Pacemakers and defibrillators treat abnormal heart rhythms, but they work in different ways. Casey White, an assistant professor of medicine, explains the differences.

Join the Office of Total Rewards on Wednesday, June 17, at 11 a.m. for a webinar designed to help you better understand your health and dental benefits, including key healthcare terms, the medical and dental plan options available to you, and how spending accounts like FSAs and HSAs work. You’ll also learn about helpful tools and resources to make confident, informed choices during enrollment and beyond. Register here.

This event, hosted in Memorial Art Gallery’s Fountain Court, features yoga accompanied by an immersive live soundscape. Learn more and purchase tickets to attend on Saturday, June 20, from 9:15 to 10:45 a.m.

Gather with the URochester community for a reception at the Rochester International Jazz Festival on Friday, June 26, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the courtyard at Eastman Place. Get more details here and register to attend.

The UR Ventures Technology Development Fund is accepting pre-proposal applications for its 24th round of funding. The fund supports University researchers who wish to further the process of translating their research into commercial opportunities. Faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, students, and employees of the University who have submitted (or who will submit by June 30, 2026) an invention disclosure to the UR Ventures Office are encouraged to apply. The deadline for submitting pre-proposal applications for consideration of funding this cycle is June 30.

URochester Nursing alumni are invited to share words of wisdom, inspiration, and encouragement to August Accelerated Bachelor’s in Nursing Program graduates. Submit your note by Wednesday, July 15, and feel free to share the link with other alumni in your network.

In a recent Q&A, Martha Mock, a clinical professor of teaching and curriculum at the Warner School of Education & Human Development and director of the Center for Disability and Education, reflects on her more than three-decade journey as a leader in inclusive higher education, her impact, and her vision for the future of inclusive higher education.

Wired, June 12

In May, the Pentagon began releasing the most ambitious tranche of UFO files in American history, under a program called PURSUE: the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. For many UFO believers, this looked like the tidal wave they had waited 80 years for, but no hearings or documents have contained a smoking gun.

“Fuzzy blob videos, unverifiable testimony” is how Adam Frank, the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, describes the evidence. “In light of the explosive claims that are being made in public, this is not enough. This is just more of the same.”