This is the fourth installment of our series on what you should be doing in advance of submitting your graduate school applications. Here are some suggestions on what to do nine months before your application deadlines.

1. Plan to visit campuses: It's one thing to review a website, read printed materials, and communicate with admissions staff on the phone or via E-mail. It is quite another thing to visit a campus in person. Most institutions offer a variety of campus visit programs, which they usually describe on their websites.

[Learn how to use social media to bypass grad admissions offices.]

If you can afford to visit an institution more than once, arrive unannounced the first time. Seeing how you are treated as a complete stranger can be very revealing about what the institution is really like. If you can't afford the time or funds to visit campuses multiple times, consider waiting until you have started the application process before visiting schools.

While on campus, make sure to do the following four things:

-- Meet with an admissions staff member: Come prepared with a few questions to ask about the program and about the application process. Also ask if you can sit in on a class.

-- Find the student lounge or caf: Talk to a few students who are hanging out or studying in popular meeting areas and ask them some questions about the program. Take notes on what you learn.

[Find out when to contact the graduate admissions office.]

-- Check out the career development office: When you visit this office, which might also go by "career services," see if you can obtain a list of the services available to students. That list will give you an idea of how helpful the staff is, and how much attention the institution pays to this important aspect of assisting students.

-- Visit the alumni office: Ask officials in the alumni relations office if they have information about services offered to graduates of the program. In addition, ask if you can get the names and contact information for recent graduates who live in your geographic area. You will want to contact these individuals down the road to find out how they feel about their overall student experience while enrolled.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- On January 11, 2013, New York University Stern School of Business will convene its faculty thought leaders and some of Indias top corporate leaders and policymakers for a full-day event entitled, India in the 21stCentury: From Potential to Progress. The participants will investigate the unique opportunities and challenges facing India, an emerging market leader and driving force in the global economy.

The conference will include sessions on the future of Indias urban growth, valuation in the Indian context, the impact of corporate governance and building Indias infrastructure.

We are driving the conversation around the world about the most pressing issues that will affect growth in the 21st century. How India conducts business, serves its citizens and interacts with the world is a critical part of this global conversation, said Geeta Menon, dean of NYU Sterns Undergraduate College, and conference host. Dean Menon is among the first women deans of a top-ranked business school who is Indian-born and was educated mostly in India.

NYU Stern has meaningful connections with India. More than 300 Stern alumni live or work in India. At the Stern School, nearly 100 percent of Undergraduate College business students have at least one global academic experience, and among their options for global study is a short-term immersion course, Stern Around the World: India, which includes an academic trip to Mumbai. Stern also offers a Doing Business in graduate-level course in India in which MBA students study its business and culture in the country. According to the College Board, in India, NYU is the 5th most searched university online. Sterns inaugural India Business Forum aims to deepen ties by convening faculty, alumni, students, and the Indian business and policy community to discuss Indias role in 21st century global economic growth.

NYU and NYU Stern faculty who will participate in the Forum include:

Industry leaders and policymakers who will participate in the Forum include:

Access the complete conference agenda online.

If you are a member of the media and plan to attend the NYU Stern India Business Forum, please contact the following to reserve a seat:

Joanne Hvala, jhvala@stern.nyu.edu, 212-998-0995, NYU Stern Jessica Neville, jneville@stern.nyu.edu, 416-516-7677, NYU Stern Erin Potter, epotter@stern.nyu.edu, +001 917 699 4252, NYU Stern Vasudha Rao, vasudha.r@prpundit.com, + 91 9820347118, PR Pundit

NYU Stern will also broadcast the conference via live webcast on January 11, 2013, beginning at 9am IST.

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Alumni and supporters have taken to the Internet to express their discontent with the University Athletic Associations recent decision to ground UF cheerleaders.

A Save Florida Cheerleading Facebook page has garnered nearly 1,000 likes since its creation Nov. 28, as of press time.

Other cheerleading squads, like one at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, posted pictures with signs that support reversing the UAAs ban on tumbling and stunting at events, games and practices.

The Facebook page coincides with a Save Florida Cheerleading website. Both sites ask The Gator Nation to contact UF athletic director Jeremy Foley and assistant athletic director Martin Salamone asking them to let the cheerleaders fly.

Jason Merslich, a former UF cheerleader and one of the Facebook page creators, said he hopes the pages will bring awareness to boosters and alumni.

The dangers associated with acrobatic stunts are not worth the risk for the cheerleaders or UF, senior associate athletics director Steve McClain wrote in an emailed statement.

Instead of waiting for a tragedy to occur, we are taking a proactive stance to protect the cheerleaders, who represent the University of Florida with enthusiasm and class, McClain wrote, and allow them to lead cheers at Gator games for years to come.

Merslich, a 27-year-old physical therapist, said he has never treated a patient who was injured because of cheerleading.

In the 2005-2006 school year, 12 high school and college female cheerleaders suffered catastrophic injuries, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That amount has dropped steadily, and in the 2010-2011 school year, one catastrophic injury was reported for high school cheerleaders, and none for college.

UF first-year dental student and former cheerleader Patrick Fitzgerald, 23, said banning the cheerleaders from stunts was a caring approach, but a quick decision without much research.

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Homer Warner, a pioneer of computerized medicine, pictured before one the first analog computers. Courtesy Homer Warner, Jr.

Homer Warner, a Utah cardiologist widely recognized as the father of medical informatics, died last week from complications of pancreatitis. He was 90.

Warners research is still redefining medicine, colleagues say. Modern intensive care units can be traced back to the electronic systems he built to monitor heart patients in the mid-1950s. And his creation of one of the first electronic medical records in the 70s set the stage for a new academic field and multi-billion dollar health IT industry.

Funeral services

A public service will be held at noon on Thursday, Dec. 6, at the Foothill Stake Center, 1933 S. 2100 East in Salt Lake City.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Homer R. Warner Scholarship Fund in Medical Informatics at the University of Utah.

Online condolences may be left at http://www.larkincares.com.

He had the mind of an intellectual and the soul of an adventurer, captivating University of Utah medical students in a speech just weeks before he died, said his son Homer Warner Jr. "He just had a quiet magnetism about him."

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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- President Bill Clinton, leading healthcare professionals and industry executives will convene at the first-ever Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, January 13-14, 2013, at the Ritz-Carlton, in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Each year, more than 200,000 patients die preventable deaths in U.S. hospitals.1,2 At the inaugural Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, leading physicians, hospital administrators, medical technology manufacturers and patient advocates will collaborate, commit, and pledge to improve patient safety by taking action on three key areas in 2013:

"Far too many patients suffer preventable harm including receiving care that is disrespectful and undignified," said Dr. Peter Pronovost, MD, Sr. Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. "Too often the safety of patients relies on the heroism of clinicians rather than the design of systems.We need to design a healthcare system that eliminates all types of preventable harm; and to do so,clinicians must partner with patients, their families, and technology companies."

In any given hospital room, up to 15 medical devices, including monitors, ventilators and infusion pumps, are connected to a patient, but they don't communicate with each other. For example, patient controlled analgesic pumps that deliver powerful narcotic painkillers where a known side effect is respiratory depression aren't linked to other devices that monitor breathing, leaving patients at potential risk.

This Summit is not just about information, it is about action.

The Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit will confront large problems with actionable ideas and innovations that can transform the process of care for dramatic improvements in patient safety and cost of care. Some of the best minds in healthcare will engage and collaborate on high-impact patient safety challenges through monitoring and feedback, predicting risk, therapeutic advances, decision support, interoperability, automating and integrating quality measures.

Joe Kiani, Chairman of the Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation & Competition in Healthcare, stated: "We are excited to help gather some of the most passionate advocates of humanity to focus on tangible, actionable recipes for advancing patient safety. The goal is to have zero preventable deaths in hospitals. Attendees will leave with action plans to tackle and eliminate the three challenges discussed above. In addition, we hope through President Clinton's challenge, and encouragement of the world-renowned speakers from Dr. Joshua Adler to World Health Organization special envoy Thomas Zeltner, the health care industry will begin a new level of cooperation to help every patient go home safely after their hospital procedure is over."

In addition to President Clinton, other luminaries participating in the Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit include:

Joshua Adler, MD, Chief Medical Officer of UCSF Medical Center, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, and Medical Director of UCSF Ambulatory Care;

Richard Afable, MD, President and CEO of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian;

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Home > News Hundreds turn out to honor Saugus High drama teacher Originally Published on Sunday, December 02, 2012 By Matt Tempesta / The Daily Item

SAUGUS More than 30 years worth of Saugus High School Drama Club alumni took to the stage Friday night at the high school auditorium to honor drama teacher Nancy Lemoine, who has been on medical leave since the summer with a rare form of cancer.

The show, called "Nan Through the Years," featured more than two dozen scenes and musical numbers from shows Lemoine had directed throughout her 20-plus year career.

The first act of the revue started with an introduction by Christopher Sicuranza (class of '02) followed by a reunion of close to 10 years of members of the Needs Improvment improvisation troupe. Musical numbers included "We Go Together" from "Grease" and "Light of the World" from "Godspell."

"She would always make sure I was known to people, I was a little shy at the time," Sicuranza told the audience. "She made sure to bring out the best in everybody. That's what we're celebrating tonight. The fact that somebody meant so much to so many people and we're here to pay homage to her."

Alumni from as far back as 1975 participated in the show, as John Macero (class of '81), teamed up with David Picariello (class of '13), Peter DiMauro (class of '06) and Brittany Daley (class of '07) to sing "Put on a Happy Face" from "Bye, Bye Birdie."

In act two, the cast sang numbers from "Chicago," "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat," and performed a scene from a "Midsummer Night's Dream."

Bobby Imperato (class of '01) and Priscilla Swain (class of '05) co-directed "Nan Through the Years," and Swain said when they found out Lemoine was sick, they wanted to "give back."

"She was born and raised in Saugus and made this a great program here," said Swain. "Nan taught us a lot about using your talent to give back to the community, and she brought a lot of us out to sing for homeless people and the elderly. She does all of this selflessly. She's a wonderful lady."

Tricia Savage's son Robert, who was featured in Friday's show, graduated from Saugus High in 2000. She said Lemoine played a "huge" role in her son's life.

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'Beauty and the Beast'

Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective. Several years earlier, Catherine witnessed the murder of her mother at the hands of two gunmen. Catherine would have been killed too, but someone - or something - saved her. No one has ever believed her, but she knows it wasn't an animal that attacked the assassins...it was human. Years have passed, and Catherine is a strong, confident, capable police officer, working alongside her equally talented partner, Tess. While investigating a murder, Catherine discovers a clue that leads her to a handsome doctor named Vincent Keller, who was reportedly killed by enemy fire while serving in Afghanistan in 2002. Catherine learns that Vincent is actually still alive and that it was he who saved her many years before. For mysterious reasons that have forced him to live outside of traditional society, Vincent has been in hiding for the past 10 years to guard his secret - when he is enraged, he becomes a terrifying beast, unable to control his super-strength and heightened senses. Catherine agrees to protect his identity in return for any insight he may have into her mother's murder. Thus begins a complex relationship between Catherine and Vincent, who are powerfully drawn to each other yet understand that their connection is extremely dangerous for both of them.

It's 1984, and life isn't easy for 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw. Since their mother passed away, Carrie's younger sister Dorritt is more rebellious than ever, and their father Tom is overwhelmed with the responsibility of suddenly having to care for two teenage girls on his own. Carrie's friends - sweet, geeky Mouse, sarcastic and self-assured Maggie and sensitive Walt - make life bearable, but a suburban life in Connecticut isn't doing much to take her mind off her troubles. And even though the arrival of a sexy new transfer student named Sebastian brings some excitement to Carrie's world, she is struggling to move on from her grief. So when Tom offers Carrie the chance to intern at a law firm in Manhattan, she leaps at the chance. Carrie's eyes are opened wide at the glamour and grit of New York City - and when she meets Larissa, the style editor for Interview magazine, she's inspired by the club culture and unique individuals that make up Larissa's world. Carrie's friends and family may have a big place in her heart, but she's fallen in love for the first time with the most important man in her life - Manhattan.

It's 1984, and life isn't easy for 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw. Since their mother passed away, Carrie's younger sister Dorritt is more rebellious than ever, and their father Tom is overwhelmed with the responsibility of suddenly having to care for two teenage girls on his own. Carrie's friends - sweet, geeky Mouse, sarcastic and self-assured Maggie and sensitive Walt - make life bearable, but a suburban life in Connecticut isn't doing much to take her mind off her troubles. And even though the arrival of a sexy new transfer student named Sebastian brings some excitement to Carrie's world, she is struggling to move on from her grief. So when Tom offers Carrie the chance to intern at a law firm in Manhattan, she leaps at the chance. Carrie's eyes are opened wide at the glamour and grit of New York City - and when she meets Larissa, the style editor for Interview magazine, she's inspired by the club culture and unique individuals that make up Larissa's world. Carrie's friends and family may have a big place in her heart, but she's fallen in love for the first time with the most important man in her life - Manhattan.

At long last, Emily Owens feels like she is an actual grown-up. She can finally put her high school days as the geeky-girl-with-flop-sweats behind her; she's graduated from medical school and is now a first-year intern at Denver Memorial Hospital, where she'll have the chance to work with world-famous cardiologist Dr. Gina Beckett - and where, not-so-coincidentally, her med-school crush Will Rider is also an intern. So why does everyone keep warning her that the hospital is just like high school? Emily soon finds out the hard way - her high school nemesis, the gorgeous, popular Cassandra Kopelson, is also just starting out at Denver Memorial, and it seems like they're rivals all over again - not only as surgical interns, but for Will's attention. Fellow intern Tyra Granger warns Emily that the cliques at Denver Memorial are all too familiar: the jocks have become orthopedic surgeons; the mean girls are in plastics; the rebels are in the ER, and Tyra has her own awkward place as the principal's kid - her father is the chief resident. Emily's the new kid all over again, and it's just as awkward as high school. Only this time around, Emily will have to balance the personal and emotional turmoil of social politics with the high-stakes world of life-and-death medical decisions. At least she has fellow intern Tyra and nerdy-but-cute resident Micah, to count on as friends. Emily is growing to realize that although she may be a geek, she may also grow to be a great doctor, flop sweats and all.

At long last, Emily Owens feels like she is an actual grown-up. She can finally put her high school days as the geeky-girl-with-flop-sweats behind her; she's graduated from medical school and is now a first-year intern at Denver Memorial Hospital, where she'll have the chance to work with world-famous cardiologist Dr. Gina Beckett - and where, not-so-coincidentally, her med-school crush Will Rider is also an intern. So why does everyone keep warning her that the hospital is just like high school? Emily soon finds out the hard way - her high school nemesis, the gorgeous, popular Cassandra Kopelson, is also just starting out at Denver Memorial, and it seems like they're rivals all over again - not only as surgical interns, but for Will's attention. Fellow intern Tyra Granger warns Emily that the cliques at Denver Memorial are all too familiar: the jocks have become orthopedic surgeons; the mean girls are in plastics; the rebels are in the ER, and Tyra has her own awkward place as the principal's kid - her father is the chief resident. Emily's the new kid all over again, and it's just as awkward as high school. Only this time around, Emily will have to balance the personal and emotional turmoil of social politics with the high-stakes world of life-and-death medical decisions. At least she has fellow intern Tyra and nerdy-but-cute resident Micah, to count on as friends. Emily is growing to realize that although she may be a geek, she may also grow to be a great doctor, flop sweats and all.

After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he's become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow - a vigilante - to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be - flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle - while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel's father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver's own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on - and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.

Robert Knepper as Billy Grimm/Roger Reeves and Alona Tal as Kelly/Marti.

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