The Medical Center has begun using a new surgical decision-support technology called MindTrace, marking a significant advance in how brain surgeons plan and perform complex tumor operations.

Cohosted by the School of Nursing, “Voices of Hope” is a community gathering to raise awareness and provide information and resources for treatment and support during National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Learn more and attend on Saturday, February 28, from noon to 4 p.m. at Rochester Educational Opportunity Center, 161 Chestnut Street.

The Institute for Human Health and the Environment and the Environmental Health Sciences Center invite abstracts for presentations and posters at the Great Lakes Microplastics Research Symposium: Integrating Environment and Health on June 18. To submit an abstract for this event, fill out this survey by Monday, March 2.

Faculty, staff, and community partners are encouraged to nominate colleagues for the 17th annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards for their significant contributions to community health through research, teaching, practice, or service programs. The nomination deadline is noon on Wednesday, March 4. Learn more and submit a nomination.

Eastman School of Music’s spring semester is well underway, and with it, an exciting lineup of performances for March.

Presented by the Center for eXtended Reality in partnership with Mary Ann Mavrinac Studio X and University Libraries, the Voices of XR speaker series features scholars, artists, and professionals who will discuss their work with immersive technologies across disciplines and industries. “Immersive Media, Mourning, and Memory” takes place on March 4, and “Teaching Electricity and Magnetism in Augmented Reality: Lessons Learned” is on March 18. Both events start at 3:30 p.m. in Carlson Library or via Zoom. 

The next public health grand rounds session will highlight the historic and current vaccine recommendation process. Register to attend the virtual event on Friday, March 6, from noon to 1 p.m.

Attend the 25th annual Saward-Berg Lecture on Friday, March 13, from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Ryan Case Method Room (CMR 1-9576), Medical Center, with a reception and lunch to follow. Albert L. Siu from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will present “From Journal Article to Policy Impact: A Case Study of Hospital at Home.” Find details and register.

Join a recreational pickleball league through the URMC Fitness Center, starting in March. Find the details and sign up here.

If you’re interested in a master of science in data science, register for an online info session to learn more on Tuesday, March 3, at 7 p.m.

School of Arts & Sciences and Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences graduate students interested in making progress toward their writing goals can join a Spring Writing Retreat next month. Register online and email liz.tinelli@rochester.edu with questions.

NPR, February 25

Jeffrey McCune, the Frederick Douglass professor and chair of the Department of Black Studies, joins NPR’s It’s Been a Minute podcast to discuss the truth about men who live their sexual lives “on the DL,” and what the culture’s recurring fascination with them says about how society treats men whose sexualities don’t fit into neat boxes.