All University graduate students are invited to participate in an anonymous well-being needs assessment by December 22. The data will allow the UHS Health Promotion Office and Graduate Student Wellness Committee to understand the well-being needs of graduate students better, and help create new programs, services, and systems-level changes to support graduate student well-being. Participants can enter a raffle where three winners will receive an exclusive University wellness basket including a Rochester mug, noise-canceling headphones, a happy lamp, and tea; a Rochester bag; or a Rochester hat.
Health Bites workshop: Injury prevention for children
Join UR Medicine EAP and Well-U on Tuesday, December 12, at noon to learn prevention strategies to reduce injury in children and infants. The workshop is relevant for caregivers, parents, and neighbors. Register here to attend.
Entrepreneurial training for optics and photonics researchers
Are you a University-based researcher utilizing optical technologies or innovations, and interested in exploring the commercialization potential of your research? The Interior Northeast (IN) I-Corps Hub is accepting applications for a regional course from January 8 to February 9. Teams will have the chance to develop their entrepreneurial skills as well as conduct customer discovery research to gauge the need for their technologies in the current market. This is a hybrid course; the majority will be held online, but there is a group trip to the SPIE Photonics West Conference in San Francisco, California. Travel reimbursements will be provided. Contact icorps@cornell.edu with questions. Apply here by December 13.
Transparent Assignment Design Fellowship
Learn how to (re)design non-test assignments to get on-target student work and support first-generation and minoritized student learning in particular. Instructors who teach courses enrolling AS&E students can join a teaching group to learn the transparency in learning and teaching (TILT) framework. Over the spring semester, fellows will meet in person four times for 90 minutes and will receive a $500 non-salary stipend. Register here.
Mark your calendars for Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in December before Christmas for a special discount at the Store @ MAG. University employees and students who aren’t members of the Memorial Art Gallery will receive a 10 percent discount. Employees and students who are members will receive a 15 percent discount. As a special perk, employees and students can also snag half-price memberships. Mention this email and present your University ID at the store to receive your discount. This offer cannot be combined with any other discounts.
Connect with Simon Business School staff in Wilson Commons
Stop by and chat with an admissions representative about Simon Business School’s graduate business programs on Wednesday, December 6, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Wilson Commons. Learn about Simon’s graduate business programs, University tuition benefits, merit-based scholarship opportunities, program costs, curriculum, class schedules, scholarships, the application process, and more. Be sure to grab a giveaway item and a voucher for a free cup of coffee—and get details on how to redeem your application fee waiver, a $90 value.
Here’s another look into Boundless Possibility, the University’s 2030 strategic plan. Today’s topic is the goal to reimagine undergraduate and graduate education. One of this goal’s five objectives is to expand initiatives that contribute to student success and contribute to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture. The University has taken a step toward achieving this by establishing and hiring a vice president for student life. Meet John Blackshear.
Congratulations to Renée Fleming ’83E (MM), ’11 (Honorary), an honoree of the 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Find an excerpt from her acceptance speech on the Eastman School of Music’s Instagram.
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