Wormholes and stains add to backstory of medieval manuscript’s acquisition
A 700-year-old manuscript is the first in a new library collection that honors historian Richard Kaeuper, the Franklin W. and Gladys I. Clark Professor Emeritus of History. Nearly 100 alumni helped make the newly minted Richard W. Kaeuper Collection of Medieval Manuscripts a reality. Read about the collection and the manuscript’s acquisition.
In today’s issue:
Discounts and perks offered to University employees
Help for high cholesterol through Well-U
Goergen Athletic Center is offering a one-week trial “R Club” membership for faculty, staff, and part-time students
University flags on the Eastman Quadrangle and near the entrance of Strong Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department will be lowered Tuesday, August 16, for Susan Case, a document imaging specialist in health information management workflow, who died on July 21. Case joined the University staff in 2013.
John Tarduno, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and dean of research for Arts, Sciences & Engineering, said that our planet would have lost a lot of its water if the magnetic field had not come back. “The planet would be much drier and very different than the planet today,” he pointed out. “This research really highlights the need to have something like a growing inner core that sustains a magnetic field over the entire lifetime—many billions of years—of a planet.”
Get expert help through Well-U’s high cholesterol program. Learn the difference between risk factors that you can and cannot control, then create a plan to make changes that lower or regulate your levels. Start your program here.
Check out employee discounts and perks
University employees can save money on health and wellness programs, child care, amusement parks, museums, travel, dining, shopping, and other activities. Visit the discounts and perks page on the Total Rewards website for more information.
Free ‘R Club’ trial membership at the Goergen Athletic Center
The River Campus’s Goergen Athletic Center is offering a one-week trial “R Club” membership for faculty, staff, and part-time students. Trial memberships are valid for new members only. Membership includes access to the entire facility including the fitness center, aquatic center, indoor track, tennis, squash, and racquetball courts, recreational courts, and fitness classes. Sign up 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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