April Ho, lead registered dietitian and certified personal trainer with the Center for Community Health & Prevention, shares the importance of pairing GLP-1s with nutrition counseling for long-term success.

Discover the work of African American artist John Rhoden in Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden, his first retrospective exhibition, which offers insights into his diverse creativity as well as his personal story. Learn more about the exhibit, on display at Memorial Art Gallery through August 23.

Throughout April, the URochester Libraries Data Services Team will host a series of practical, hands-on virtual workshops focused on learning data skills. Activity guides with step-by-step instructions will be given to everyone who registers. Feel free to come even if you cannot stay the entire time.

Mitchell Weiss, chair of the Department of Hematology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, gives the lecture “Developmental Regulation of Globin Gene Expression from Bench to Bedside” on Wednesday, April 1, at 8 a.m. Find more information here.

Join University Student Life in celebrating 50 years of Wilson Commons. Stop by Hirst Lounge on Thursday, April 2, from noon to 3 p.m. to honor the iconic building, designed by the renowned architectural firm of I.M. Pei and opened in 1976. Enjoy cake, a special 50th anniversary giveaway, and more. Plus, hit songs from the late 1970s will be playing throughout the week in honor of this milestone.

All undergraduate, graduate, and faculty STEM researchers are invited to join this workshop on Friday, April 3, to learn how to connect what you do in your lab or office to a wider audience. Find details here.

Commit to Quit!, a virtual tobacco cessation group program offered by the UR Medicine Tobacco Treatment Program, kicks off its next, free six-session series at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 13. Learn more and register.

The Basic Needs Hub will host weekly office hours through April 30 for undergraduate international students who have questions about planning for summer. Students may stop by the office at Lattimore Hall, Room 224B, on Tuesdays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Thursdays from 11 a.m. to noon, or Fridays from 1 to 2 p.m. to meet with BNH staff member Kaitlin Legg for guidance, support, and referrals. Relevant topics and questions include meeting basic needs during summer, searching for employment, deciding where to live, and more. Contact kaitlin.legg@rochester.edu with questions.

The Greene Center and the Washington Center host a virtual information session today, March 30, at 5 p.m. for students to learn about the Washington Semester.

All sophomores in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences are invited to join this celebration on Tuesday, April 7, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Feldman Ballroom, Douglass Commons. Learn more and register on CCC.

The signing of the Alaska treaty on March 30, 1867, was dubbed “Seward’s Folly” or “Seward’s Icebox” by critics at the time, but is actually one of William Henry Seward’s most well-known and celebrated acts as Secretary of State.

You can learn more about Seward through the William Henry Seward Papers—one of the largest and most frequently accessed collections in River Campus Libraries’ Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation.