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Shop for gifts at the annual Zimmerli Holiday Boutique

November 10 through December 23, 2007

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
71 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday
Noon to 5 p.m., weekends
Until 9 p.m. on December 5 and December 8

The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum will usher in the holiday season with its annual holiday boutique. The event, which features distinctive items by regional artisans, offers an opportunity for seasonal shopping without leaving campus. An opening weekend wine and cheese reception gets things started on November 10 and 11 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, call the museum at 732-932-7237, ext. 2, or visit the museum website.

Ceremonial reception marks opening of the Confucius Institute

Friday, November 9
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Winants Hall
Assembly Room
7 College Avenue
New Brunswick

The Confucius Institute at Rutgers University will promote the teaching and research of Chinese language and culture in New Jersey and beyond. The institute will draw upon the university’s more than 30 years of excellence in Chinese studies. The Chinese language program at Rutgers enrolls nearly 1,000 students annually.

The Chinese Ministry of Education cited Rutgers as home to the Confucius Institute for its overall strengths in language education, international and global studies and well-developed community service.

The institute will enhance and expand the existing university services that promote Chinese language and culture, to provide:

• Online Chinese language teaching materials
• Study abroad programs
• Lecture series, workshops, conferences, and research on Chinese culture and contemporary China
• Specialized Chinese language courses and Chinese language teachers training programs
• Sponsorship of cultural activities and competitions, and expansion of library services
• Opportunities to Chinese-American heritage learners, business people, professionals, travelers, and artists
• Additional activities that will foster interest in Chinese language and cultural exchange within the university and among the general public.

Rutgers University Press holds book sale

Through December 31, 2007

Rutgers University Press invites faculty and staff to shop at their overstock sale on the university press website through December 31. Choose from 250 titles in more than 20 subject areas.

All titles are just $7.50 and include free shipping. Use the discount code “OVERSTOCK” to receive discounts of at least 60 percent on these titles. Quantities are limited.

Rutgers University Press also is offering 20 percent off some of their newest titles and 35 percent off some of their regional gift books.

Shop online at rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/overstock.html.

College of Nursing hosts conference on emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism

November 15, 2007
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Crowne Plaza Hotel
110 Davidson Avenue
Somerset

The Fourth Annual Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases takes place this year at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Somerset. The conference is sponsored by the Nursing Center for Bioterrorism and Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness in collaboration with the Center for Professional Development at Rutgers’ College of Nursing.

This full-day conference will discuss the current status of emerging infectious diseases, such as the Ebola and Marburg viruses, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and pandemic and avian flu. Attendees also will examine the potential for use of these organisms as possible bioterrorism agents.

Speakers include: Jerry P. Jaax, associate president for research compliance, Kansas State University and former director of the U.S. Army Biological Arms Control Treaty Office; Carole A. Heilman, director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health; Neil W. Schluger, associate professor of medicine and public health chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University; and Elaine Larson, associate dean of research, School of Nursing, professor of epidemiology, Columbia University’s School of Public Health, and editor of the American Journal of Infectious Diseases.

The conference registration fee is $75 and includes all program materials, morning refreshments, and lunch. To register or for more information, call the College of Nursing Center for Professional Development at 973-353-5895 or register online.

November 7 through November 19, 2007

John Cotton Dana Library
185 University Avenue
Newark

Rutgers–Newark is hosting a photographic exhibit recounting the 161-year history of the Associated Press, the world’s largest news organization.

The exhibit is on display during regular library hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to midnight; Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 8 p.m.

A section on AP’s coverage of the civil rights movement shows Rosa Parks being fingerprinted in 1956 after she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus; in another photo, taken seven years later, demonstrators in Birmingham, Ala., are knocked over by streams of water from hoses aimed at them by city firefighters.

Other panels in the exhibit focus on AP’s intrepid foreign correspondents, memorable moments in sports and aviation, the White House beat, and famous courtroom dramas, including the Leopold and Loeb murder case in 1924 and O.J. Simpson’s not-guilty verdict in 1995.

Richard Pyle, AP staffer, author, reporter, and bureau chief in Saigon during
the Vietnam War, will participate in a public conversation on Monday, November 12 at 11:30 a.m. in the Dana Room, on the fourth floor of the Dana Library.

For further information, call Jack Stokes at the Associated Press, 212-621-1730; or the Dana Library at Rutgers: 973-353-5222 or 973-353-5161.