Empowering marginalized faculty in academia

Creating Space for Ourselves as Minoritized and Marginalized Faculty, coedited by Tricia Shalka, an associate professor of educational leadership at the Warner School of Education and Human Development, offers a fresh perspective on the professoriate for early career faculty. Read a brief Q&A with Shalka on navigating academia as an underrepresented scholar and advice to marginalized faculty just starting their academic journey.

Research shows male roundworms are picky when choosing a mate

Recent research from the lab of Doug Portman, a professor of biomedical genetics at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, found that male roundworms do not mate indiscriminately—they are selective about things like age, mating history, and nutrition.

Find more space with Outlook Online Archive

You can access the 99GB Outlook Online Archive on University and Medical Center Outlook accounts. This separate mailbox is like a second email home for messages you don’t need every day. Think of it as decluttering your primary inbox while keeping important emails close by. University IT offers some highlights of the tool below. You can also check out this guide for details on how it differs from your current archive and how to move messages between them.

• Access it anywhere: Use the Online Archive on the Outlook desktop app or online webmail (in-place archive)
• More space: Access an extra 99GB to store less frequent emails
• Easy organization: Drag-and-drop or use the “Move” option to transfer messages or folders from your primary inbox
• Preserve and manage: Import your existing .pst files and set up auto-archiving

Attend the annual Flourish Festival

The Health Promotion Office is hosting its annual Flourish Festival on Friday, March 22. The full-day event will provide students with wellness and mindfulness activities including yoga, qigong, guided meditations, pet therapy, VR mindfulness, a wellness fair, and a mindful eating pop-up. Explore events and register here.

‘Seeds for Collaboration’ faculty and postdoc mixer

“Seeds for Collaboration” is a faculty and postdoc mixer sponsored by the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience and the School of Medicine and Dentistry dean’s office. At each event, colleagues mingle for half an hour, and then three 5-8 minute talks are presented. Attend on Thursday, March 21, at 4:30 p.m. in LeChase Assembly Hall, (G-9576), Medical Center. Drinks and snacks are provided.

Application deadline extended for the Geriatric Faculty Scholars Program

The deadline to apply for the Geriatric Faculty Scholars Program has been extended to Monday, April 1, at 5 p.m. The program is open to junior and mid-career academic faculty from the School of Nursing and School of Medicine and Dentistry with an interest in aging who wish to spearhead program development through geriatric education within their school, program, division, or department. Find more information here. Applications must be submitted electronically.

Discounts on Amerks, Sabres tickets

Tickets for select Rochester Amerks and Buffalo Sabres games are available at a discounted cost for faculty, staff, retirees, and families. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Discounts and Perks web page and click “Sporting Events.”

Eastman hosts harp residency

The Eastman School of Music’s Harp Department hosts a three-day residency with international harpists Catherine Michel and Andrew Chan, March 28–30. This residency, solely focused on the harp, is the first of its kind at Eastman. All events are free, and the public is invited to attend.

Bridge Art Gallery call for artwork

The Department of Psychiatry’s Bridge Art Gallery is now accepting artwork submissions for its next exhibit, Growth in Tough Times, until May 3. 2-D artwork is accepted from artists of all ages. Email the gallery or fill out this form to have your artwork considered in the show.