• We’re eternally grateful for you—for supporting us in every way imaginable. Help us spread the spirit of gratitude this week by sharing what you're grateful for on social media, using #URgrateful.
• How to lower your risk of breast cancer recurrence. A breast cancer specialist and genetics expert at the Wilmot Cancer Institute speaks on reducing the risk of recurrence.
• The University’s Board of Trustees approved the creation of a Department of Black Studies in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.The new academic department will work in close collaboration with the University’s Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, which was established in 1986. • During the University Symposium at Meliora Weekend,Steven Chu ’70, ’98 (Honorary) reflected on the challenges of climate change and potential solutions that could provide better paths to a sustainable future.
According to research conducted by the NIH, UCLA, Columbia, Harvard, and Yale, a daily gratitude practice can positively change the molecular structure of the brain, boost happiness, productivity, energy, and immunity, and decrease stress and anxiety. Want to learn more about gratitude and how you can practice it in your daily life? Join us for a 15-minute virtual guided meditation on November 21 at Noon. Open to all University of Rochester alumni and friends.
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