Sara Miller

A project to add a floor to the UHS building has been completed, adding more space for psychiatry, mental health, and other programs.

President Sarah Mangelsdorf and other University leaders provided updates on key issues affecting employees during a virtual panel discussion.

The University reaffirms its unqualified support to its undocumented students and employees who study and work here under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Director of the University Health Service for more than 25 years, Manchester oversees a staff of 70 who deliver health and wellness services to students and employees and has effectively managed campus health crises, including outbreaks of measles and norovirus, and most recently, the response to COVID-19.

Campus Dining Services has been planning carefully for the continuation of dining center operations when greater numbers of students return in the fall. Several adjustments are already in place.

President Mangelsdorf joined URMC’s Mark Taubman and other community leaders to support the Greater Rochester Black Agenda Group’s “Racism is a Public Health Crisis” declaration.

Centralized ordering system is designed to help ensure best pricing, prevent internal bidding wars, and assure availability of approved supplies.

An online tool to screen for COVID-19 symptoms before employees report to work is being phased in University-wide in an effort to prevent new exposures to the illness from occurring on campus.

The University's Board of Trustees welcomed two new members to the board this spring and recognized three members as life trustees.

A noted economics scholar and innovator in business education, Sevin Yeltekin will be Simon Business School's eighth dean and the first woman to lead the school.

A nationally recognized innovator in health professions education, Peyre joined the University in 2011 and has been serving as associate dean for innovative education at the Medical Center and executive director of its Institute for Innovative Education.

The full accreditation by the international organization of campus safety administrators required meeting more than 200 separate standards and is achieved by fewer than 100 campus safety departments at universities worldwide.