At the Warner School of Education & Human Development, faculty are exploring how AI can support teachers in strengthening instruction, personalizing learning, and deepening student engagement.

To complete your Personal Health Assessment through Well-U, create an account on the wellness portal to fill out the online health surveys. And if your location has 10 or more eligible employees, submit a departmental clinic request. It’s better well-being made simple and comes with a $150 incentive.

Join the Office of Total Rewards on Wednesday, June 17, at noon for a webinar on Social Security and Medicare. Securian Financial will guide employees nearing retirement on how to assess and improve their financial wellness and help plan for healthcare in retirement.

Celebrate in the Department of Psychiatry Bridge Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, “Finding Community,” at a community reception on Tuesday, June 16, from 5 to 6 p.m. Learn more.

Shop and play at the College Town carnival on Saturday, June 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Find vendors, play areas for kids, face-painting, and more. Find additional details here.

Have fun and meet new people at a cornhole tournament on Thursday, June 25, hosted by the URochester Medicine Fitness Center in College Town. Get the details here.

Congratulations to Robert Stone, an associate professor of neurology and of pediatrics, the winner of UR Health Lab’s inaugural Pitch Competition. Created to help transform innovative ideas into practical solutions, the competition provides mentorship, seed funding, and development support to advance promising concepts toward pilot implementation at URochester Medicine.

Photonics Spectra, June 9

“Today, about one quarter of the global population lacks safely managed drinking water, but at the same time the oceans contain an enormous resource for both water and valuable minerals,” says Chunlei Guo, a professor of optics and physics and a senior scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. “We wanted to develop a technology that could address these challenges together, producing freshwater sustainably while turning what is traditionally considered waste into a resource.”