BENEFIT DINNER & AUCTION

HOLOCAUST CENTER’S TOLERANCE BENEFIT DINNER AND AUCTION IS EAGERLY ANTICIPATED

On Tuesday evening, May 11, 2010 the Holocaust Center will hold its eagerly awaited Tolerance Benefit Dinner and Auction at the Pine Hollow Country Club in East Norwich, NY. The event will feature silent and live auctions of such items as trips, jewelry, works of art, and many other fabulous prizes. All proceeds will benefit the Holocaust Center’s Tolerance Education programs which provide tolerance workshops to schools free of charge. For information contact Silvana Gullo at 516 571-8040 ext. 107 or email silvanagullo@holocaust-nassau.org. See the Center’s website, www.holocaust-nassau.org for more information.

MEDICAL LECTURES

NYU Cancer Institute
http://ci.med.nyu.edu/outreach/calendars
News & Events - 2009
Please call 212-263-2266 or e-mail NYUCIcommunityprograms@med.nyu.edu for more information and to register, unless otherwise noted.

Surviving Cancer at Any Age
Tuesday, 4/21 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
NYU Langone Medical Center
550 First Avenue (at 31st Street)
Alumni Hall A
More people are surviving cancer due to the advances in early detection and treatment. Come join us as a panel of cancer survivors of all ages share their experiences about life with cancer, including the physical and psychosocial effects of the disease and its treatment.

Skin Cancer Update: Risks and Treatments
Thursday, 4/30 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
NYU Langone Medical Center
550 First Avenue (at 31st Street)
Farkas Auditorium
Learn the latest on skin cancer, hear a survivor's story and stay for a healthy lunch after the program.

Secondary Cancers After Treatment:
From Childhood to Older Years
Tuesay, 5/12 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
NYU Clinical Cancer Center
160 E. 34th Street, Room 1121 (between Lexington and Third Avenue)
Join us for a discussion about why the phenomenon of certain primary cancer diagnoses can lead to secondary cancers in later years and how to understand your prognosis.

Prostate Cancer Update
Tuesday, 5/19 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
NYU Langone Medical Center
550 First Avenue (at 31st Street)
Alumni Hall A
Learn about the factors that increase pancreatic cancer risks as well as recent advances at this co-sponsored event with The Lustgarten Foundation.

The Many Faces of Breast Cancer
Saturday, 6/6 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
NYU Langone Medical Center
550 First Avenue (at 31st Street)
Farkas Auditorium
Join us for the exciting new patient event that is coming to New York City for the first time! Come explore and discuss the needs and issues that directly affect 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the US today with a panel of NYU Cancer Institute medical experts, breast cancer survivors and advocates.

Updates from the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Thursday. 6/11 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
NYU Langone Medical Center
550 First Avenue (at 31st Street)
Alumni Hall A
Join us for a discussion of the latest findings that come out of this meeting.

CONFERENCES

GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE
OF AMERICAN HISTORY
19 West 44th Street,
Suite 500
New York, NY 10036

History Now Looks at the American West
The institute is pleased to present the ninth issue of history now, a quarterly online journal for history teachers and students, available at www.historynow.org. The issue examines the american west, with essays by some of the most eminent scholars in the field. As always, history now accompanies these scholarly essays with imaginative and accessible supporting material and lesson plans. Don’t miss this issue’s interactive feature -- “a view of the west” -- a photographic tour of the late 19th and early 20th century american west.

Featured Document
The institute regularly features documents from the gilder lehrman collection. In the spotlight this week is a broadside, printed in 1805 in new york city, which illustrates the atrocious treatment of slaves.
See the broadside and read the transcript:
www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/docs_current.html