As we prepare to turn the page on 2022, it’s a good time to mark your 2023 calendar for performances in the Spring 2023 Eastman Faculty Artist Series at the Eastman School of Music. Find more information in the For the Community section below.
Also in today’s issue:
Active Directory will soon be used to log in to BlackBoard and MyPath
The Mellon Foundation has renewed its support for the Rochester Education Justice Initiative
Applications are open for CTSI’s population health research postdoctoral fellowship
University IT continues to migrate University and Medical Center applications from using NetID to Active Directory (AD) accounts. Beginning December 29, as part of a significant Blackboard change, Blackboard will require your AD account for access. Learn more about the changes coming to Blackboard. Beginning January 4, MyPath with require your AD account to log in. This change will not impact the way Medical Center affiliates log into MyPath. Learn more about the changes to the MyPath login. Contact the University IT Help Desk at (585) 275-2000 or the ISD Help Desk at (585) 275-3200 with questions.
Mellon Foundation renews support for Rochester Education Justice Initiative
The Mellon Foundation has renewed its support for the Rochester Education Justice Initiative (REJI) with an additional 3-year, $1 million grant. The foundation awarded the University-affiliated prison education initiative a similar grant in 2020 and has been its principal funder. The second Mellon grant will enable REJI to continue its existing associate degree-granting programs at Attica and Groveland Correctional Facilities, expand operations to a third prison, Wyoming Correctional Facility, and realize its long-term goal of offering a bachelor’s degree to incarcerated students at Attica Correctional Facility.
“We’re extraordinarily grateful to the Mellon Foundation for its transformative support. With this support, we are working with allies across the University to launch a BA program at Attica,” says Joshua Dubler, REJI’s faculty director and an associate professor in the Department of Religion and Classics. “Offering a bachelor’s degree to a highly motivated, qualified, and committed group of students will place the University of Rochester among the vanguard of higher education in prison.” Read more about REJI.
Grant will use virtual reality to understand trauma and the brain
Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, new research led by Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez, an assistant professor of neuroscience, will use virtual reality and MRI to look into the circuitry of threat, reward, and cognitive mapping in PTSD, trauma, and resilience.
Breakfast and conversation with the Gandhi Institute
Join Gwen Olton and Erin Thompson, codirectors of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, for breakfast and conversation on Tuesday, December 20, from 8 to 9 a.m.
Apply by January 15 for advanced nursing degree programs
Are you interested in population health research? Apply for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s population health research postdoctoral fellowship. Over the course of one year, you will develop and complete a population health research project with the guidance of an interdisciplinary team of mentors. Apply by Tuesday, January 31, for funding beginning July 1, 2023.
Spring 2023 Eastman Faculty Artist Series
The Eastman Faculty Artist Series, featuring performances by world-renowned faculty members from the Eastman School of Music, announces nine performances for the spring 2023 semester. The series kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 4, with “Eastman Virtuosi: Celebrating Samuel Adler’s 95th Birthday” at Kilbourn Hall. Find the full schedule here. Tickets are $10 for general admission and free for University ID holders.
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