SoundEdit 16, Bryce, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Pagemaker, Netscape Communicator, and others.
As specific dates are assigned to the remaining topics, details will be available by calling the Multimedia Center at x3-5009 or checking the Buzz, UR Forum, or the Library's web page (www.lib.rochester.edu).
New users of the ISI Citation Databases (http://webofscience.com) can still obtain training at either of two sessions on Friday, Jan. 30. A representative from the vendor, the Institute of Scientific Information, will conduct the sessions, scheduled for 10 - 11 a.m., at Edward G. Miner Library Classroom 2 in G-7545 of the Medical Center, or 1 - 2 p.m., Room G113, Rush Rhees Library. Users unable to attend one of the training sessions are welcome to ask staff at any University Library Reference Desk, or the subject specialist for their discipline, to help them get started.
A tribute to Susan B. Anthony and presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to neonatal specialist Dr. Ruth Lawrence will highlight a dinner at the University Thursday, Feb. 12, celebrating women's achievements.
Lawrence, who practices at the Medical Center, is a Medical School alumna and an internationally recognized expert in neonatal care.
The dinner will be held at 6 p.m. in Susan B. Anthony Halls on the River Campus. Tickets are $20 for faculty and staff and $8 for students and are available until Feb. 6.
Call x5-8799 for reservations and ticket information.
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