University experts weigh in on the state of American democracy
Americans on both sides of the partisan divide agree on two things: democracy is the best form of government, and this past year was a bad one for democracy in the United States. In the latest issue of Rochester Review, eight faculty and alumni experts share their insights on the state of American democratic institutions and the challenges to them.
In today’s issue:
With today’s opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics, we remember Zenon Snylyk ’55 who captained the US men’s soccer team at the ’56 Olympics
The 2020 and 2021 Eastman/ArtistShare artists have been announced
The Medical Center memorialized the late Tristram Smith, a pioneer in autism research, earlier this month
Zenon Snylyk ’55 captained US men’s soccer team at ’56 Olympics
As the Toyko Games begin, we remember Zenon Snylyk ’55, an alumnus who rose from post-World War II chaos in Europe to captain the 1956 US men’s soccer team at the Summer Games in Melbourne, Australia.
Town Hall meeting to provide info on upcoming chilled water outage
University Facilities and Services will host a virtual town hall meeting for the River Campus community at 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, July 26, about a planned chilled water shutdown to River Campus on Wednesday, July 28. Due to complications encountered during the outage on July 21, a second shutdown affecting all River Campus buildings is required. The outage will begin at 3 a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m.
Because of the shutdown, the Pit in Wilson Commons will be open during regular hours for cold breakfast and cold lunch and be back to full operation by dinner.
Watch for future Facilities notices and updates in @Rochester and the URMC intranet as the shutdown approaches. If you have questions, contact Barry McHugh at (585) 766-3523 or bmchugh@facilities.rochester.edu or John Welch at (585) 275-8931 or jwelch24@facilities.Rochester.edu.
Eastman/ArtistShare 2020 and 2021 artists
The Eastman/ArtistShare New Artist Program announces its 2021 artists Caitleen Kahn ’15E (MM) and Charlie Halloran as well as its 2020 ArtistShare artist, fivebyfive—which includes Eastman School alumni Marcy Bacon ’08E (DMA), Sungmin Shin ’18E (DMA), Eric Polenik ’06E (MM), and Haeyeun Jeun ’16E (DMA).
Scientists are using football-field-sized lasers, warehouse-sized electromagnets, and other immense facilities to reveal the deep secrets of planetary interiors, writes Adam Frank, the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Among these facilities is the Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures, based at the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics.
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