Arts integration in the classroom: Can it deepen students’ understanding?
A partnership between City of Rochester schools and the Memorial Art Gallery leads to innovation in arts education and furthers the museum’s mission to serve the Greater Rochester community. Above, Sydney Greaves, the Estelle B. Goldman Assistant Curator of Academic Programs at Memorial Art Gallery, leads a kindergarten class in a discussion of color, shape, and dimension as part of an arts integration curriculum designed by Greaves and Charles T. Lunsford School No. 19 kindergarten teacher Anna Nicpon.
In today’s issue:
Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers have been building a new 3D model for leukemia
Employees can schedule a free consultation with a TIAA advisor to talk about a savings plan
The TRANSFORM Research Center’s Summer Research Institute takes place August 15–17
Guidance on collaborations with entities or individuals in the Russian Federation
New York State has issued an executive order prohibiting state agencies from entering into or renewing contracts with an “entity conducting business operations in Russia.” Since the University has contracts with New York State, it has ceased all formal engagements with Russian institutions and entities. Read more here.
“I think the UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena) stuff is emerging in a climate where we are already discussing life in the universe in a new way,” says Adam Frank, the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor of Physics and Astronomy. “Now that the ‘giggle factor’ for the scientific search for life in the universe has gone down, it’s possible this also makes it easier for people to discuss UAPs.”
Read TIAA’s retirement savings tips and use their tools and calculators to design a plan that will meet your individual financial needs in retirement. You can then set up a free consultation with a TIAA advisor to establish investment goals and select the appropriate funds for those goals. Schedule your one-on-one consultation online or by calling (800) 732-8353.
TRANSFORM Research Center Summer Research Institute
The TRANSFORM Research Center team hosts plenary sessions during this year’s Summer Research Institute August 15–17, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Learn more about this year’s speakers. You can register for some or all of the sessions. Participation is free, but seats are limited. RSVP by today, August 5.
Josh Cassada ’00 (PhD) will be part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station, scheduled to launch no earlier than September 29. This is NASA’s fifth crew rotation flight involving a US commercial spacecraft carrying crew for a science expedition aboard the microgravity laboratory and will be Cassada’s first space flight since he was named an astronaut in 2013.
“We’re really excited to get to work. This is an incredible crew. We have three first-time fliers. And what’s so great about this is that we’re doing this for something greater than ourselves,” said Cassada at today’s press conference. “We are incredibly grateful and honored to do this job, and we couldn’t ask for a better crew to do it with.” Find the full press conference here.
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