As part of For Ever Better: The Campaign for the University of Rochester, the Simon Business School is launching its Hire Simon Internship Program, which will offer paid summer career-building opportunities to its MBA and MS students. The program is made possible through a generous $1.1 million leadership gift from University Trustee Emerita Janice Willett ’78S (MBA).

The pedestrian tunnels connecting Eastman Quad, Hoyt Hall, Bausch & Lomb Hall, and Dewey Hall—a key indoor route between buildings—will begin reopening on Monday, November 2, starting with the tunnel beneath Eastman Quad and the connections to Hoyt and Bausch & Lomb. The connection to Dewey Hall is set to reopen Friday, November 13. Read the full announcement.

This is the last chance to get your biometric screening on the River Campus this year. Appointments provided by Well-U are available at Wilson Commons on October 30, November 3, and November 4. Schedule online or call the help desk at (585) 275-6810. Before your appointment, and for the most comprehensive resources, complete your online health survey to start earning your $150 wellness incentive.

As your life evolves, so do the needs of the people counting on you. Life insurance can help protect the people who depend on you by replacing lost income, covering everyday expenses, and helping pay off debts. During Open Enrollment, you can enroll for one times your annual salary or increase your existing coverage by one times your annual salary without answering health questions, up to a total of six times your salary or $1,000,000. Visit Securian’s educational microsite for more information about your Group Universal Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment program.

The Center for Integrated Research Computing (CIRC) will host a workshop on the University’s advanced computing environment for research today, October 30, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the VISTA Collaboratory on the first floor of Carlson Library. Registration for the workshop is not required; attend the sessions outlined in the schedule as desired. If you have questions about the workshop, email circ@rochester.edu.

The Democracy Center and the Center for Community Engagement will host a short breakfast reception on Tuesday, November 3, for students serving as poll workers with the Monroe County Board of Elections. The event starts at 5 a.m. in the Barbara J. Burger iZone. Boxed lunches and transportation will also be provided for students serving in these roles. Students should confirm participation here.

Stroll to the polls on Election Day with the Committee for Political Engagement, a nonpartisan student advisory board. They will leave from the Wilson Commons porch at noon, 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. and walk to the polling site at Plymouth Garden Apartments. Alternatively, any voter registered in Monroe County can also vote early at the Staybridge Suites Hotel on Genesee Street or at other early voting locations through November 1.

Cap off the day with an election night watch party at iZone from 9 to 11:30 p.m.

Robert Staiger, the chief economist for the World Trade Organization and a professor of economics at Dartmouth College, will deliver the 57th annual Gilbert Lecture on Tuesday, November 3. Staiger will present “A Critical Juncture for the World Trading System” at 4 p.m. in Morey Hall, Room 231. Sponsored by the Department of Economics, the lecture is open to the public.

Terri McFadden, the president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics, will give a timely presentation on early childhood and community health. She will present the Patrick Brophy, MD, MHCDS Endowed Lectureship at pediatric grand rounds on Wednesday, November 4, at 8 a.m. in the Class of ’62 Auditorium (G-9425) on the Health Sciences Campus and on Zoom.

Tatiana Voltskaya, an award-winning author of 15 published poetry collections and an editor and correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, will discuss poetry in wartime at an event on Thursday, November 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Humanities Center, Conference Room D.

The David T. Kearns Center kicks off First-Gen Week with First-Gen Fun Day. Stop by Hirst Lounge in Wilson Commons on Monday, November 2, from 1 to 3 p.m. for some fun, food, and swag. There will be a DJ and a photo booth, along with this year’s First-Gen Proud T-shirt.

The Mindful University Project’s Student Mindfulness Community is a welcoming space for students to connect, practice mindfulness together, and explore a range of mindfulness practices and traditions. Check the schedule of upcoming meetings.

This week marks 100 years of URochester’s teams being called the Yellowjackets. After a football game against Buffalo on October 30, 1926, student reporter Howard Garnish ’27 wrote in The Campus that a Buffalo player had dubbed the varsity team “Yellow Jackets,” “not because of their equipment, but rather their sting.” The name stuck: Garnish cheered, “Go to it, you Yellow Jackets!” in the next week’s issue, and Rochester Review began using the term in the December 1926-January 1927 issue.

Yahoo! Sports/Golf Digest, October 27

Jeremy Jamieson, a professor of psychology who specializes in stress research, says that in sports like hockey or golf, athletes develop a specific “proceduralized motion” that can break down when focusing too much attention on one part.

“This is why people do things a long time, to sort of get that sort of repetitive knowledge about procedural movement, but thinking can degrade that,” Jamieson says. “Even with the best intentions of trying to execute something well, it can actually lead to some negative outcomes.”