University flags on the Eastman Quadrangle and near the entrance of Strong Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department, and the flags atop the Eastman Theatre at the corner of Gibbs and Main Streets, will be lowered on Tuesday, July 14, for Jeannie Cammack, a medical office supervisor in the pain management division of the Department of Neurosurgery, who died on June 2. Cammack joined the University in 2008.

@Rochester will take a brief break from June 29 to July 3, with no issues planned during that time. We’ll return to our regular weekday schedule on Monday, July 6. Send submissions for the Friday, June 26, issue by Thursday at noon.

Have a quick money question? Want to feel more confident about retirement? With MMA Prosper Wise, you can meet one-on-one with a financial coach at no cost, in person or virtually. Anyone in your household can use this benefit with you, making it easier to stay aligned on shared financial goals.

This week’s English conversation hour with the Language Center dives into Rochester’s local culture, history, and the funny everyday cultural shocks of living here. Attend today, June 23, from 1 to 2 p.m.

The Office of Undergraduate Research is hosting a weekly professional development series for summer researchers on Wednesdays in Dewey Hall from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., open to all URochester undergraduate researchers. Pre-registrations are not required. This week’s session is on writing in your discipline.

This interactive Zoom Teaching Center workshop on Thursday, August 6, will discuss how to navigate different power dynamics and relationships both in and out of the classroom. Register here.

As Chief Executive Officer at Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, Edward Shanshala II, ’94W (MS), makes a difference by being different, building community health through belonging.

Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s Valerie and Frank Furth Fund, which provides awards to help foster the development of promising scientists in the natural and biological sciences.

News 8 WROC, June 16

Kevin Meuwissen, an associate clinical professor and chair of the teaching and curriculum program at the Warner School of Education & Human Development, talks through recent policy changes enacted by the New York State Board of Regents.