With the much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech expected to be approved soon, the Medical Center is preparing to receive, store, and distribute initial doses to health care workers at high risk of COVID-19 exposure as early as next week. We’ll share more information in the new year when we learn more about vaccines for our non-health care faculty and staff. In the meantime, Medical Center staff can find the latest information on the vaccination intranet site.
Here are a few highlights from today’s issue:
A new NIH grant will continue the HIV and AIDS research and outreach being conducted by the Medical Center’s Infectious Diseases Division
AS&E graduate students and postdocs can sign up to attend a writing retreat
Send a birthday greeting to Loretta Ford, founding dean of the School of Nursing, for her 100th birthday later this month
Since Wednesday’s notice in @Rochester, there are three new cases of COVID-19 to report: all River Campus students who live off-campus. Please note that the University’s COVID-19 Dashboard is updated daily and dashboard numbers may reflect additional cases confirmed later in the day. When a new case is known, the contact-tracing process begins immediately with the Monroe County Health Department, with confirmed exposures being contacted and required to quarantine.
Grant supports HIV/AIDS research and local outreach
“There is special interest in defining this history—in reference to the huge number of exoplanet discoveries—to deduce whether events might have been similar or different in exo-solar systems,” said John Tarduno, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and dean of research for Arts, Sciences & Engineering. The study used magnetism to determine when carbonaceous chondrite asteroids first came into the inner solar system.
Virtual writing retreat for AS&E graduate students and post-docs
Having trouble feeling motivated or finding time to write? Join a virtual winter break writing boot camp! Log onto Zoom to meet other writers, set writing goals, and write. For those who may need a bit more support, a writing tutor will be available. This event is open to graduate students and postdocs in Arts, Sciences & Engineering and takes place Monday, January 18, through Thursday, January 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST each day. Register online to attend. Email Rachel Lee with questions.
On Friday, December 11, at noon EST, join Well-U and the lifestyle management team virtually to learn how to balance your plate based on your goals. Explore meal planning, portion distortion, and proper serving sizes for you and your family plus a few recipes for practice at home. Save your spot by registering in advance.
Workshop on understanding Creative Commons licenses
Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardized way to grant the public permission to use their creative work under copyright law. Learn more about the licenses in a workshop taking place Friday, December 11, at 10 a.m. EST. Find more information and register here.
Loretta Ford, the School of Nursing’s founding dean and cocreator of the nurse practitioner role, turns 100 years old on December 28, and the school is collecting birthday cards and online messages to send to her.
The birthday package will be a surprise; send your card to:
Dean Kathy Rideout
601 Elmwood Avenue
Box School of Nursing
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14642
Attn: Loretta Ford (put this somewhere on the envelope)
Or, you may submit your birthday wishes for her online. Visit www.son.rochester.edu/marketing/loretta-ford.html, choose the template you’d like to use, and add your name and personal message. These messages will be printed out and mailed with the physical cards in time for her birthday.
Online submissions and mailed cards must be received by Monday, December 18.
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