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Wilmot Cancer Institute has named Michael Brady, PhD, as interim Associate Director for Administration, where he will provide administrative leadership for Wilmot's research enterprise and oversee administration of its National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG).

A five-year NSF-funded project will examine how universities can better support low-income engineering and computer science students. The University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education & Human Development is leading a new national research collaboration with Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences to understand how universities can improve outcomes for low-income undergraduate students in engineering and computer science.

Removing the protein cGAS increased inflammation and frailty and shortened lifespan in mice—the opposite of what researchers expected. cGAS has two seemingly opposing roles: It can trigger inflammation but also helps protect cells from it. The protein helps keep LINE1s, genetic elements that can contribute to age-related inflammation, switched off. The findings could help scientists develop more precise therapies for age-related inflammation.

How AI could help detect tooth decay and gum disease earlier

Key Findings Nearly 1 in 5 pediatric psychiatric crisis encounters involved a digital media or device-related problem, highlighting the growing role of technology-related issues in youth mental health emergencies. Youth with digital media-related crises were significantly more likely to have a mood disorder diagnosis, suggesting this population may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of online experiences and device-related challenges.

URochester experts challenge common assumptions about academic success—and offer practical ways to become a more successful college student. Everyone thinks they know what a good student looks like: someone who sits near the front, raises a hand, turns in assignments on time, and earns good grades. But some of the qualities we associate with being a good student may have less to do with learning than with appearing to be learning.

LASIK for athletes can eliminate the need for glasses or contact lenses during sports and exercise. Most people return to exercise within a day or two after surgery. Better vision can improve confidence, convenience, and reaction time in many sports. Most athletes and physically active people are great candidates for LASIK. Other vision correction procedures, such as PRK, can be a good option for certain contact sports or eye conditions.

A University of Rochester collaboration is using an AI-powered virtual patient to help dentists strengthen communication, build trust and better respond to patients’ fears and concerns. SOPHIE, an AI-powered virtual patient, is helping dentists improve their communication skills. For many patients, sitting in a dental chair can be stressful long before treatment begins.

For Rochester independent bookshop owner Jess Gale ’04, community is essential to both the journey and the destination. Sirens, female beings of Greek mythology who sing hypnotic songs that lure sailors to their deaths, first appear in Homer’s Odyssey. But at their most fundamental interpretation, sirens are heralds, beckoning all who hear them to come closer, to come home. For Jess Gale ’04, who owns Rochester’s The Siren and the Sea: Books and Coffee, the name of her shop was clear in its intent.

Key Findings Bone and joint infections are a serious health concern, but clinicians lack reliable tools to predict which patients will develop severe or persistent disease When antibiotics fail, there are no immunotherapies to help fight these infections Researchers have identified a T cell protein as a common factor in the most severe bone infections This could help physicians better predict who will suffer the worst cases, and may offer a new treatment option: drugs already shown to boost T...