In a challenging year, staff efforts shine through

This year’s President’s Staff Awards honor several people and groups who went above and beyond during the past year.

Meliora Award honorees are Wen Li, the Post-Anesthesia Response Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital, Strong Memorial Hospital Employee Health Services, and the University Health Service Primary Care and Health Promotion Office.

Shayne Hawkins is the recipient of the inaugural Lamar Riley Murphy Leadership Award.

The Witmer Award for Distinguished Service has been awarded to Donald DiVita, Eileen Pullara, and Maria Romana.

Jacquelyn McGriff is the recipient of this year’s Staff Community Service Award.

Additionally, the 2020 Award, a special one-time honor being awarded this year, recognizes employees across the University for their extraordinary and heroic response to the COVID-19 crisis. The three teams receiving the 2020 Award are the Coronavirus University Restart Team (CURT), University Emergency Operations Command (EOC), and Medical Center Command Center (CC).

Jeff Bezos, crew members climb aboard the Blue Origin spacecraft ahead of their launch into space

CNN, July 20

“Within a few generations, I think it is possible to have people living and working in space if we can handle these crucial climate issues on earth,” says Adam Frank, the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Together with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Frank offered live commentary on yesterday’s suborbital space flight.

HR Intercom highlights the future of work and more

This month’s issue of HR Intercom, a newsletter with information about Human Resources programs and materials, includes information on the future of work, harassment and discrimination training, and more.

New Well-U on-demand fitness videos

Well-U is now offering 10-minute on-demand fitness videos. Check out the selection in Zenplanner under Class Recordings. New videos will be added each month. Email Well-U with questions.

Ensure you are on the right path to financial well-being

TIAA offers virtual one-on-one consultation sessions, at no cost, to help you with your retirement and other financial goals. You can sign up for a session online or by calling (800) 410-6497, weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. EDT.

Food trucks on the River Campus today

Stop by Wilson Quad today between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to purchase lunch from local food trucks Macarollin’ or Le Petit Poutine. This is the last food truck event of the summer. Follow Willson Commons Student Activities on Facebook and Instagram for updates and more events like this.

Data science summer 2021 colloquium series

Join the Goergen Institute for Data Science on Wednesday, July 21, for “On the Deployment of Predictive Models in Health Care: Case Studies of Hospital Readmission and ED Severe Sepsis and Decompensation,” a research seminar with Louis Ehwerhemuepha, a senior data scientist at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. This free, virtual talk will be held from noon to 1 p.m. EDT on Zoom. Register online to attend.

Webinar on the behavioral health assessment officer model

Join the UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence on Tuesday, August 10, at 11 a.m. EDT for a discussion focused on the behavioral health needs in rural emergency departments and how the behavioral health assessment officer model can be used to increase access to mental health and substance use disorder care in these communities.

For Nate Mulberg ’14, baseball and his Jewish heritage have played significant roles in his life—personally and professionally. Now the two will come together as he represents Team Israel as an assistant baseball coach at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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