University agrees to meet with NYS employment relations board

The University has agreed to meet with the New York State Public Employment Relations Board. Learn more here.

Flags will be lowered for Cornelia Neer

University flags on the Eastman Quadrangle and near the entrance of Strong Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department will be lowered on Thursday, April 24, for Cornelia Neer, a standardized patient at the Institute for Innovative Education, who died on March 26. Neer joined the University staff in 2004.

Event celebrates queer POC literature

On Sunday, April 27, from 2 to 5 p.m., stop by Evans Lam Square, Rush Rhees Library, to learn about and connect with a diverse LGBTQ+ community through reading. Activities include “Blind Date With a Book,” a sticker fundraiser, and “Craft Around the World.” Hipocampo Books will be present with an interactive drumming circle, and some light refreshments will be provided. Hosted by Book Club and the Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center.

Write-A-Thon and Night to Write

The Writing Fellows will be available to undergraduate students in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences for 12 hours to tutor papers—from any discipline and at any stage in the writing process—while you refuel with pizza and snacks. Write-A-Thon takes place from 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27, to 2 a.m. Monday, April 28, in Rush Rhees Library, Room G-122.

At Night to Write, undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences can drop in anytime and write as long as they like. Snacks, coffee, and good company will help fuel productivity and fight end-of-semester procrastination. Writing tutors and librarians will be available to help and answer questions. Attend on Tuesday, April 29, from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library.

Student leadership positions available

The D’Lion and First-Year Fellow positions are still open for the 2025–26 academic year. Consider becoming part of the student leadership team to help provide a positive residential life experience. Applications will be accepted, and interviews will continue until all positions are filled.

Online tuition waiver application for summer 2025 courses

The online tuition waiver application for University courses for the summer 2025 semester is now open. To submit your application, log into Workday, click “Benefits and Pay” on the homepage, and then click “Employee Tuition Waiver Application” under Suggested Links. All applications must be received within 30 days of the course start date.

Department of Mechanical Engineering seminar

Join the Department of Mechanical Engineering for the seminar “Coherent Structures as a Dynamic Skeleton of Wall Turbulence: Equation- and Data-Driven Progress Towards Efficient Low-Order Modeling.” Beverly McKeon, a professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University, presents the lecture today, April 18, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Wegmans Hall, Room 1400, or via Zoom. Pizza will be provided.

Lecture: ‘Poetry: Giving Heart and Dignity to Humanity’

The Humanities Center and the Paul M. Schyve, MD Center for Bioethics host a new series of events on dignity, a follow-up to the previous series on grief. Author Michael Collier presents the lecture “Poetry: Giving Heart and Dignity to Humanity” on Wednesday, April 23, at 5 p.m. in the Humanities Center, Conference Room D. Learn more.

‘Breaking Boundaries with Video Games’ showcase

“Breaking Boundaries with Video Games” is an annual showcase of undergraduate research, writing, design, and multimodal scholarship involving video games at the University. Student-designed games, videos, slide shows, infographics, posters, poems, or art that explores a research question involving games are accepted. All are welcome to attend on Friday, April 25, from noon to 4 p.m. in Evans Lam Square, Rush Rhees Library. Food and snacks provided.

Hone your presentation skills with Toastmasters

Join the University’s Daybreakers Toastmasters Club to help strengthen your public speaking and presentation skills. Meetings are from 7:30 to 9 a.m. on the first, third, and fifth Thursdays of each month. Attend in person in the Louise Slaughter Conference Room (1-9555), Medical Center, or virtually through Zoom. Guests are always welcome. Email the club with questions.

129 students elected to Phi Beta Kappa honor society

The University welcomes 118 seniors and 11 juniors as 2025 inductees into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. They will join 18 current seniors who were elected as juniors last spring. An initiation ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 15, at 1:30 p.m. in Strong Auditorium.