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Welcome to the latest SAS in Focus, a newsletter that reports what糖心传媒檚 happening in the School of Arts and Sciences.

In this edition, read about a new PBS documentary, aliens, a teaching innovation grant, and more.

 

New documentary includes Elizabeth Denio Professor , Chair of the Department of Religion & Classics and Co-director of the Center for Jewish Studies, among the featured experts. The PBS feature is a historical, genealogical and culinary journey through the Jewish diaspora in homes across America.

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Family Recipe is available on PBS stations, and will air Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. on WXXI-HDTV. Check local for more information and additional viewings.

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Bowhead whales can live for up to 200 years while staying remarkably disease resistant How does one of the largest animals on Earth stay healthy for centuries?

NPR invited , Doris Johns Cherry Professor of Biology and Medicine, to discuss聽聽published in聽Nature. The research from URochester scientists Gorbunova and , Dean糖心传媒檚 Professor of Biology, and first authors Denis Firsanov, a postdoctoral researcher, and Max Zacher, a graduate student in their lab, links the whales longevity to CIRBP, a DNA-repair protein. Bowhead whales have much higher levels of CIRBP than other mammals.

 

Airat Ibragimov, a postdoctoral research associate in the Laboratory, was awarded a

The one-year fellowship supports postdoctoral fellows who direct their research towards basic research mechanisms of aging and/or translational findings that have potential to directly benefit human health.

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Over the last decade, astronomers have expended great effort trying to find what traces of simple forms of life糖心传媒攌nown as 糖心传媒渂iosignatures糖心传媒澨切拇�媒攎ight exist elsewhere in the universe.

Adam Frank, a professor of physics and astronomy, searches for traces of advanced technology糖心传媒攁nd, by extension, alien life糖心传媒攐n exoplanets.

In the latest edition of the Ever Wonder video series, Frank discusses the topic of life elsewhere in video 糖心传媒淓ver Wonder: Do Aliens Exist?糖心传媒�

Check out the latest Ever Wonder video and article.

 

Faculty are encouraged to consider joining the Teaching Center糖心传媒檚 spring Transparent Assignment Design Fellowship cohort. The program demonstrates how to (re)design non-test assignments to get on-target work and to support the learning of all students. Fellows will learn transparent assignment design principles, transition their assignments, and workshop their assignments with peers.

The cohort meets four times for 90 minutes in person on River Campus during the spring 2026 semester and participants receive a $500 non-salary stipend to cover expenses related to their teaching and research. The application deadline is January 12, 2026. .

 

Instructors can apply for up to $12,500 to support the integration of experiential learning or other high-impact practices into two instances of a redesigned or new course. The application deadline for this Teaching Center grant is January 7, 2026, for Fall 2026-Spring 2027 courses. Learn more at the

 

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