News & Updates
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Course Evaluations
Online course
evaluations have begun. Students in the College are encouraged
to complete all evaluations as soon as possible. Special
Note for Class of 2008: The Senior Survey has provided
valuable input to encourage change in the past. Seniors, do your part
to ensure the Class of 2008 is heard.
Film
Festival at MAG
The Memorial Art Gallery is hosting the High Falls Film Festival
this week with screenings on May 1 and 2.
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HPV
Vaccine Clinic: May 1
University Health Service (UHS) is holding a clinic for students
who would like to receive the HPV vaccine (Gardasil) on May 1 from
3-4:30 p.m. in the UHS Office in Susan B. Anthony. No appointment
is needed.
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Night
Owl Librarians
The reference desk in Rush Rhees Library will be open later than
usual tonight and Monday. Staff will be on hand until 11 p.m. Questions?
Call 275-4478 or e-mail Rush
Rhees Reference.
Yummy
Sundaes
Women
In Science and Engineering is holding a “Create Your
Own Sundae” study break on May 1 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in
the Welles-Brown Room. Stop by, grab a cup of ice cream, and
jazz it up with an assortment of toppings.
Cash
for Books
The best time to sell your textbooks back to the Bookstore is during
finals week. Look up cash values online at urochester.bkstore.com.
Dining
This Week
April 29 enjoy an all-you-can-eat steak cook out at Danforth Dining
Center from 4:30-8:30 p.m., featuring grilled steaks, corn on the
cob, salads, and other barbeque fare. View
a full menu and details.
Frisbee
Golf Tournament
Sigma Nu presents "Frolf This Way," an amateur frisbee
golf tournament at the world-class course at Ellison Park from 1-4
p.m. on May 3, rain or shine. Tickets are $5 at the Common Market.
Buy a t-shirt and get -1 stroke. All proceeds benefit Alternatives
for Battered Women.
Get
Creative and Win
Students have until April 28 to submit an entry for this year's Creative
Excellence Award Contest.
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Talk
by RCSD Superintendent Brizard
Jean-Claude Brizard, Rochester's recently appointed superintendent
of schools, will discuss his vision for reform on May 7 at 6 p.m.
in the Hawkins-Carlson Room of the Rush Rhees Library. A reception
follows the free event. Read
more...
RecycleMania
Results
RecycleMania results are in: The University finished 39th out of
56 schools in the partial campus division, recycling 11.73 pounds
per person for a total of 70,443 pounds of would-be garbage. The
results far exceed last year's total of 47,187 pounds.
New
Art in Gleason Library
Art by Stacey Fisher is on view in Gleason
Library through June 25. Students are invited to stop by and
vote for their favorite painting to be purchased for the Gleason
art collection.
Thanks
for Adding Your Contacts
The University's new emergency notification system, AlertUR, had
a successful test on April 24. If you aren't one of the nearly 2,000
undergraduates who have already added new information, go to www.rochester.edu/alertur,
log in with your NetID, and fill in or change your emergency contacts.
It's
All about the Book
The University is hosting a celebration of the book, in all its modern
forms, from 4 to 6 p.m. April 30 in the Hawkins-Carlson Room of Rush
Rhees Library. Printed and electronic books as well as published
compositions and CDs produced by faculty and staff will be on display
and available for purchase.
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Bells
Concert on the Quad
At noon on May 2 don’t miss the world premiere of new carillon
and electronic music. Performed by Eastman graduate students Tiffany
Ng ’08 and Randall Harlow, the 75-minute concert can be enjoyed
from the Eastman Quad.
NROTC
Scholarships
If you're a rising sophomore and think you might be interested in
a Navy or Marine Corps Officer career, give Commander Shuma a call
at 275-9033 or stop by the NROTC offices on the ground floor of Morey
Hall for more information.
Sports
At
Home This Week:Softball, Baseball, Lacrosse, and Track.
Rochester
in the News
Democrat
and Chronicle (April 25)
Eastman School of Music Student Wins Links
Award
"The Links, founded in 1946, is made up of more than 11,000 women
of color intent on furthering human rights and social and racial justice
through educational, cultural and civic activities. Each April, the
Rochester chapter of the national organization presents its $3,000
scholarship to a black Eastman School of Music student. Andre Washington,
the 23rd recipient of the award, celebrates his mother's intuition
with a 3 p.m. recital Sunday at Kilbourn Hall." Read
more...
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Fulbright Scholars
Five graduating seniors and a recent alumnus
will receive prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for 2008-09 to study
and perform research abroad. They tie the record number of Fulbright
winners chosen from the College last year. Above from left: Emily
Lyman ’08, Christine Kenison ’08, Rebekah Porter ’08,
Ashley Van Vechten ’08, and Benjamin Schmitt ’08. (Not
pictured: Brett Stark
’07.)
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Weather
Today:
Partly Sunny,
High 65 °
This
week's forecast.
Did
You Know?
Dining
Services recycles 100 percent of its recyclable kitchen waste, including
glass, plastic, and metal.
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