Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) can affect athletes of any gender and in any sport. URochester Medicine experts offer guidance on recognizing the signs of under-fueling and how to help young athletes stay healthy and perform their best.

Getting ready for the fall semester? Your Blackboard course shells are now available. Take a few minutes to read the Teaching and Learning August Newsletter for important Blackboard updates, new features, and tips to help you prepare your courses for the semester. You can also still attend August training workshops. And, coming August 17, the new Blackboard content editor and updated gradebook view will be enabled for all courses.

As part of the new NSF grant proposal process, researchers will need to submit a data management and sharing plan (DMSP) using a digital form. URochester Data Services has created a collection of materials to assist researchers as they go through this process.

If you have questions about writing your DMSP, wish to book a one-on-one consultation, or want to request a private training session, contact Data Services. They are also available to review your DMSP.

Explore the spaces available in the newly opened Joseph P. Mack Catholic Center on Monday, August 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Mack Catholic Center is located off Faculty Road near Wilson Boulevard on the River Campus. Staff will be available during the open house to give tours and answer questions. If you have questions and are unable to attend, reach out.

Join Memorial Art Gallery for Make a Connection!, an evening inspired by the exhibition Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden. Whether it’s a friendship, a flirtation, or just a fun night out, come ready to mix, mingle, and maybe meet someone who brings a little extra color to your canvas. The event takes place on Friday, August 14, at 6 p.m.

Join the URochester Women’s Network for a virtual discussion on Tuesday, August 18, at noon with Bonnie Meguid, an associate professor of political science, in celebration of the network’s fifth anniversary. This is a free event; please register in advance.

Join Liza Mohr, a clinical associate professor at Simon Business School, for a virtual session at noon on Wednesday, August 19, to dig deeper into the building blocks of effective AI solution design, exploring how these systems are composed, governed, and integrated with other business systems and data. No technical or programming background is required. If you’re interested in a deeper dive into AI, Mohr will introduce the micro-credential she’s teaching this fall: Generative AI Enterprise Solutions: From Ideas to Impact.

NPR, July 28

Yukun Liu, the William H. Meckling Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Simon Business School, and his research partners analyzed 380 trillion AI tokens to try to understand how the growth of AI usage is reshaping financial markets. They ask a simple question: as overall AI consumption changes over time, which companies’ stock prices tend to rise with it, and which tend to fall?