In Review

In Brief

College Offers Full Scholarships to IB Graduates

Rochester City School District students who complete a demanding high school curriculum based on international standards of achievement will be eligible for full-tuition scholarships if they enroll in the College. William Scott Green, dean of the College, announced the scholarships in September as an example of the University’s commitment to the success of the city school system. Students who graduate from the International Baccalaureate Programme at Wilson Magnet High School, the first high school in Monroe County to participate in the academic program, and who meet admission requirements of the University will be offered the scholarships.

Two-Year Agreement with University of Warsaw Announced

Rochester and the University of Warsaw inaugurated a series of academic collaborations last fall, thanks to the support of the Fulbright Scholar Program. The main partners are the Department of Political Science and Warsaw’s American Studies Center. Ewa Hauser, director of the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University and former senior Fulbright Fellow in Warsaw, received a grant to build the broader institutional arrangement based on her Fulbright experience.

Warner School Tapped for National Center

Improving the educational opportunities for preschoolers from low-income families is the goal of a new national Center of Excellence involving the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development and Catholic schools in Rochester. The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $3.8 million grant to the Warner School last fall to establish the new center, part of a national effort to raise the quality of preschool programs and give more support and resources to teachers and parents. The project builds on a Warner initiative called ScienceStart!—a curriculum that uses science as a vehicle to develop language, literacy, and school readiness skills among preschoolers.

‘Cogeneration’ to Serve River Campus, Medical Center

The University’s central utility plant is getting an upgrade to enable it to simultaneously produce the electricity and steam used to heat and cool River Campus and Medical Center buildings. Known as “cogeneration,” the new method of generating power is expected to require no more fuel than if only steam was produced. Planned for completion in 2006, the $43.8 million upgrade is expected to pay for itself in seven years through the savings made possible by generating, rather than buying, electricity.

Strong Performs 50th Heart Transplant

A man from Oswego County last fall became the 50th patient to receive a heart transplant from the Strong Health Program in Heart Failure and Transplantation, a milestone for the three-year-old program. The program, which carried out its first heart transplant in 2001, has a one-year survival rate of 92 percent, one of the best in the nation. There were 37 patients waiting for transplants last September.