Society & Culture Ethicists: COVID-19 pandemic a ‘wake-up call’ April 23, 2020 Philosophy faculty explore moral dilemmas presented by the crisis and how they intersect with larger structural questions.
Society & Culture Faculty couple reflects on the challenges—and surprises—of pandemic life April 22, 2020 For history professors Molly Ball and Pablo Sierra Silva, adjusting to online teaching and caring for three young children has been a learning experience.
Health & Medicine Rochester researchers pursue quick ways to detect COVID-19—and better understand it April 21, 2020 Nanomembranes, optical sensors, and blood analysis: Rochester faculty are turning previous research avenues to focus on ways to quickly detect novel coronavirus to speed treatment.
University News River Campus requests handmade cloth masks from volunteers April 21, 2020 Donated cloth masks will be distributed to employees carrying on the work needed to keep the University operational during the coronavirus crisis.
Science & Technology Can Twitter anticipate attacks against Asians and Asian Americans? April 20, 2020 Rochester computer scientists mine social media data to discover links between social characteristics of Twitter users and how they are likely to describe the novel coronavirus.
University News New face mask policies, resources announced for employees and students on non-Medical Center campuses April 17, 2020 Effective immediately and until further notice, all students and employees currently working or living on non-Medical Center locations are required to wear a face mask when out in public or when social distancing is not possible.
Health & Medicine University of Rochester Emergency Medicine team returns from helping in NYC April 14, 2020 A team of 14 physicians, physician assistants, and registered nurses have returned to Rochester after supporting health care providers at two New York City hospitals hard hit by the coronavirus.
Science & Technology Ventilators: Three centuries in the making April 11, 2020 Modern mechanical ventilators—whose short supply is now at the center of a national debate about the nation’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic—represent a “remarkable journey” of medical technology.
Society & Culture Rochester economist: Without stronger leadership, ‘disaster’ lies ahead April 11, 2020 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.
Campus & Community Medical students graduate early to join pandemic fight April 9, 2020 Students in the School of Medicine and Dentistry's MD Class of 2020 graduated early to help fight the COVID-19 health crisis.