Update on new positive cases of COVID-19

There is one new positive case among students to report: one on the River Campus. Please note that the University’s COVID-19 Dashboard is updated when a new case is reported. Find the latest COVID-19 messages and updates here.

Major grant funds research to understand key features of OCD

A team of scientists from across the country will use an award from the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate the brain networks central to obsessive-compulsive disorder. The work will build on more than 15 years of research by lead investigator Suzanne Haber, Dean’s Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology and a professor of neuroscience and of psychiatry, and collaborators to understand the underlying biology of the disease and guide the development of effective treatments.

With nursing home staff lagging on booster shot uptake, experts fear new outbreaks among seniors

Salon, May 21

“Low booster rates among direct care staff will place vulnerable nursing residents at increased risk of COVID infection and, unfortunately, a number of these infections will result in adverse outcomes, including death,” says Brian McGarry, an assistant professor of medicine and of public health sciences. “While vaccines dramatically lower absolute risk, vaccinated nursing home residents are at the much higher relative risk of hospitalization or death if infected compared to the general population.”

Find help for depression with Well-U

Well-U offers help through the Depression Coaching and Self-Management program. Learn skills that can see you through the darkness into a brighter day. Enroll here.

Program of dance, music, and film brings Native American stories to campus

Over four days in April, the University hosted “UR Remnants,” an interdisciplinary collaboration between faculty members and members of the local Indigenous and arts communities to tell Native American stories through performance and conversation. Above, members of the Seneca Nation’s Allegany River Indian Dancers (from left) Jacob Dowdy, Liam Dowdy, and Dylan Harris perform in the May Room in Wilson Commons.

Registration open for 10th Annual Wilmot Warrior Walk

The 10th annual Wilmot Warrior Walk is slated for Sunday, September 11, at Genesee Valley Park. Those who prefer may participate virtually anytime, anywhere September 9–11. All proceeds from the event benefit cancer research and the Judy DiMarzo Cancer Survivorship Program at Wilmot Cancer Institute. Learn more or form your team.

Workshop on technology and mental health

• Dr. Chat Bot: Medical Center employees (daily required) | Medical Center students (daily required) and non-Medical Center students (as needed)
• 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)
• COVID-19 vaccine requirements and FAQs
• What to do if you or your close contacts have symptoms or have been exposed