Rochester experts identify key lessons of COVID-19
A recent panel of Rochester alumni and faculty experts identified key lessons of COVID-19—and offered ideas to improve health care before the next pandemic arrives. Read more in the latest issue of Rochester Review.
In today’s issue:
Tips from the Medical Center for preventing lake-related injuries
Applications are open for the KL2 Career Development Awards
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Summertime activities—from boating and jet-skiing to tubing and swimming—can bring risks and a rise in injuries. Katherine Rizzone, an associate professor of orthopaedics, and Peter Obourn, an assistant professor of orthopaedics, offer tips on how to avoid common lake-related injuries.
“You need the ability to have a fire start in the open air, because as a young civilization that’s going to be your first encounter with an energy source that you can harvest and use to do things like metallurgy,” says Adam Frank, the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
The International Students’ Association is planning a new event this fall: the International Fashion Show on September 29 at 6 p.m. Students from different cultures, countries, and regions of the world can wear and showcase their cultural and traditional attire in a fashion show to celebrate and spread awareness about the multicultural diversity at the University. Sign up here if you’d like to represent your country, culture, or region. You don’t have to be part of any cultural clubs to participate, and the International Students’ Association will help prepare you for the event. Bring your cultural or traditional attire with you.
Applications are now open for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s KL2 Career Development Award, which provides two years of support for early-career, multidisciplinary clinical and translational scientists. The program fosters the transition of KL2 scholars to independent careers as clinical and translational investigators. Submit letters of intent by Monday, September 18, at 5 p.m.
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