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associated with an overproduction of hormone-like substances, called prostaglandins, Dr. Labrum told Science Digest. Prostaglandin inhibitors have been used successfully as treatment, he says. Changes in diet also can relieve some premenstrual symptoms, he adds. The myths and fears surrounding miscarriage were the focus of a New York Times article that cited Dr. Labrum's research on that subject. Working with forty-two women who had miscarried and eleven of their husbands, Dr. Labrum found "few knew anything about frequency and causes, nor did they know of others who had been through a similar experience," the Times reported. Miscarriage is a "far more common and more emotionally devastating event than most people realize," the Times noted. DKnee injuries top the list of runners' ailments, and a Rochester researcher has proven the effectiveness of a new diagnostic tool, Runner's World magazine reports. Dr. Kenneth DeHaven, associate professor and head of athletic medicine (orthopaedics), used an instrument called an arthroscope to look inside injured knee joints without making the major incisions previously needed for internal examinations. The arthroscope diagnoses were more accurate than initial diagnoses based on clinical examinations, Runner's World notes. Earlier, Dr. DeHaven discussed his findings in an interview on the "Good Morning America" show. DThe two-and-a-half million gifted children in the United States need special attention in school in order to realize their potential, a Harper's Bazaar article states. But we tend to forget that these gifted youngsters are still children, despite their remarkable abilities, and we form unreasonable expectations of them based solely on their intellectual performance, Dr. Rita Underberg told the magazine. Cognitive skills have nothing to do with emotional development, says Underberg, clinical associate professor of psychiatry. DToo much stress will make you sick-right? Maybe so, but no one knows precisely how, according to an article in Newsweek. Dealing with the farfrom-understood relationship between stress and health, the article cited research by professor of psychiatry Robert Ader exploring the ways mild stress affects the susceptibility of rats to disease under varying conditions. The results of moderately stressful circumstances-in this case, the stress produced by human handling-are not all that predictable, Ader's study showed. "Rats handled by humans before they were weaned got fewer ulcers as adults than unhandled rats, but only if they were raised in cages with other rats; rats whose mothers had been handled while they themselves were in the womb got more ulcers, but only if they were individually caged after birth, " Newsweek reported. Early experience and social environment seem to influence the onset of disease, Ader's research indicates. "But what experience? What disease?" Ader's conclusion: "The world is very complicated. " Appointments PatrickJ. Hayes, formerly of the University of Essex, England, has been Henry R. Luce Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Rochester since January 1. The professorship was established last year with a five-year grant of $250,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation. Cognitive science brings together a number of disciplines that bear on human thought and action. It includes such areas as perception, learning and memory, thinking and reasoning, the use of language, logic and philosophy, and the capabilities for intelligent activity. The University's program is one of the first of its kind in the nation. Hayes was most recently a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Palo Alto, California, where a group of distinguished psychologists, computer scientists, and philosophers has been assembled for a special program in cognitive science. He is an authority on the application of the principles of consistent reasoning, as developed in traditional philosophy, to machine reasoning. Sidney Shapiro, professor of electrical engineering, and Hugh M. Van Horn, professor of physics and astronomy, have assumed new duties as chairmen of their respective departments. Shapiro is an internationally known authority on superconductive tunneling and the Josephson effect. His research has been instrumental in developing understanding of these complex physical phenomena, which are expected to play critical roles in future superfast, large-capacity computers. He succeeds Professor Charles W. Merriam III, who is continuing his teaching and research at the University. A specialist in the structure and evolution of stars, Van Horn is the author of over sixty scientific publications on astrophysics and has been invited to lecture widely in Europe and North America. He succeeds Professor Harry E. Gove, who is continuing his teaching and research at the University. Gove also remains director of the University's Nuclear Structure Research Laboratory. Among new appointments at the Eastman School of Music are these: Alfred Mann, since 1962 music director of the celebrated Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has joined the faculty as professor of musicology. Appointed as associate professors are: Rebecca Penneys, piano, Charles Geyer and Barbara Butler, trumpets, and Atar Arad, viola. Penneys is pianist of the New Arts Trio, which won the 1980 Naumburg Chamber Music Award, and has also been chairman of the piano department at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Butler is a former coprincipal trumpet of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and Geyer was principal trumpet of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. Both are now members of the Eastman Brass, founded at the Eastman School in 1961. Atar, a native of Israel who until this year had been living in England, has succeeded Martha Strongin Katz as a member of the distinguished Cleveland Quartet at Eastman.
Roller Derby Team efforts like the tire-rolling contest and a mock "Family Feud" television game were highlights of last fall's Derby Day sponsored by Sigma Chi fraternity. Proceeds from the annual event go toward sending a group of inner-city children to summer camp. Sports The last hurrah It was the last hurrah in Yellowjacket football for seniors Nick Colucci, Rich DeCantis, Eric Thames, Tim Szczerbinski, Bryan Frantz, Dave Orrico, Tony Cipolla, and Buddy Iannone-and they certainly had their share of glory in the 38-20 victory over Union College in the season's closer on November 15. Cipolla added three extra points to put his career mark at 38-for-40. Late in the game, he was inserted as a split end and scored a touchdown on a twelve-yard sweep, which brought the entire squad onto the field to congratulate him. Early in the game, after Union (winner of only one game in eight tries) led 7-0, DeCantis scored on a thirty-two-yard touchdown pass from George Rau. Thames scored on a ten-yard run; Iannone rushed for fifty-five yards in eleven carries, and Orrico had fifty-six yards in five receptions. Thames, who rushed in eleven yards in twenty carries, upped his season mark to 664 in 171 carries. "I was very proud of the way all our seniors played in our last game," coach Pat Stark said. "But many of our younger players did exceptionally well, too. We have the nucleus of a solid team for 1981." Stark, who has had only three losing seasons in twelve campaigns as the Yellowjacket gridmaster, emphasizes that he approaches season No. Thirteen confidently. The 1980 record (3-5-1) might have been rewritten into a 5-4 record but for field goals-made or missed-in the dying seconds of two other games. The Jackets lost to Buffalo on a late field goal and then failed to beat rugged Alfred when Cipolla's eighteenyard field-goal try was blocked on the last play. Stark's last losing season was in 1974. In beating the Dutchmen, the Jackets amassed the highest number of points in a single game for the season. 25
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