Speech by President Joel Seligman at the 2010 U of R Garden Party

1. Celebrating
Our Students
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2. A Year of Celebration
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3. Current Exhibitions
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4. Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
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5. Charles Vest
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6. Steve Chu
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7. George Eastman Statue
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8. Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
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9. Del Monte Neuromedicine Institute
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10. Flaum Eye Institute
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11. Clinical & Translational Science Building
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12. Ambulatory Surgery Center
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13. Expansion at Highland Hospital
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14. Wilmot Cancer Center Expansion
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15. College Admissions Data
Admission
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year:
Applicants 11,293 11,332 11,678 11,593 12,012 12,697
Admitted 5,380 5,137 4,725 4,919 4,637
Admit % 47.6% 45.3% 40.4% 43.0% 39% 39.2%
Enrolled 997 1,102 1,051 1,162 1,080 1, 173
(projected)
Yield 18.5% 21.5% 22.2% 23.4% 24.1% 24.7%
(projected)
High School GPA 3.56 3.59 3.64 3.7 3.73 3.76
Two-score SAT 1304 1312 1316 1317 1330 1330
(est)
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16. Sponsored Research & ARRA Stimulus
(In Millions)
$450 ARRA Stimulus Sponsored Research
$45
$375
$389
$352 $351 $359 $351
$300
FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09
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17. Dr. Bradford Berk & Dr. Mark Taubman
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18. Riccardo Betti
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19. Carmala Garzione
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20. Ruth Lawrence
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21. Vera Gorbunova & Andrei Seluanov
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22. Richard
Eisenberg
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23. Allen Orr
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24. Elissa Newport
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25. 52nd Annual Grammy Winners
Eastman Alumni
Anthony Dean Griffey Renée Fleming Bill Cunliffe
Best Classical Album and Best Classical Vocal Performance Best Instrumental
Best Choral Performance Arrangement for “West Side
Story Medley”
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26. Full-Time Equivalent Positions
At Year End
20,000
19,500 19,610
19,441
19,000
18,500 18,671
18,000
17,926
17,500
17,000
2006 2007 2008 2009
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27. Our Impact on the Community
• University + its affiliates responsible for
47,000 direct and spill-over jobs in our
region (8.8% of the total workforce)
• Added $2.3 billion in wages for
the region
• Generated $141 million in sales taxes,
personal income tax, and local
property tax
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28. 10 Largest Private Sector Employers in
New York State
1964 1984 2009
A & P Corp. Chase Manhattan Cornell University
Consolidated Edison Consolidated Edison Golub Corp. Price
Eastman Kodak Eastman Kodak Chopper
General Electric First National City Bank IBM Corp.
General Motors General Electric Kaleida Health
Grumman Aerospace General Motors Montefiore Medical
IBM Corp. Grumman Aerospace Center
Metropolitan Life IBM Corp. New York Presbyterian
Hospital
New York Telephone Manufacturers Hanover
University of Rochester
Sperry-Rand New York Telephone
Verizon
Wal-Mart
Wegmans
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29. Constitutional Law Class
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30. Amending the Constitution
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31. Brian MacMillan
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32. Brian MacMillan
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33. Mononita Nur
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34. Zachary Kimball
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35. Nicholas Wiggins
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36. Singing with the YellowJackets
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37. Battle of the Brains Team
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38. Pass the Pig
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39. Jim Bristow
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40. 2009 – 2010 Squash Team
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41. Melissa Alwardt
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42. Sara Neimanis
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43. Leila Norako
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44. Sarah Bowman
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45. Phil Brune
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46. Abbie Tippie
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47. Catherine Branch
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48. Jairo Duarte-López & Michaela Eremiášova
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49. Quinn Patrick Photo Credit: Gelfand-Piper Photography
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50. Red Line Saxophone Quartet
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51. 2009 Fischoff Competition
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52. Liz Hanan
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53. Romeo Galang
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54. Onsite in New Orleans
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55. New Orleans Rehabilitation
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56. Brent Gill
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57. Ana Goyos
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58. Bill Clark
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59. LaRon Nelson
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60. Kathy Conezio
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61. Ralph Spezio
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62. Siddharth
Ladsariya,
Rajinder Grewal, &
Apurav Mahajan
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63. Solar Power
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64. Seonghee Yoo
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65. Celebration of Scholarship Students
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66. Emily Berkman & Dr. Mac Evarts
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67. André
Washington
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68. Lydia Zotto
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69. Celebrating
Our Students
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