This year’s Two Icons Lecture centers on Beyonce and Black creative visibility in country music. Find more information below in the “For the Community” section.
Also in today’s issue:
Details on the Teaching Center’s Peer Observation Fellowship
An upcoming event explores reproductive justice through scholarship, activism, and art-making
International Education Week events with the Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center
“Maybe it’s another one of those things that we didn’t see, got really suppressed during COVID, and now it’s coming back,” says Jennifer Nayak, an associate professor of pediatrics. “It just is definitely a really bad year for Mycoplasma.”
Join the UHS Health Promotion Office and Title IX office for a workshop on consent and boundary-setting and gain practical skills for platonic and romantic settings. Attend on Friday, November 22, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees. Light refreshments will be provided.
‘Dosing Empathy in Healthcare’ Medallion Leadership Program workshop
Attend a workshop on Tuesday, November 26, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Genesee Hall, Room 325, on providing empathic health care. Learn more and register here to attend.
Learn teaching observation skills and evidence-based teaching practices through mutual observation with a peer partner. The community meets as a group in person four times during the spring semester to discuss how to make observations productive and improve teaching. Each participant will also complete a peer observation process with a partner in one of their spring semester courses. The total time commitment is 12 hours; the fellowship carries a $500 non-salary stipend. Open to instructors teaching a spring 2025 class primarily enrolling students in the School of Arts & Sciences or Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. Register here.
Employee tuition reimbursement reminder
Do you have an approved tuition reimbursement application for fall 2024? Don’t forget to email your supporting documents to tuitionbenefits@ur.rochester.edu. All documents must be submitted within 90 days of course completion. Include your employee ID with your email.
As part of International Education Week, the Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center presents two events today. Follow the links below for more details and email bic@rochester.edu with questions.
Event explores reproductive justice through scholarship, activism, and art-making
The Frederick Douglass Institute and the Department of Black Studies present “Silhouettes, A Musical: Reproductive Justice Through Arts and Activism” in Havens Lounge, Wilson Commons, on Friday, November 22, from 2 to 5 p.m. The event approaches the topic of reproductive justice through scholarship, activism, and art-making. Learn more.
Lecture: ‘This Ain't Texas: Cowboy Carter and Beyonce’s Demand for Black Creative Visibility in Country and Beyond’
Cheer on Rochester’s varsity teams at home contests scheduled for this coming week. Find more information on the Athletics website and social media channels.
Thursday, November 21
Men’s basketball vs. St. John Fisher University, 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 23
Men’s basketball vs. Nazareth University, 8 p.m.
Note: both games are part of the Mark’s Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Tickets are $5 for adults and $1 for students with University ID.
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