As campaign nears its end, heartfelt thanks for supporting United Way
The University’s 2022 United Way workplace campaign is coming to a close. To date, more than $1.1 million has been raised and the University’s campaign leadership would like to thank everyone who has taken part. Your collective generosity will help strengthen this community. If you would still like to donate, online pledging will remain open via the HRMS homepage until the end of this month, or you can pledge on the campaign website.
Also in today’s issue:
Faculty and staff can register for upcoming LGBTQ+ Safe Space training sessions.
Tasty Tuesday continues today with Tuscan Wood Fired Pizza and Effortlessly Healthy food trucks
University employees can attend the next “Leaders You Ought to Know” session with the University’s Emerging Leaders
“The milk banks in this country are very good, but milk tends to be prioritized for high-risk infants,” says Casey Rosen-Carole, an assistant professor of pediatrics and of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the Ruth A. Lawrence Program in Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine. “In the outpatient world, it’s very difficult to get donor milk and it tends to be very costly—$4 to $5 an ounce, even.”
The University’s Emerging Leaders group will host a virtual event with LaRon Rowe, senior director of integrated clinical systems, on Friday, May 27, at noon EDT. Learn more and register here.
Working Parents Network meeting on elementary school-aged children
Join UR Medicine EAPÂ on Wednesday, June 1, at noon EDT to connect with other working parents on how to navigate behaviors you might be seeing in your elementary school-aged children. Register here.
Register for LGBTQ+ Safe Space training
New opportunities are available to register for LGBTQ+ Safe Space courses. Registration for the first course, “Part 1: Gaining Knowledge,” is available by searching “Safe Space Playlist” in MyPath. Following completion, registration is available for “Part 2: Creating Safety,” which allows faculty and staff to become LGBTQ+ Safe Space Champions. Classes are free and virtual. Contact Scott.Fearing@Rochester.edu with questions.
Treat yourself to cuisine from local food trucks on Wilson Quadrangle on the River Campus from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each Tuesday during the summer. Today features Tuscan Wood Fired Pizza and Effortlessly Healthy. Whether you purchase food from the trucks or bring your own lunch, there will be lawn games, music, and picnic blankets to enjoy while savoring the summer weather. Food trucks will serve rain or shine. Find the full Tasty Tuesday schedule online. Sponsored by Wilson Commons Student Activities.
Virtual session on Rochester’s Asian community
Join the Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry and the Asian/Pacific Islander/American Association of Greater Rochester today, May 24, at noon EDT for a presentation on the rise of Rochester’s Asian community. Register here to attend the session.
Mass for the Feast of the Ascension, prayers for those affected by the Buffalo shooting
The Catholic Newman Community will host a mass for the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord on Thursday, May 26. Gather to remember and pray for the victims of the tragedy in Buffalo, their families, and anyone affected by this act of violence. Mass begins at 12:30 p.m. and will take place on the River Level in the Interfaith Chapel, River Campus.
The Yellowjackets baseball team ended its season this weekend with an overall record of 31-13 after hosting games in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championships. Find more photos from the weekend on the University’s Instagram.
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