In Brief

Exhibit art by visually impaired

A traveling exhibit featuring work by artists with visual impairments will be on display at The Gallery at One Bausch & Lomb Place June 28 to September 15.

Sponsored in part by Strong Health and University Medical Center Board Member Robert Hurlbut, the exhibit features works in a variety of media by artists with such visual impairments as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, monocular vision, detached retina, cataract, color deficiency, and total blindness.

Proceeds from a private showing and reception will benefit the Rochester Eye and Human Parts Bank. There is no cost to the general public to view the artwork. The gallery is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

For more information, call the Rochester Eye and Human Parts Bank at (716) 272-7890 or (800) 568-4321.

Workshop on Catholic education

The Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development will offer two days of programming for teachers, administrators, and others involved in Catholic education July 9 and 10. This year's workshop, titled "Cultivating a Garden of Hope," will concentrate on multiple approaches for nourishing spirituality and transformational change in individuals and schools.

Keynote speakers include Almeta Whitis, an ordained interfaith minister and performer, and Sister Clare Fitzgerald, founder of the Catholic School Leadership Program at Boston College.

All programs will be held in Wilson Commons on the River Campus. For more information contact x5-8270.

Learn English this summer

The College's Office of Special Programs is offering its Intensive Summer English Program from July 9 to August 10. The program offers quality language instruction to two different audiences: for those seeking to become better English speakers in a variety of academic, social, or professional settings, and for University graduate students who will be either teaching or lab assistants in the coming academic year.

The five-week program is centered around classroom instruction by instructors with advanced degrees in teaching English to speakers of other languages, and outside social and recreational activities in the evenings and weekends allow students to become familiar with United States culture.

Spaces are still available, and tuition is $1,590. The registration deadline is July 2. For more information, call Mary Ratigan at x5-2345, e-mail ospecial@troi.cc.rochester. edu, or visit www.rochester.edu/College/osp/ISEP.html

Poet receives Fairchild Award

Author and poet Kathleen Wakefield, of Penfield, New York, has been named the recipient of the Lillian Fairchild Award presented by the University.

Wakefield was honored for Notations on the Visible World, a collection of poems which has also received the Anhinga Prize for Poetry. She has also been a contributor to The Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, The Journal, and Poetry.

The Fairchild Award is given to a Rochester area resident who has produced the best visual, literary, or musical work of art during the past year. It was established by Herman L. Fairchild of the University's Department of Geology in memory of his daughter, Lillian.

Research participants needed

Medication Interactions--Healthy, HIV negative volunteers needed to evaluate interactions between HIV medications. Requires two 15 hour visits and one 24 hour visit to the clinical research center. Women of child bearing potential are excluded. Up to $600 compensation. For information, contact the Infectious Diseases Unit, x5-2740 or x5-4768.

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