Rochester economist: Without stronger leadership, ‘disaster’ lies ahead
Without a coordinated system of testing, tracing, and quarantining for COVID-19, economic activity cannot resume—and the downturn will be steeper and longer than any since before World War II, says Rochester economist Narayana Kocherlakota.
Medical students graduate early to join pandemic fight
Students in the School of Medicine and Dentistry’s MD Class of 2020 graduated early to help fight the COVID-19 health crisis.
University and area health organizations partner to promote COVID-19 prevention information
Area health care providers and organization have partnered to create an informed community-wide campaign to amplify key messages about COVID-19 that local citizens need to know to stay healthy.
Enrollment activities move forward, adjust to help students, families in midst of COVID-19
The offices of admissions and financial aid throughout the University have been carrying out traditional and adaptive recruitment and enrollment activities in preparation for the upcoming academic year and in the midst of COVID-19.
A team effort helped bring Christina Krewson ’21 home from locked-down Peru
A coalition of leaders in federal government and from the nation’s universities work together to charter flights for students stranded by a quickly imposed travel restriction.
Federal stimulus package highlights health care and higher education
The University of Rochester will receive important support from the $2 trillion recovery package designed to help the country fight coronavirus.
Anthony Fauci’s Meliora moment
Before becoming the face of the fight against COVID-19, Anthony Fauci, a world-renowned AIDS researcher and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was the keynote speaker at the School of Medicine & Dentistry’s 1999 commencement, where he received an honorary doctor of science degree for his achievements in understanding and eradicating infectious diseases. (University of Rochester photo / Randall Tagg)
Why do people hoard and socialize during a pandemic?
“Proximity is usually associated with intimacy, and distance with strangeness,” explains Rochester anthropologist Robert Foster. “The public challenge at the moment is that we must learn to express our care and concern by maintaining distance, which is counter-intuitive.”
Will COVID-19 finally spur a revamp of US health care?
The coronavirus pandemic “has exposed the limits of such an individualistic approach” to health care, writes University health policy historian Mical Raz in the Washington Post.
Rochester economist: ‘Congress will have to do more’ to fight recession
The $2 trillion stimulus plan working its way through Congress likely won’t be adequate to save the US economy from recession in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, says University of Rochester economist Narayana Kocherlakota.