Flags will be lowered for George Kimmich

University flags on the Eastman Quadrangle and near the entrance of Strong Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department will be lowered Thursday, November 17, for George Kimmich, a professor emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, who died on October 8. Kimmich joined the University in 1970.

The US economy is still not ready to give up the ghost

US News and World Report, October 24

“No, the economy doesn’t want to die,” says Sevin Yeltekin, dean of the Simon Business School. “There’s a lot of resilience in a lot of places.”

Get the facts about deep fakes

Deep fakes—texts, images, audio, or videos that have been automatically synthesized by a machine-learning system—add to the disinformation that confronts the world daily. Computer science and mathematics alumnus Hany Farid ’89, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, will provide an overview of how deep fakes are created, how they are being used and misused, and if and how they can be perceptually and forensically distinguished from reality in a Zoom talk from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday, October 31. The talk is sponsored by Women and Minorities in Computing.

Careers in Data Science: Alex Clark, UR Health Lab

Join the Goergen Institute for Data Science and the Undergraduate Data Science Council for Careers in Data Science with Alex Clark, a senior data analyst with the UR Health Lab. Learn about his career path, work projects, and tips for a career in data science. The talk takes place today, October 28, at 11 a.m. in Wegmans Hall, Room 1400.

Brainstorm with the Global Celebrations Committee

The Global Celebrations Committee is hosting a design and brainstorming session to generate creative ideas to represent the University’s global diversity in new, meaningful, valuable, and inspirational ways. All University community members are invited to stop by to snack on a donut and cider while brainstorming ideas. The session takes place today, October 28, from noon to 2 p.m. in Hirst Lounge, Wilson Commons. The committee is also accepting idea submissions through November 18.

Scare Fair 2022: ‘Spooky Cinema in the Libraries’

Celebrate horror on the big screen at this year’s Scare Fair in Rush Rhees Library, today, October 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. Scare Fair is one of the only opportunities during the academic year to go to the top of the Rush Rhees Library tower. You’ll have to complete the library’s scavenger hunt first, which will take you through twists and turns to places in the library you never knew existed. Tower tour and scavenger hunt tickets will be available for the first 300 participants and are first-come, first-served, and weather-dependent. Accessible scavenger hunt options will be available. Other attractions include free fall snacks, therapy dogs in the Welles-Brown Room, games, a Halloween costume contest, and prizes.

Carillon composition award

The Arthur Satz Department of Music is accepting new arrangements or compositions that are original, musical, and accessible for playing on the Hopeman Carillon for the Rochester Carillon Composition Competition Award. Submissions will be accepted from November 1 through January 30 and are welcomed from any University-affiliated student or alumni including at the Eastman School of Music and Eastman School Community School, or member of the Carillon Society or Bellman’s Society. Winning compositions will be posted on the carillon website and potentially played worldwide. Email Doris Aman with questions.

Kevin Campbell to present inaugural Paul LaCelle Lecture

Kevin Campbell ’79 (PhD), a professor of molecular physiology and biophysics at the University of Iowa, will present the inaugural lecture in a newly endowed annual lecture series honoring the memory of Rochester alumnus and longtime Medical Center faculty member Paul LaCelle. Campbell’s lecture, “Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Approaches for Matriglycan-Deficient Muscular Dystrophy,” takes place Wednesday, November 2, at 2 p.m. in the K-307 Auditorium (3-6408), Medical Center.

LGBTQ leadership lecture

The Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center presents the fall 2022 Lorri L. Jean and Darrel Cummings LGBTQ Leadership Lecture Series on Thursday, November 10, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. EST in-person in the Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library, and streamed live. Matt Foreman, senior program director of the LGBT Equality Program at the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund in San Francisco, will discuss his work. Register here.