Join Scot Brown ’89 and the University’s Black Alumni Network at noon EDT today for a virtual event in recognition of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States, which was designated as a federal holiday yesterday.
Featuring opening remarks from President Sarah Mangelsdorf, the program will explore the historical context of Juneteenth, the importance of Black cultural wealth, the evolution of emancipation, and the expanded notion of freedom while honoring traditions and practices of persons of African descent. Learn more and register for the event, which is presented as part of the REAL Conversations series.
In today’s issue:
University leadership has given an update on the future of post-pandemic work at Rochester
A new study shows that COVID-19 infection and death are linked to racial diversity in nursing homes
Eastman Opera Theatre’s summer season continues with a July premiere
In an email sent yesterday to faculty and staff, Kathleen Gallucci, the interim chief human resources officer, offered an update on the future of work at Rochester, noting that “University leadership is taking a thoughtful approach to workforce planning that carefully balances safety and flexibility for our employees with our education, research, and patient care missions.”
COVID-19 infection, death linked to racial diversity in nursing homes
New research led by Yue Li, a professor in the department of public health sciences, shows that people in nursing homes with higher concentrations of Black and Latino residents were more than 50 percent more likely to be infected with COVID-19 and twice as likely to die in the first months of the pandemic, compared to those in homes with predominately white populations.
The Elon Huntington Hooker Dissertation Fellowship was first endowed by the Hooker family in 1947 to support graduate students across disciplines in the sciences. It’s one of the University’s most competitive dissertation fellowships for the sciences and is given to students who display exceptional ability and promise. This year’s fellowship recipients are:
John Bettinger, a PhD candidate in biology
Rachel Bonn-Breach, a PhD candidate in biochemistry
Jessica Ciesla, a PhD candidate in biochemistry
Joshua DeMuth, a PhD candidate in chemistry
Jackson Hernandez, a PhD candidate in chemistry
Donggeon Nam, a PhD candidate in chemistry
Karla Rosalia Sanchez Lievanos, a PhD candidate in chemistry
As of Thursday, July 1, VoiceThread assignments will look and function differently. Learn more about how to use the new VoiceThread assignments in this virtual workshop on Tuesday, June 22, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. EDT. Register here to attend. If you use the assignment builder options, you will want to attend this workshop. If you do not use the assignment features now, but want to learn, feel free to attend as well.
Virtual event on early life adversity and adolescent development
Join the Translational Research that Adopts New Science For Maltreatment (TRANSFORM) Research Center for a live, virtual panel on Thursday, June 24, from noon to 1 p.m. EDT. Max Herzberg, a postdoctoral research scholar in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Elizabeth Handley, the director of research at Mt. Hope Family Center, will be speaking on the impact of institutional orphanage care and child maltreatment on brain development and the development of substance use and disorder. Register for the live event; request to receive the event recording here.
Eastman Opera Theatre summer season continues
Eastman Opera Theatre’s summer season continues with the premiere of Elizabeth Cree, released for on-demand streaming starting Friday, July 9. This suspenseful and highly theatrical opera, with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning alumnus Kevin Puts ’94E and a libretto by Mark Campbell, is based on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd.
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