University News 2021 honorary degrees, medals, and teaching awards announced May 12, 2021 Distinguished leaders, educators, and humanitarians will be honored during this spring’s commencement ceremonies.
University News Public Safety Chief Mark Fischer to retire at the end of July April 23, 2021 Fischer has led the University’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) for the past seven years. Deputy Chief Gerald Pickering will become interim chief effective August 1.
University News Search for Rochester’s next provost gets under way April 1, 2021 President Sarah Mangelsdorf has appointed an interim provost and an interim vice president for research along with introducing a new leadership structure.
Campus & Community New advisory board will help address the challenges that international students and scholars face April 1, 2021 The University-wide board will work to address broad issues that international students and scholars encounter while pursuing their academic and career goals.
University News University sets tuition rates, financial aid for 2021–22 March 14, 2021 The Board of Trustees recently approved the undergraduate and professional school tuition rates for the next academic year.
University News CIO Dave Lewis to step down in June March 10, 2021 Lewis, the University of Rochester's vice president for information technology and chief information officer, announces his retirement.
In Photos University community marks COVID-19’s one-year anniversary March 9, 2021 Moment of silence and other activities mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways in which the University community responded
University News University commits to $15 minimum wage by 2022 as part of RMAPI efforts February 17, 2021 As the region’s largest employer and a member of the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative, the University is announcing its commitment to set its minimum wage at $15 per hour by December 2022.
In Photos Testing regimen screens students as they return to campus housing January 27, 2021 University Health Service and other campus offices team up to test students before they move back into their campus housing assignments for the spring semester.
University News Rob Clark, provost and senior VP for research, to step down in June January 20, 2021 A national search will begin this spring to find a successor for Clark, who completes a decade-plus tenure as an academic leader at Rochester.
University News Search for first vice president and chief human resources officer underway January 8, 2021 A University committee has been appointed to begin a national search for the position of vice president and chief human resources officer—the first University-wide position at this level.
University News FACE Foundation funds international optics education collaboration between Rochester and École Centrale Marseille December 10, 2020 The grant supports collaboration between US and French institutions at a time when international education and study abroad have been severely impacted by COVID-19.