In Review
In Brief
‘Extreme’ Fusion Comes to Rochester
A new fusion science center is coming to the University. Called the Fusion
Center for Extreme States of Matter and Fast Ignition Physics, the new effort
is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, which is providing $5.5 million
for the project. Complementing the leading fusion work being conducted at the
Laboratory for Laser Energetics and taking advantage of the lab’s new
beam facility, the Omega EP, which is currently under construction, the center
will help develop an understanding of extreme states of matter using a new method
to achieve fusion. Riccardo Betti, professor of mechanical engineering, will
direct the center.
Medical Center Approved for New Residency
Physicians who plan to work in community health can continue their training
in a new residency in preventive medicine at Rochester. That’s after the
first new residency at the Medical Center in nearly a decade was approved by
the national Accrediting Council for Graduate Medical Education. As part of
the General Preventive Medicine residency, doctors will complete supervised
rotations at the Medical Center, Eastman Kodak, the Monroe County Department
of Health, and community sites and clinics.
Simon School Moves Netherlands M.B.A.
Beginning in the fall of 2005, the Simon School will offer a dual-degree weekend
Executive M.B.A. Program with the Tias Business School, the graduate management
school of Tilburg University and Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. The move
ends a nine-year affiliation with the Universiteit Nyenrode in the Netherlands.
Rochester also runs a longstanding weekend Executive M.B.A. Program with the
Universität Bern in Bern, Switzerland.
Nursing Jumps to 13th in NIH Funding
The School of Nursing has risen to 13th place in an annual survey of funding
from the National Institutes of Health for the 2003 fiscal year, up from 23rd
a year ago. The annual rankings combine research grants, training grants, and
fellowships.
New Center to Combat Terrorism Threats
Health care and emergency preparedness officials have a new source for information
and expertise as the Medical Center launches a new initiative to contribute
to the region’s and nation’s counterterrorism efforts. The new Center
for Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness is part of a growing effort
by academic medical centers to play critical roles in ensuring adequate defense
against terrorist activities, said Medical Center CEO C. McCollister (Mac) Evarts
in announcing the new center.
Followup: Optics Building Gets $100,000 Boost
One of the world’s leading suppliers of process control and yield management
solutions for the semiconductor and microelectronics industries has contributed
$100,000 to the University’s $30 million optics building fund. Officials
from KLA-Tencor, based in San Jose, California, credited Rochester’s technological
leadership in optics education and research in making the announcement last
summer.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the 91,000-square-foot structure that will be
shared by the optics and biomedical engineering departments is scheduled for
October.
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