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 Faculty awards highlight research contributionsOptica, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Gruber Foundation, and other organizations and outlets are among those听bestowing honors on Rochester faculty, particularly for their contributions to research and scholarship.
Recent award recipients include:
- Miguel Alonso, a professor of optics and a senior scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics,听has been named the 2023 recipient of the G.G. Stokes Award in Optical Polarization by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
- Robert Boyd, a professor of optics and of physics, has听received the 2023 Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize, the highest award bestowed by Optica (formerly OSA).
- Also from Optica, William Renninger, an assistant professor of optics,听has received the 2023 Adolph Lomb Medal听from the organization.
- Andrew Cashner, an assistant professor of music, and听Matthew Lenoe, an associate professor of history,听each received a听$60,000 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Marvin Doyley, the Wilson Professor of Electronic Imaging and chair of electrical and computer engineering, and听Avice O鈥機onnell, a professor of imaging sciences and the director of UR Medicine Breast Imaging, have been听selected as fellows of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
- Paul Dunman, a professor of microbiology and immunology and of ophthalmology,听was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
- Rose Kennedy, an assistant professor of chemistry,听has won a Thieme Chemistry Journals Award.
- Lynne Maquat, the J. Lowell Orbison Distinguished Service Alumni Professor and the founding director of the Center for RNA Biology,听has been awarded the 2023 Gruber Genetics Prize.
- Supriya Mohile, a professor of medicine,听was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
鈥楥lear evidence鈥� of bias in past US state spendingGiven the importance of race, class, and immigration status in shaping American politics, two political scientists鈥擱ochester鈥檚 听and University of California San Diego鈥檚 鈥攚辞苍诲别谤别诲 how demographic characteristics might affect state spending.
Gamm and Kousser took the long view, diving into historical archives and collecting data from six states for 1921, 1941, and 1961. They picked this time frame to incorporate the sweeping changes in American society and government brought first by the New Deal and then the Second World War.
The duo found听鈥�clear evidence of bias鈥� and discovered that race, class, and immigration status played important roles in how and where state legislatures spent money. Examining historical budget and spending patterns from the state legislatures in California, Illinois, Montana, New York, Vermont, and Virginia鈥攕tates selected to encompass the widest possible variety 鈥渋n their region, party systems, size, level of urban development, and in their demography鈥濃�攖he authors found that certain demographic factors had a direct effect on how much a state spent on its constituents. Districts with more immigrants or larger numbers of nonwhite residents got significantly less money, while districts dominated by US-born, white Anglo constituents received more state dollars.
The findings appear in听.
More medications can mean more problems for older cancer patientsPhoto by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash
When older adults with cancer take multiple medications鈥攊ncluding ordinary drugs like blood pressure pills, supplements, or antacids鈥攊t can result in more toxic chemotherapy side effects and even a need to stop cancer treatment, according to new research at the听.
The , published in the journal听Cancer, provides a cautionary note to both patients and physicians regarding 鈥減olypharmacy,鈥� a buzzword describing the concurrent use of multiple medications. It鈥檚 extremely common, applying to nearly 92 percent of older adults with cancer.
A key finding: Individuals who had one or more major potential drug interactions also had 59-percent-higher odds of having to stop cancer treatment earlier than recommended.
鈥淚t鈥檚 possible that polypharmacy affects both the experience and the effectiveness of chemotherapy,鈥� says听, a听Wilmot听oncologist, geriatrics specialist, data scientist, and senior author of the paper.
Why did Silicon Valley Bank collapse?Founded in Santa Clara, California, in 1983, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) provided financing for nearly half of US venture-banked technology and health care companies. Its spectacular collapse on March 10 marks the second-largest bank failure in US history. The next day, Signature Bank followed suit in the third-largest bank failure in US history.
As startups scramble to recoup their deposits and policymakers leap into action to quell fears of financial contagion, others are working to piece together what happened.
, an associate professor of finance at the Simon Business School, reflects on the bank鈥檚 failure鈥攚hat we know, what we don鈥檛 know, and what happens next.
- Why Moreira thinks SVB was
PhD dissertation defenseKomail Dharsee,脗听computer science, 3 p.m. March 30, 2506 Wegmans Hall
Critical Hardware Towards Software Security Enforcement
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UNYTE Biomanufacturing and Biotechnology Un-Meeting on April 12This virtual statewide event, hosted by the 蘑菇传媒 Clinical and Translational Science Institute鈥檚听, aims to accelerate collaboration and increase regional capacity for biomanufacturing and biotechnology through innovative translational research. The event takes place on Wednesday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to noon EDT. Those who work in cell and tissue advanced biomanufacturing, machine learning, chip manufacturing, scaling up and out, or standardization, regulation, and monitoring may be particularly interested in attending. and .
UNYTE Pipeline-to-Pilot Award applications due April 3Apply by April 3脗听for up to $20,000 to stimulate research partnerships between at least one faculty member at the URochester and at least one faculty member at another脗听. Proposed projects should focus on translational science and lead to further pilot funding applications.
NSF CMAP undergraduate physics workshop summer programThe Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures, an NSF Physics Frontiers Center, is offering a one-week, residential, summer workshop program for undergraduates currently enrolled at US universities and colleges. The in-person program, the听, will be held June 26鈥�30 (move-in: June 25; move-out: July 1) at the University. There is no fee to apply or attend. Roundtrip travel for non-local students, meals, and housing in an on-campus residence hall will be provided to accepted students.听.
New pre-submission resources for navigating IRBThe Office for Human Subject Protection (OHSP) has developed new resources to help study teams navigate the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process:
OHSP encourages you to provide these resources to new or inexperienced faculty and staff as part of their onboarding process or as they initiate new research projects. Other resources include:
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