April 14, 2008
In Brief
EndNote available free to students, staff, faculty
River Campus Libraries and University Information
Technology have a new site license for EndNote, allowing University
students, staff, and faculty to install the popular bibliographic
software on work or personal computers at no charge. EndNote is used to
organize references, images, and PDFs and to create bibliographies and
figure lists. Both Mac and Windows versions are available. For more
information about the license, including how to get the software, visit
www.rochester.edu/it/sitelicenses/endnote.html (authenticated by
NetID). View details about EndNote functions at
www.endnote.com/eninfo.asp.
Excluded? Debarred? Know someone who is?
Federal law limits the kinds of work that may be done
by people who have been excluded, suspended, or debarred from federal or
state contracts, grants, or programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. If
you or someone you work with has been excluded, suspended, or debarred, has
defaulted on student loans, or has lost a professional license, contact the
Compliance Office at 275-1609, Office of Counsel at 758-7600, or the
Integrity Hotline at 756-8888 (anonymous reports accepted).
University parking survey due April 18
Faculty and staff are asked to complete a parking
survey that will help the University plan for future parking needs. The
survey, which asks about current parking habits and solicits opinions
on tentative plans, can be taken at www.ashtonsurvey.com/cgi-bin/rws3.pl?FORM=UniversityofRochester. A hard-copy version was
sent to employees’ homes in early April. The deadline to complete the
survey is April 18.
School of Medicine and Dentistry gets full
accreditation
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) has
granted the School of Medicine and Dentistry a full eight-year
accreditation, the maximum length of accreditation awarded. The LCME lauded
the school’s culture of collegiality, connectedness, and
collaboration, and described the Double Helix Curriculum as a
successful longitudinal integration of the basic and clinical sciences.
Other programs cited as innovative in the accreditation report were the
third-year basic science blocks, the Process of Discovery course, and the
Community Health Improvement Clerkship.
Graduate programs ranked highly by U.S. News
The Simon School, the School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences, and the School of Medicine and Dentistry are among the
best in the country, according to the 2009 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s
guide to graduate schools. Among all business programs, Simon is ranked
25th. Among private universities, SEAS is ranked 15th. Among other
Rochester programs in the rankings are the School of Medicine and Dentistry
(out of 126 programs ranked, Rochester is 34th best among research schools
and 19th best among primary care schools), the Department of Political
Science (13th), and the Department of Economics (19th).
Leadership graduate assistants sought
The Office of Residential Life and the Rochester
Center for Community Leadership are seeking applicants for the Leadership
Graduate Assistant position for the next academic year. Any student
enrolled full-time, or enrolling in the fall, in a University graduate
degree program may apply. For more information, contact Ed Feldman at
efeldman@reslife.rochester.edu.
Staff invited to community leadership program
Human Resources invites faculty, staff, and students
to attend an informational session on Leadership Rochester and the United
Way Developing Future Leaders program at 5:30 on April 16 in the Medical
Center G-9576.
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