The Institutional Office of Equity and Inclusion is hosting a virtual talk later this week with trans rights activist Geena Rocero. Learn more and register for the event below in today’s For the Community section.
Also in today’s issue:
University IT offers guidance on securing your mobile device in this week’s Security Tip
Graduate students can participate in a lawn games event
Remembering J.W. Johnson: ‘dynamic’ and devoted English teacher
James William “Bill” Johnson, a professor emeritus in the Department of English who taught at the University from 1955 to 1997, is being remembered by former students as a man with a passion for literature and life, a devoted teacher who was invested in his students in and out of the classroom. Johnson died on May 9.
Thirty percent of mobile users aren’t doing this. Are you one of them?
Did you know more than a third of mobile device users don’t password-protect their phones? With much of your personal information stored on portable devices, it is crucial to add extra security to protect your identity from being stolen in the event your device is lost. There are many features you can enable to protect and lock your devices such as the traditional fingerprint, passcode, or pattern. Visit University IT’s Mobile Device Security page for more information and tips on securing your mobile device including what to do if your device is lost or stolen.
Take a break from your studies and soak up summer with the Graduate Student Wellness Committee’s first-ever lawn games event for graduate students. Play Kan Jam, bocce, cornhole, kickball, ladder ball, and more. Free snacks will also be provided. The event will take place on Thursday, July 7, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on the Hajim Science and Engineering Quad between Wegmans Hall, Carlson Library, and Goergen Hall, and is open to the entire graduate student community.
Graduate tuition assistance benefits that exceed $5,250 in a calendar year are taxable wages unless the course satisfies the requirements for a tax-deductible job-related course under IRS rules. If you believe that your proposed graduate-level course satisfies the requirements for a tax-deductible job-related course under IRS rules, complete the Graduate Tuition Reimbursement Tax Exemption form for each course when you complete the Employee Tuition Reimbursement application available online.
The Institutional Office of Equity and Inclusion welcomes model, trans rights activist, and AAPI cultural influencer Geena Rocero to speak in celebration of Pride Month on Thursday, June 30, at 6 p.m. EDT. Rocero’s TedTalk, in which she came out as transgender, has been seen almost five million times and she was named a Time magazine “Top 25 Transgender Person Who Influences Culture.” Register here to attend the virtual talk.
Eastman Opera Theatre announces 2022–23 season
Eastman Opera Theatre’s 2022–23 season will include Lear on the Second Floor, an opera by Anthony Davis inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear; Alcina by Georg Friedrich Händel; and Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catán, inspired by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez’s novel Love in the Time of Cholera. Find details on the season here.
Face masks are optional for all students, faculty, staff, and visitors indoors. Patient care areas, as well as University shuttles and transportation, continue to require masking. A full description of Medical Center masking requirements is available on the URMC Intranet (University network access required).
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