In Brief
Film traces African past
The Language You Cry In, a 1998 film by Alvaro Toepke and Angel Serrano, will be shown at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, in Morey Hall 314. The showing is free and open to the public.
The film, which is in English and Mende with English subtitles, is part of the Africa Video and Film Series sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies. The theme of this semester's series is the Diaspora in Exile.
The Language You Cry In is described as a scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles from 18th-century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of present-day Georgia. It explores how African Americans have kept links to their African past. For more information, contact the Frederick Douglass Institute at x5-7235.
Do the Jitterbug
The Medical Center Fitness and Wellness Center is offering six weeks of East Coast swing dance lessons on Thursdays beginning March 3 with instructor Maureen Hickey. Classes start at 5:15 p.m. and last one hour. The fee is $65 for nonmembers with a $5 discount for members. Call x5-2437 to register or for information.
Young physicists needed
The University's Pre-College Experience in Physics (PREP), a four-week program designed to encourage young women's interest in all areas of science, will run this year July 5 to 29. The program exposes the participants to a series of fun and challenging physics laboratory exercises and to the work of professional scientists and engineers.
This noncredit, commuter program is open to students who are completing 9th or 10th grade in any area high school. There is no homework, tests, or fee, and previous course work in physics is not required. Sessions are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Contact Connie Jones at x5-5306 for more details. Applications are available online at www.pas.rochester.edu/PREP.
Apply for Fulbright
Internationally minded juniors and graduate students in all disciplines are invited to apply for Fulbright Scholarships to spend the 2006-07 academic year abroad. Over 140 countries participate in the Fulbright program, which promotes international peace and understanding through educational and artistic exchange.
Applicants, who must be U.S. citizens, design projects involving advanced study and research or teach English conversation and American culture in high schools and universities in certain countries. The University nomination process includes completion of the Fellowships Preliminary Application, due March 21 and available on the fellowships Web site at www.rochester. edu/College/CCAS/fellowships.html. A first draft of the project proposal is due April 11.
For more information, see the Web site or contact the fellowships coordinator, Belinda Redden, at belinda.redden@rochester.edu or x5-2354.
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