Rob Clark

Clark is among the 111 newly elected members of the academy, considered one of the highest distinctions for an engineer.

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.

“I am confident we can keep faculty and students very safe,” Michael Apostolakos, chief medical officer of Strong Memorial and Highland Hospitals, said of health and safety protocols in place as campus reopens.

A new initiative asks the University community to reimagine the institution "from square one," drawing on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and financial challenges.

The proposed cuts would severely impact our research programs and University operations and significantly diminish the University’s contribution to regional economic growth.