University’s STELLAR project advances in national ‘innovation engines’ competition
Rochester’s STELLAR (Science, Technology and Engineering of Laser and Laser Applications Research) project has been named a semifinalist in the National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines program. Read more about the project here.
Fringe Festival features members of the University community
University flags on the Eastman Quadrangle and near the entrance of Strong Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department will be lowered on Thursday, August 7, for Raymond Mayewski, a professor emeritus of medicine and former chief medical officer of Strong Memorial Hospital and Highland Hospital, who died on July 8. Mayewski joined the University faculty in 1972.
The University continues to strengthen its culture of engagement and commitment to excellence. Beginning later this month, Rochester will launch two surveys designed to give employees a voice in helping to shape the University’s future. Surveys are conducted by an outside consulting firm to ensure confidentiality. Eligible employees are encouraged to complete both surveys.
Benefits Survey—August 12–25: Survey results will help guide future benefit offerings. Please share your feedback on what’s most important to you and your perceptions of the benefits offered. Eligible employees will receive an email with the survey link on August 12. Eligible employees include active, regular full-time and part-time faculty, staff, residents, and fellows. Employees on leave, postdoctoral appointees, student workers, and members of SEIU are not included.
Employee Experience Survey—October 6–20: Key learnings from this survey will help shape action plans to improve the work environment, guide long-term culture strategies, and support organizational performance and growth. Eligible employees will receive an email to complete the engagement survey on October 6. Eligible employees include active, regular full-time and part-time faculty, staff, residents, fellows, and postdoctoral appointees who have been employed by the University for at least 30 days. TARs who worked an average of 20 hours per week will also be included. Employees on leave and student workers are not included.
Generative AI teaching group
Join other instructors to discuss the implications of generative artificial intelligence for teaching and learning. Participants will consider how to revise courses in response to generative AI and whether and how to integrate generative AI into student or instructor work. Appropriate for those who have never used generative AI and those who have used it extensively, this Teaching Center group will meet six times during the fall semester in person on the River Campus and will be scheduled by polling participants. Register here.
Well-Being for Life and Learning training program registration
Developed by University content experts, the Well-Being for Life and Learning self-paced program provides faculty and staff guidance on recognizing students in distress, managing compassion fatigue, suicide prevention, trauma-informed conversations, and more. Learn more and register for the training program here.
Join Friends of Strong for its annual ice cream fundraiser supporting patient- and family-centered care at Strong Memorial Hospital today, August 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. near the lower-level loop in front of Golisano Children’s Hospital on Crittenden Boulevard. Each two-scoop dish of ice cream is $7 (sprinkles included), and Bruster’s will donate 29 percent of the event’s sales. Find available flavors here. Advance tickets can be purchased at the hospital gift shop until 2 p.m. You can also pay with cash or credit at the event.
Wilmot Shared Resources lunch and learn on spectral cytometry
Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Cytometry Shared Resource team will spotlight spectral cytometry in this lunch and learn seminar on Tuesday, August 12, in the K-307 Auditorium (3-6408), Medical Center. All students, staff, postdocs, and PIs are encouraged to attend. Lunch will be provided. Find details and register here.
Mt. Hope Family Center play reading and feedback session
The Mt. Hope Family Center’s TRANSFORM team has been working with Houses On The Moon, a nonprofit theater company based in New York City, to create a play for high school students focusing on resilience in the face of child maltreatment and the importance of preventing child abuse and neglect. Attend a reading of the play in Sloan Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, August 13, at 5 p.m. and provide feedback afterwards, from 6 to 7 p.m. The event is recommended for individuals aged 16 and up due to sensitive content.
Virtual grand rounds lecture on translational science
In this virtual translational science grand rounds presentation, Pamela Dillon, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University’s C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, will explain what distinguishes translational science from related fields and how it can help bridge the gap between discovery and clinical application. Find more information and register to attend on Thursday, August 14, from noon to 1 p.m.
ASL tour of Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition
Experience the 69th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery on an American Sign Language (ASL) tour. Brenda Schertz, a senior lecturer of ASL and coordinator of the ASL program at Cornell University, leads the tour. Learn more and register to attend on Saturday, August 23, from 1 to 2 p.m.
The Center for Advanced Research Technologies and its Biological Supply Center are helping labs across the University reduce waste, adopt more sustainable practices, and collaborate in advancing scientific discovery. Read about their work to make research more sustainable. You can also check out this recent video on Instagram from the Sustainable Labs Initiative on how it uses the Biological Supply Center in its work to foster a more sustainable culture in research at the University.
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