Effective August 1, the University Home Ownership Incentive Program will be expanded to the purchase of a new home as a primary residence anywhere within the city of Rochester. Additionally, the financial incentive—provided through a collaboration among the University, the City of Rochester, and participating local lending institutions—will increase from $9,000 to $20,000. A total household gross income requirement of less than $135,000 in 2022 (for 2024 applications) has been added to make first-time home ownership a reality for many employees who may otherwise consider it immediately out of reach. Read more on the HR website.
In today’s issue:
Rochester undergrads, graduate students, and postdocs can register for the Biomedical Data Science Hackathon
A webinar for employees on the Child Care Subsidy
The Department of Psychiatry’s Summer Brown Bag Series continues next week
A reminder that @Rochester will be on hiatus next week. Look for the next newsletter issue in your inbox on August 5.
University flags on the Eastman Quadrangle and near the entrance of Strong Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department will be lowered on Tuesday, August 6, for Claude Goff, an environmental services worker in the School of Medicine and Dentistry’s Environmental Services Department, who died on July 15. Goff joined the University staff in 1994.
“The ability to make coherent gamma rays would be a scientific revolution in creating new kinds of light sources, similar to how the discovery and development of visible light and X-ray sources changed our fundamental understanding of the atomic world,” says Antonino Di Piazza, a professor of physics and a distinguished scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.
The 2024 Biomedical Data Science Hackathon will take place online from August 12–17. The hackathon is open to all University undergrads, graduate students, and postdocs, and includes prizes for better-than-random predictions and cash prizes for first- and second-place winners. Participants are welcome to work individually or in teams of up to four people. All skill levels are welcome. To participate, register by 5 p.m. on August 5.
Help shape the Core10 Data Collection at River Campus Libraries
Are you a student looking for diverse datasets to support your projects? The River Campus Libraries invites you to participate in a quick survey designed to improve library resources and better serve your data needs. Complete this survey by Wednesday, July 31, and you will also be entered into a raffle with a chance to win some prizes—including a Stanley cup.
The survey seeks to gather insights into the data needs of students in order to build a comprehensive collection of datasets known as the Core10 Data Collection, which will be available through the University of Rochester Research Repository. For more information about the survey or the Core10 Data Collection initiative, contact apandit@u.rochester.edu.
To help support the rising cost of child and dependent care, the University provides a Child Care Subsidy Program to assist eligible faculty and staff with child care expenses by offering awards of up to $3,600 a year, depending on total household gross income, through the Dependent Care FSA. The annual application window for calendar year 2025 runs August 9–26. Check out eligibility criteria and required materials including answers to frequently asked questions. Join the Office of Total Rewards on Wednesday, August 14, at noon for a webinar to learn more. Contact familycare@rochester.edu with questions.
What is a qualifying event?
A qualifying event is a major life event that allows you to change your benefit elections outside of open enrollment. A major life event can include marriage, divorce, or having a baby. If one of these life events occurs, you have 60 days from the date of the event to make changes to your elections. Find more information and a full list of life events.
Department of Psychiatry Summer Brown Bag Series continues
The Department of Psychiatry’s 2024 Summer Brown Bag Series continues on Wednesday, July 31, at noon in the Class of ’62 Auditorium (G-9425) with “Reckoning with Racism: Understanding Our History to Create a Safer and More Inclusive URMC.” CEU and CMEs are available. Register to attend in person or virtually.
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