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The annual event where many participants wear high heels and fun shoes during a one-mile walk around Ontario Beach Park benefits the Willow Domestic Violence Center. The “Walk A Mile in My Shoes” event coincides with Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.

topics: announcements, Department of Public Safety,
poster for event reads GCEO 2016: ROCHESTER TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF with logos for University of Rochester and RIT

This week’s Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers will bring more than 400 expects from around the world to Rochester to discuss the evolving nature of entrepreneurship and how the centers can make impacts the move their communities forward.

topics: Ain Center for Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, events, global engagement,
child peering over bed
Society & Culture
September 22, 2016

Grant funds STRONGER to help trauma victims

The new project of the Mt. Hope Family Center will provide treatment services for 800 children and adults exposed to a wide array of stress and trauma, and will promote policies for trauma care.

The new project of the Mt. Hope Family Center will provide trauma treatment services for 800 children and adults exposed to a wide array of stressors.

topics: Mt. Hope Family Center, research funding,
man with large computer

When Leslie Valiant delivered his 2011 Turing lecture, “it was one of the most scientifically inspiring speeches I have seen,” says Chen Ding, computer science professor and co-organizer of the 29th International Workshop on Languages and Compilers of Parallel Computing.

topics: Department of Computer Science, events, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
workers lower a piece of a granite sign into place; sign reads EDMUND A. HAJIM SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES
In Photos
September 21, 2016

Piece by piece

Workers put the final touches on the engraved wall that will mark the new Science and Engineering Quadrangle. The quad was designed to complement the new Wegmans Hall, and provide more functional public space around the Goergen, Hylan, and Hutchison Halls, and the Computer Studies Building. (University photo / J. Adam Fenster)

topics: construction, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Public Safety vehicle
University News
September 21, 2016

Think Safe report now online

The University’s annual security and fire safety compliance document, Think Safe, is available on the Department of Public Safety’s website. Think Safe contains crime statistics for crimes reported on campus for the three previous calendar years.

topics: Department of Public Safety,
public safety officers in uniform
University News
September 19, 2016

Public Safety graduates most diverse class ever

The newest class of non-sworn officers includes individuals proficient in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Patois, and have joined Public Safety from a wide range of professional backgrounds.

topics: announcements, Department of Public Safety,
Joan Rubin

Joan Shelley Rubin, a noted scholar of American history, has been named the Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director of the Humanities Center. The center will celebrate the opening of its permanent home in Rush Rhees Library in October.

topics: Department of History, Humanities Center, Joan Shelley Rubin, School of Arts and Sciences,