In a message sent yesterday to the University community, University President Sarah Mangelsdorf, Medical Center CEO Mark Taubman, Interim Provost Sarah Peyre, and Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Kathleen Gallucci announced that beginning today, March 4, masking will be strongly encouraged, but no longer required, on most University campuses. Masks are still required at the Medical Center, on the University shuttle service, and for those who have received exemptions from vaccination. The Medical Center has separate masking policies and guidelines, which are available on the Medical Center’s intranet site (login required).
In addition to the easing of masking guidelines, non-Medical Center faculty, staff, and students will no longer be required to complete the daily Dr. Chat Bot health screening prior to being on campus. Dr. Chat Bot screenings are still required for anyone entering the Medical Center. Read the full message.
In today’s issue:
River Campus Libraries is celebrating Open Education Week
Registration is open for the annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards
The “Eastman Opens the Doors” festival continues through the weekend
NIH grant funds research on treatments for autoimmune diseases
The Medical Center was recently funded to join the National Institutes of Health Accelerating Medicines Partnership: Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Diseases program. The program is a collaborative effort between the NIH, the US Food and Drug Administration, pharmaceutical companies, and nonprofit organizations to study the cellular and molecular interactions that lead to inflammation and autoimmune diseases.
Fact-checking Putin’s claims that Ukraine and Russia are ‘one people’
“You’re serving nobody by expanding the category of abuse beyond recognition, and just making abuse this giant amorphous thing—and then it obviously becomes weaponized and politicized,” says Mical Raz, the Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Health and Policy, adding that everything from children wearing masks to being taught about race in schools has been characterized as child abuse. Raz said these new attacks on families of trans kids are “a way to make it really obvious what’s been happening up until now, which is how we criminalize families that we don’t like.”
Apply to the Rochester Area Internship Summer Experience program
This summer, the Greene Center is piloting a new program incentivizing undergraduates to stay in Rochester for their paid summer internships. Rochester Area Internship Summer Experience (RAISE) offers students an internship wage from a respected Rochester employer and an additional University-funded $2,500 living stipend per cohort intern. Students should apply on Handshake by filtering the label “RaiseProgram.” Applications are due by March 6 at 11:55 p.m. EST.More information and a complete list of job links can be found here.
The UHS Health Promotion Office is partnering with the Monroe County Department of Health to offer free and confidential STI testing on the Eastman School of Music campus on Friday, March 18, from noon to 3 p.m. in the Student Living Center conference room. Appointments are 30 minutes. Eastman students can sign up for a confidential appointment here.
The College Center for Advising Services is accepting nominations for undergraduate students in Arts, Sciences & Engineering for this year’s College Prizes until March 18. An awards ceremony for graduating seniors during the weekend of commencement will celebrate the achievement of students across the College, recognizing excellence in academics, athletics, and student life. Email prizes@ur.rochester.edu with questions or if you would like to submit a nomination but are not yet in the database
Visit the Hartnett Gallery in Wilson Commons for Hygge: Comfort, a collection of photos showcasing how undergraduate University Photography Club members created a warm atmosphere for themselves and discovered joy during the hardships of 2021. The show is on display through March 5 and the gallery is open from noon to 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Open Education Week
The River Campus Libraries is celebrating Open Education Week—March 7 through 11—and then some with an array of events that explore the many facets of OE.
Satcher Awards features lecture on mental health equity
The 13th annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards, hosted virtually by the Center for Community Health & Prevention, will be held at noon Monday, April 4. Sidney Hankerson, vice chair for community engagement in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University and director of mental health equity research at the Mount Sinai Institute for Health Equity Research, will present “Leveraging Community Engagement to Promote Mental Health Equity.” This year’s awardees will also be honored for their significant contributions to the health of the community through research, teaching, practice, and service programs. Register today.
Mindfulness at Eastman
Mindfulness practice offers tools to reduce stress, manage performance anxiety and general worry, and experience your life more fully in the present moment. This can help you center and focus whether you are on stage or in the practice room, in an office, or a classroom. Beginning Friday, March 18, from 3 to 4:15 p.m. EST join one of Eastman School of Music’s mindfulness educators live on Zoom for a four-week exploration of Koru mindfulness. This free offering is available to all members of the Eastman community and will introduce you to a variety of tools you can use right away, whether you are a beginner or an experienced meditator. Registration is required.
On March 4, 1922, Eastman officially opened its doors to the community and the first chamber music concert took place in Kilbourn Hall. In celebration of the centennial, the “Eastman Opens the Doors” festival continues throughout the weekend with the events listed below. Find more information here.
“A Sense of Community: Bach’s Moveable Feast” on Saturday, March 5, at Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Road. A show for children and families takes place from 3 to 4 p.m. and a general admission show takes place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Eastman musicians and the Freiburg Musikhochschule (Music Conservatory), in small ensembles of varied instruments, will perform excerpts from Bach’s Art of Fugue throughout the Artisan Works galleries. Register here.
The festivities will conclude with an “Indoor Festival” on Sunday, March 6, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Musicians from the Eastman Community Music School will be joined by several local orchestras, wind ensembles, and choirs to perform at Kodak Hall and Kilbourn Hall.
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