{"id":8676,"date":"2024-07-15T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T19:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/?page_id=8676"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:07:57","slug":"urcompass-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/for-departments\/urcompass-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Resources for URcompass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":8586,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-8676","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"","subtitle":"&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","call_to_action":{"title":"Log into URcompass","url":"https:\/\/urcompass.ur.rochester.edu\/","target":""},"hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"mt-0 pt-15","title":"&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","content":"ISO is committed to providing you with the best possible service, so we\u2019re continuing to develop new tools and functionality for the <a href=\"https:\/\/urcompass.ur.rochester.edu\/\">URcompass client portal<\/a>. 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