URochester Medicine experts offer insight into why researchers are studying GLP-1 drugs and cancer, how obesity may affect cancer risk, and more.

If your job involves handling, processing, or managing payment card information, you’re required to do the following by September 30:

• Complete the annual PCI compliance training in MyPath. Search for the “What is PCI 2026” training in MyPath and complete the course no later than September 30.
• Review the University’s Payment Card Policy, which covers how to protect cardholder data, who’s responsible for what, and the safeguards needed to stay compliant.

Contact Merchant_Support@ur.rochester.edu with questions.

Navigating life transitions can bring both excitement and uncertainty. In the July blog from Behavioral Health Partners, learn how to support your mental health during a season of change.

Start the semester with confidence by exploring the August lineup of Blackboard workshops. Learn practical strategies for designing and organizing your Blackboard Ultra course, using AI to streamline course development, creating engaging learning activities and assessments, setting up your grade book, and discovering instructional technology tools that promote active learning and student engagement.

Whether you’re new to Blackboard Ultra or looking to enhance an existing course, these sessions will help you save time and create a better learning experience. Explore the full schedule and register.

Celebrate Pride with the Pride Alliance on July 16 at an informal gathering focused on connection, community, and conversation. All are welcome.

The Office of University Engagement and Enrichment is extending the deadline for submitting Boundless Together Annual Conference proposals to Monday, July 20. Find conference and proposal details here. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are invited to submit.

Enjoy a performance of Funny Girl at the internationally acclaimed Shaw Festival on Sunday, August 30. Before the show, you’re invited to visit with Paul Sportelli ’83E, music director of the production and the festival itself, followed by lunch at Queen’s Landing. Learn more about tickets and transportation options.

The Office of Undergraduate Research hosts a weekly professional development series open to all URochester undergraduate researchers on Wednesdays in Dewey Hall, Room 1-101, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. This week’s session is about applying for fellowships.

This interactive Zoom Teaching Center workshop offers strategies for implementing learning assessment techniques for graduate teaching assistants. Register to attend on July 17 at 1 p.m. via Zoom.

At the Memorial Art Gallery, Timothy Peterson, the inaugural Ann and Irving Norry Curator of Contemporary Art, is building a collection that reflects today’s complexity while helping shape the canon that endures.