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This October, the David T. Kearns Center for Leadership & Diversity in Arts, Sciences & Engineering will mark the 10th anniversary of its founding and the 20th anniversary of the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program. The center also celebrates three new grants totaling $3.9 million for its Upward Bound and McNair programs.

Modeling future climates or using genomic analysis to understand the mechanisms of cancer both require analyzing vast or very complex data, and exploiting the opportunities of "big data" is one of the biggest challenges in computing.

The speakers will explore how racism, homophobia, poverty, politics, and other cultural factors contribute to the disproportionate spread of AIDS among communities of color.

The Girls Rule Soccer Clinic provides young girls in the Greater Rochester region the opportunity to interact with members of Rochester's Varsity Soccer team as they practice drills including shooting, passing, and juggling.

Music and writings of Karol Szymanowski will be featured in a concert commemorating the 130th anniversary of the composer's birthday and 75th anniversary of his death on Wednesday, Oct. 3.

Learn about the Master of Science in Technical Entrepreneurship and Management (TEAM) degree program at the upcoming information session, Thursday, Sept. 20, at 4 p.m. in the Center for Entrepreneurship, 1-211 Carol Simon Hall.

The Vanessa Mangione Quartet (above) — all graduates of the Eastman School of Music — are among the performers at Rochester's first-ever Fringe Festival, which opened on Wednesday. University students, faculty, and alumni are among the more than 200 performances scheduled for the five-day fest.

Navy ROTC students from the University along with Air Force ROTC members from local battalions held a small vigil on the Eastman Quadrangle to remember and honor those lost to the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy.

Aeisha Salem and Gila Balman, material transfer administrators will give a talk “Importance of MTAs and CDAs in Shared Research: All You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask” at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 11, in the Class of '62 Auditorium (G-9425 and 1-2495) at the Medical Center.

A multifaceted festival marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Claude Debussy, titled “The Prismatic Debussy,” will be held at the Eastman School throughout the month of October.