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President Sarah Mangelsdorf addresses what work will look like as we move beyond the pandemic and adapt to the changing landscape of work at the University.

To the University of Rochester Community:  The University of Rochester is committed to being an antiracist institution where everyone, regardless of their identity or the challenges they face, is lifted…

Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues, I’m pleased to provide updates on the search for a new provost, on an important organizational change, and on the appointment of interim leadership as…

Dear members of the University of Rochester Community: I am writing to provide an update on the 2021 Commencement. Throughout the academic year I have been grateful for the conscientious…

To the University of Rochester Community: The recent increase in violence and acts of hate against Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities in this country seems to have reached…

To University of Rochester Faculty and Staff: As we approach a full year under the cloud of COVID-19, we are immensely proud of how the University of Rochester community has…

To the University of Rochester Community: Normally, at this time of year I’d be sending a message welcoming undergraduates back, and wishing everyone a successful spring semester. But as we’ve…

On Friday, Jan. 29, a few Rochester-area media organizations reported that some board members, donors, alumni, and others were inappropriately sent advance notice of a COVID-19 employee vaccine clinic on…

Dear University Faculty and Staff: Provost and Senior Vice President for Research Rob Clark has let me know that he intends to step down from his position at the end…

To the University of Rochester Community: Yesterday’s illegal assault on Congress filled me with shock, anger, and sorrow. I went to sleep last night despairing for our country – and for…

Dear University of Rochester Faculty and Staff, As we near the end of a tumultuous and difficult year, we want to provide a status report on the University’s financial position…

Dear University of Rochester Students, Faculty, and Staff: Since our region reopened in the summer and our academic campuses embarked on the fall semester, you have all done a tremendous…

To the University Community: I join our Deans and Senior Leaders and every member of the University of Rochester community in expressing devastation, anger, and profound grief about what we…

In this message, President Sarah Mangelsdorf shares an update on students returning to campus for the fall semester, a phase three COVID-19 vaccine trial at the Medical Center, and a…

Dear students, parents, faculty, and staff, The start of classes on August 26 is still a few weeks away, but our campuses started seeing new signs of activity over the…

President Mangelsdorf and members of her leadership team issued an update on the University’s efforts to ensure the institution’s financial recovery in response to the economic effects of the COVID-19…

To the University of Rochester Community, Monday’s policy announcement by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was unexpected, unwarranted, and cruel to the international students at our University and…

To University of Rochester students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends, Much has transpired in our country and our community since we last wrote in solidarity with you about the grief…

The past months have been challenging for all of us, and the last few weeks especially have laid bare the challenges that we as a society and as a University…

To the University of Rochester Community: We write you today to share our sadness, anger and fear, and to tell you that if you are feeling the same you are…