Congratulations to the School of Medicine and Dentistry’s Class of 2028 on receiving their white coats at Friday’s annual Dr. Robert L. & Lillian H. Brent White Coat Ceremony. Find photos on the University’s Facebook and Instagram pages. Above, Muosekalo Ituah, Angel Ugu-Nwauwa, Briana Boachie, and Sara Marcos pose for a photo after the ceremony. (University photo by J. Adam Fenster)
The University also welcomes new undergraduates on the River Campus and at the Eastman School this week for orientation activities. Have a great week!
In today’s issue:
A reminder from IT Security to pay attention to external emails
Upcoming sessions of Well-U’s stress reduction program for faculty and staff
August 26 is the application deadline for the Child Care Subsidy
Uganda’s chimpanzees have shaped the research journey of Marissa Sobolewski, an assistant professor of environmental medicine and of neuroscience. Learn more in a Q&A with Sobolewski.
With campus activities starting again after the break, there is likely to be an increase In research or employment scams or phishing. Scammers are using fake emails or signatures to appear as University employees. IT Security reminds you to pay extra attention to what is in the subject line so you don’t fall victim to these scams. Incoming emails from outside the University show [EXT] in the subject line to alert you that the message is coming from an external source and remind you to exercise appropriate caution before interacting with the message. Stop and think before you click: if it is too good to be true, it is likely a scam. For more information, visit IT Security’s External Email Alert web page. If you receive a suspicious email, report it immediately to abuse@rochester.edu.
Stress can have you feeling frayed—and at the end of your rope—but in Well-U’s stress reduction program, you can find the skills that help you hang tight. Choose from two starting dates and sign up at the links below:
University employees and PhD candidates seeking a hands-on intro to widely used tools for data science are invited to check out the first day of class for DSCC 401: Tools for Data Science with Brendan Mort, director of the Center for Integrated Research and Computing. Topics for this course include computational hardware and Linux; languages and packages for statistical analysis and visualization; parallel computing and Spark; libraries for machine learning and deep learning; databases including NoSQL; and cloud services.
To learn more, attend the first class on Monday, August 26, from 9 to 10:15 a.m. in Wegmans Hall, Room 1400. The course is a good first step to transfer towards the Advanced Certificate in Data Science and employees can take it as a nonmatriculated student and may be eligible to use tuition benefits. A prerequisite for taking the course is having introductory programming experience such as Java or Python. To discuss interest in the advanced certificate, contact gids-advcert@rochester.edu
Thinking about a career in nursing? School of Nursing degree programs are designed to launch your nursing or health care career. Stop by Café 601 on Tuesday, August 20, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to chat with an admissions representative and grab a free cup of coffee.
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