Congratulations to the College’s Class of 2021, which celebrated commencement yesterday over four ceremonies on the Eastman Quadrangle. Above, Elisabeth Rott ’21 takes a selfie with teammates from the varsity track and field team following one of the ceremonies. Recordings of each ceremony and more photos are posted on the Class of 2021 website.
You can help celebrate the Class of 2021 with the downloadable toolkit, which contains digital backgrounds, printable signs, stickers and images for social media, and more.
In today’s issue:
Four high school teachers are the recipients of this year’s Singer Family Prize for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching
Warner School of Education admissions is holding a virtual information session next week
Next week’s geriatric grand rounds lecture covers stress adaptation for healthy aging
No new positive cases of COVID-19, and reporting changes
Since Thursday’s notice in @Rochester, there are no new cases of COVID-19 to report. Beginning Monday, May 24, only new COVID-19 cases will be reported in @Rochester; there will be no notice if there are zero new cases. Additionally, the University’s COVID-19 Dashboard will be updated Monday through Friday, with weekend numbers appearing in Monday’s dashboard update.
Everyone is encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Medical Center is continuing to make vaccine clinic appointments available to all University faculty, staff, and students. Visit the URMC COVID-19 Clinic List to register.
Four graduating seniors honor the high school teachers who influenced them
“The CDC makes recommendations and the states then put out regulations we have to live by,” says Ann Marie Pettis, the director of ambulatory infection prevention at Highland Hospital. “You definitely wait to see how your state is going to interpret it, and even from there it can be very facility-specific.”
Are you ready to sharpen your skills this summer? The Greene Center’s Careers Uncorked summer boot camp is a cohort-based virtual summer program targeted to Arts, Sciences & Engineering students that will enable students to build their network and gain confidence as they pursue their job and internship searches. This multi-week virtual program will be lead by Careers Uncorked cofounders Sidhant Ahluwalia ’18 and Sharfuz Shifat ’19. Register by May 26.
COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing have had a severe effect on the mental health of millions of people. Read this month’s UR Medicine EAP blog to learn more about what you can do to feel more in control of your life.
Join Andrew Roberts, a professor at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research at the University of Melbourne, for “Targeting Cell Death with Venetoclax and MCL1 Inhibitors to Treat Leukemias and Lymphomas.” The seminar takes place today, Friday, May 21, at noon EDT via Zoom.
Virtual information session with Warner School admissions
Join Warner School of Education admissions at a virtual information session on Tuesday, May 25, from 5 to 6 p.m. EDT, to learn more about graduate programs in counseling, educational leadership, education policy, health professions education, higher education, human development, online teaching, program evaluation, and teaching. The next application deadline is June 15. Contact Warner School admissions with questions. Learn more and register for an upcoming admissions virtual information session.
Grand rounds lecture on 'The Case of Family Caregivers'
Kathi Heffner, an associate professor of psychiatry and of medicine will present the geriatric grand rounds lecture “The Importance of Stress Adaptation for Healthy Aging: The Case of Family Caregivers” on Wednesday, May 26, at 8 a.m. EDT via Zoom.
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