You may not be as focused as you think. A new study led by Ian Fiebelkorn, an assistant professor of neuroscience, shows that attention shifts multiple times each second.

Faculty, staff, and employees at non-URMC locations are invited to attend an upcoming webinar on Thursday, March 5, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., focused on current federal immigration enforcement and campus practices. Hosted by the International Services Office, representatives from the law offices of Harter, Secrest & Emery, the University’s Office of Counsel, and the Department of Public Safety will present information on this topic for employees working on the River Campus and at the Eastman School of Music and affiliated locations (e.g. the Memorial Art Gallery and Laboratory for Laser Energetics). An upcoming webinar will be offered for all personnel at clinical locations. Registration is required.

The Well-Being for Life and Learning Training workshops provide concrete, easy-to-use skills to support student well-being with compassion and confidence, as well as tools to enhance your own well-being. Join upcoming workshops, including Recovery is Spoken Here, College Students and Eating Concerns, Compassion Fatigue, and more. Search each workshop in MyPath to register.

Take 15 classes of any kind in Studio Sweat onDemand throughout March, and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a prize. Studio Sweat onDemand is brought to you by Well-U and is free, easy to join, and available to full and part-time faculty and staff.

Create easy, balanced, and flavorful meals for you and your family by joining Well-U’s Nutrition Basics group program. The five-session series begins Friday, March 6, at noon. Earn $150 when you complete the program. Register for the program.

Join the Office of Total Rewards on Wednesday, March 18, at 9 a.m. for a webinar on Social Security and Medicare. Securian Financial will guide employees nearing retirement through practical steps to assess and improve their financial wellness. Enroll now to reserve your place.

The next Center for Learning in the Digital Age (LiDA) colloquium session will explore the increased use of virtual communications through social media and online education, and the questions raised about the implications this may have for human relationships and human development. Find more information and register to attend via Zoom today, March 2, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Sarah Jesse, the Mary W. and Donald R. Clark Director of the Memorial Art Gallery, will discuss the museum’s five-year strategic plan, its Free for All, Forever campaign, and the ways it continues to build the infrastructure to provide dynamic programming, tell richer, more nuanced stories, and further enhance the link between URochester and the community. The webinar on Friday, March 13, from noon to 1 p.m., is part of URochester’s Leadership Conversation series. Find upcoming webinars and recaps of past webinars on the Leadership Conversations page.

Applications are now being accepted for the Community Health Improvement mini-grant, one-time grants up to $2,000 offered through the Center for Community Health & Prevention. Up to two applicants will be selected during the application period. For more than 15 years, these grants have provided URMC and community partnerships with additional funding to address concerns such as transportation, childcare, meeting space rental, and more. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8.

In the latest video in the “Learners on Location” series, featuring conversations between learners and their faculty mentors, neurosurgeon David Paul, director of brain and spine trauma and an assistant professor of neurosurgery, and third-year medical student Bryan Redmond, discuss the importance of role models throughout the medical school experience and the benefits of living, working, and contributing to the Rochester community.

Paws for Stress Relief brings therapy dogs to campus for students to spend time with, today, March 2, in the Goergen Athletic Center from 6 to 7:15 p.m.

Students who received an email to take the National College Health Assessment should complete the survey by March 6 for a chance to win Rocky Bucks. Results from this survey research study will help Health Promotion better understand student well-being and will be used to implement and improve programs and services.

The Apeiron Project offers two opportunities for students to get involved with the Office of the Vice President for University Student Life: the University Student Life Advisory Committee and Post-Graduation Employment. Applications are now open for both opportunities.

The Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center, in partnership with Dining Services, hosts a Danforth Dining Takeover on Thursday, April 9, during lunch hours. All recognized undergraduate and graduate student organizations are encouraged to apply to collaborate on this initiative, and selected organizations will work with student leaders to partner with Danforth chefs during the week of March 16. Organizations interested in participating should complete the interest form by Friday, March 6.

Undergraduate students who have conducted research in the last year can apply by March 15 to be a part of Celebrating Research Week in April; one application allows you to apply for all three opportunities.

NPR, February 26

Legislators in most states want to regulate artificial intelligence and curb the sprawling, electricity-hungry data centers that make AI possible in the first place. Big tech has “scrambled the typical ideological alignments of the left and the right,” says David Primo, the Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor and a professor of political science and business administration. “Conservatives and liberals are saying, ‘Well, here’s an opportunity for us to stop what we think is a problem.'” And while the two parties remain far apart on many issues—like tax policy, Primo says—it’s not just big tech that has Republicans and Democrats aligned.