Move-in day will affect staff parking

First-year student move-in day will have a significant impact on campus traffic flow and parking on Thursday, August 19. Valentine Lot, all of Zone 3 South (Park Lot), and the entire length of Intercampus Lot will be needed for the move-in process. Employees who regularly park in these lots will need to park in the AAC Lot, next to Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center, located at 300 East River Road. There will be a shuttle available from this lot from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Any cars left in Zone 3 South at the end of the night on Wednesday, August 18, will be towed to the far end of that lot at the owner’s expense.

For staff parking in Lot 1, the rear entrances and exits from Intercampus Drive to Lot 1 will be closed. You will need to enter and exit through the main lot entrance and the south entrance only.

Medical Center faculty and staff who park in lots accessed off Crittenden and Kendrick Roads are likely to encounter increased traffic on that morning and should adjust their travel times accordingly.

Employees may want to consider working remotely on Thursday, August 19, or take it as a vacation day, to reduce the load on alternative parking and traffic flow. While there are important departmental functions that must be maintained that day, departments are urged to approve vacation requests that will not excessively disrupt their activities. Contact the Parking Management Center at (585) 275-4524 with questions.

The intersection of science and surgery

The Program for Translational Brain Mapping represents a unique nexus between science and neurosurgery to improve care and outcomes. Learn more about the program and its researchers.

New chaplain for Protestant Chapel Community

Reverend Katie Jo Suddaby has been announced as the interim chaplain for the University’s Protestant Chapel Community. Suddaby replaces longtime Rochester Protestant Chaplain Reverend Laurie Tiberi, who was called to another pastoral position in May.

What is a COVID ‘breakthrough’ infection—and what should you do if you get one?

Health, July 30

“One of the good things about vaccines and being vaccinated is that you can feel confident that you are very protected against getting severely ill, being hospitalized, or dying from COVID,” says Angela Branche, an assistant professor of medicine and codirector of the University’s Vaccine Treatment Evaluation Unit.

Register by Monday for a biomedical data science hackathon

This year’s biomedical data science hackathon will take place online from August 17–22, and is open to all University undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs. Prizes will be awarded for better than random predictions as well as cash prizes for first and second place winners. Participants are welcome to work individually or in teams of up to four people. To participate, register by noon on Monday, August 16.

Established in 2020, the Carol ’74, P’11 and Sarah ’11 Karp Library Fellows Program gives students the opportunity to be placed in specialized library spaces and work to make them better while learning and perfecting skills they can take into their professional careers. Learn more about the program on the River Campus Libraries Instagram and meet this year’s fellows here.

• Dr. Chat Bot: Non–Medical Center faculty, staff, and all students | Medical Center employees
• COVID-19 Resource Center | Medical Center’s COVID-19 update page
• Current campus face mask policies
• Faculty and staff vaccine participation form (VPN or on-campus network connection required)
• FAQ on COVID-19 vaccination
• What to do if you or your close contacts have symptoms or have been exposed