Calendar

MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

MAG--x5-3081; www.rochester.edu/MAG

May 17, 24--Preschool Family Workshop. Weekly thematic workshops featuring art projects, story reading, and gallery tours. Registration required. Creative Workshop, ext. 3056, 10:30 a.m. to noon.

May 19--Animals and Art Tour. Enjoy a family tour and register to win a painting by one of the elephants at Seneca Park Zoo. Tickets required. Meet at Admission Desk, 2 p.m.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

At Memorial Art Gallery

Gallery Highlights Tour--Free with admission. Meet at the admission desk. May 17, 19, 24, 2 p.m.; May 14, 21, 6:30 p.m.

Through June 2--Art in Bloom: A Bouquet from the Permanent Collection. A showcase of ceramics, paintings, and works on paper from the 19th century to present day.

Long-term installations

Through 2002--New Acquisitions for a New Millennium. Showcases 21 masterworks acquired during the last four years, including the Inner Coffin of Pa-debehu-Aset, an Egyptian official of the fourth century B.C.E.

Through 2002--About Face: Copley's Portrait of a Colonial Silversmith. An interactive installation about Colonial American portrait painter John Singleton Copley and silversmith Nathaniel Hurd. Dorothy McBride Gill Education Center.

At Rush Rhees Library

May 14 through August 31--Display: Books Illustrated by Fritz Kredel (1900-1973). A small sampling of works by renowned book illustrator Kredel. Free and open to the public. Hilfiker Gallery of the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation in Rush Rhees Library. Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Through August--Beauty for Commerce: Publishers' Bookbindings 1830-1910. This exhibit chronicles the aesthetic and technical changes in English and American cloth bookbindings. Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Noon Hour Health Bites--Informational monthly series of topics related to health and wellness. Sponsored by the Strong Employee Assistance Program. No fee or pre-registration is required. Feel free to bring a lunch. For more information, call x5-4987 or visit www.urmc.rochester.edu/eap/eap.html

May 14--Resolving Problems at Work. Addresses ways to resolve difficult situations on the job, such as problems with a supervisor or co-worker, harassment, disability issues, coping with illness in the family or other loved one, or improving workplace interactions. Presenters include Peg Lee, Human Resources manager; Kathy Sweetland, University intercessor; Deb Martin, claims manager for the Department of Risk Management and Environmental Safety's Return to Work Program; and Ann Betz, manager for Strong Employee Assistance Program. Ambulatory Care Facility Rooms A&B (2-1322 & 2-1218), noon to 1 p.m.

CPR Classes--Classes are offered by the Office for Educational Resources (OER) from January through June. Registration fee required. All classes held in the OER Department (2-7500 area of the Medical Center). To register, call x5-7666.

May 14, 21--Basic Life Support Original Course, 1-4 p.m.

May 16--Basic Life Support Refresher Course, 1-5 p.m.

May 20--Basic Life Support Refresher Course, 5-9 p.m.

MUSIC

Eastman at Washington Square--"Thursday Lunchtime Concerts" at the First Universalist Church, corner of South Clinton and Court Streets, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Brown bag lunches are welcome during the performance.

May 16--Mountain Songs for Flute and Guitar. The Eastman CED Frank Instructors Petar Kodzas and Sophia Gibbs Kim present Robert Beaser's arrangements of songs from the Appalachians.

May 23--Flutissimo. The Eastman CED Flute Choir, led by director Sophia Gibbs Kim, returns for a springtime concert of music for many flutes.

RELIGION

River Campus Interfaith Chapel--x5-4321; www.rochester.edu/chapel/services.html

Roman Catholic Mass

Sunday Mass: May 19, 10:30 a.m., and 7 p.m., River Level; May 26, 10:30 a.m., River Level.
Tuesday Mass: May 14, 21, 5:30 p.m., Sanctuary.
Wednesday Mass: May 15, 22, 10 p.m., Friel Lounge.

Jewish Services

Conservative: May 17, 24, 6 p.m., River Level; May 18, 25, 10:30 a.m., Commons Room.
Orthodox: May 17, 24, 6 p.m., Conference Room; May 18, 25, 10 a.m., River Level.
Reform: May 17, 24, 6 p.m., Commons Room.

Muslim Services

Daily Prayers: Fajr, Dawn-6:45 a.m.; Zuhr, 12:20-3 p.m. (Monday-Thursday, 12:30-2 p.m., Conference Room); Asr, 3:30 p.m.-Sunset; Magrib, Sunset; Isha, 7 p.m.; and Jumma, Friday, 1:10 p.m., Commons Room.

Protestant Services

Interdenominational Worship Community: May 19, 3 p.m., Sanctuary.
Protestant Community Chapel: May 19, 5 p.m., Sanctuary.

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Communion Service

May 17, 24, 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship

May 19, 26, 10:15 a.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

Department of Chemistry--Hutchison Hall, Room 473 (unless otherwise noted), x5-8286, www.chem.rochester.edu/Colloquia/April2002.html.

May 13--Sculpting of the Eukaryotic Pre-mRNA Branch Site Recognition Motif. Physical seminar: Nancy Greenbaum, Florida State University, 4:45 p.m.

May 16--Regulations of Gene Expression by Synthetic DNA Binding Ligands. Seymore Rothchild Lecture: Peter Dervan, California Institute of Technology, 3:30 p.m.

May 20--Providing Structural Insights into the Thermodynamics of Oligonucleotides: Purine-Rich Internal Loops and Propynylated Systems. Biophysical seminar: Brent Znosko, Department of Chemistry. Lander Auditorium, Hoyt Hall, 4 p.m.

May 21--Luminescence in Gold-Silver and Gold-Thallium Complexes. Inorganic seminar: Antonio Laguna, University of Zaragoza, Spain. Lander Auditorium, Hoyt Hall, 3:30 p.m.

May 23--Zinc Finger Domains in DNA Binding Proteins. Inorganic seminar: Jason Kellogg, Department of Chemistry. Lander Auditorium, Hoyt Hall, 3:30 p.m.

May 24--Molecules in Strong Laser Fields: Size Matters. Physical seminar: Misha Ivanov, National Research Council of Cananda, 11 a. m.

MISCELLANY

May 21--Simon School MBA Programs Information Reception. Schlegel Hall, 5:30 p.m.

ACTIVITIES PROGRAM

Discounts for activities are available to all University staff, faculty, and students through the University Activities Program. All tickets are available at the hospital Cashier's Office and the Customer Service Center in the Susan B. Anthony Halls on the River Campus. The Eastman School and Memorial Art Gallery carry movie theater tickets only. For further information check the University Activities Program flier or call x5-7942. The current list can be accessed at www.rochester.edu/working/services/auxops/Activities1.htm.

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