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.