Every donation invested in the United Way unites the community for good. Make a pledge to the University’s annual United Way campaign by next Thursday and be entered for a chance to win prizes. Find more details, including the campaign’s new donation leaderboard, in Today’s Updates below.
Also in today’s issue:
Meet the newest students inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society
Attend a mental health open mic night
Tickets are available for a lecture and reception for the Memorial Art Gallery’s new exhibition, Crystal Z Campbell:Lines of Sight
136 students elected as newest members of Phi Beta Kappa honor society
The University welcomes 118 seniors and 18 juniors as the newest members of Phi Beta Kappa—the nation’s oldest academic honor society. They’ll join 16 current seniors who were elected as juniors last spring. An initiation ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, May 11, at 3:30 p.m. in Strong Auditorium. Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa annually inducts the most outstanding students at America’s leading colleges and universities. Membership is by invitation only, and students are selected by faculty members who are members of the society. The University’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter was founded in 1887. Members are chosen based on exceptional academic performance and a letter of recommendation from a faculty or staff member. New members are elected each spring by members of the Iota chapter at the recommendation of the nominating committee.
Leading the pack for United Way
Make a pledge to the University’s annual United Way campaign by 3 p.m. on April 20 and be entered for a chance to win prizes. The campaign’s new donation leaderboard adds an extra incentive: help make your department come out on top. Congratulations to the 10 departments and their coordinators for leading the way! Every donation invested in the campaign, large and small, unites the community for good. Make your pledge today.
Flags will be lowered for Anthony Labrum
University flags on the Eastman Quadrangle and near the entrance of Strong Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department will be lowered on Thursday, April 20, for Anthony Labrum, a professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology, who died on March 28. Labrum joined the University in 1970.
Enjoy arts and crafts? Need a break from studying? Join the Health Promotion Office to design and create your own sleep mask in the Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18.
Free safer sex supplies
If you have an on-campus mailbox, getting safer sex supplies delivered to you is easy, free, and anonymous. Place an order through Safe Sex Express.
Walk, run, or bike in some of the most beautiful locations on Earth with Well-U’s scenic virtual experiences. Claim your free access to Studio Sweat onDemand, a virtual fitness and wellness platform that is part of the University’s wellness benefits. Email Well-U with questions.
Life insurance qualifying events
Within 90 days of a qualifying family status change (marriage/establishment of a domestic partnership, divorce/termination of a domestic partnership, death of a spouse/domestic partner, or the birth or adoption of a child), you may enroll in or increase your group universal life insurance coverage amount without evidence of insurability. You also may elect additional dependent coverage without evidence of insurability for a new spouse/domestic partner or for a newborn or newly adopted dependent child. To take advantage of these guaranteed issue offers, you must be actively working and may not have been previously declined for coverage under the plan. Visit the life insurance website to learn more.
Presented in honor of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Survivors is a live theater production featuring the stories of ten Rochester-area Holocaust survivors based on their own testimony. The free performance takes place Monday, April 17, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Interfaith Chapel Sanctuary, River Campus.
‘Communicating for Change’ workshop
Join the MK Gandhi Institute for five weeks of online exploration and practice in nonviolent communication through thought, speech, and embodied practices. Explore how to apply this framework through discussions, interactive break-out rooms, and roleplays. The workshop runs on Tuesdays, April 18–May 16. Email bianca@gandhiinstitute.org with questions or requests.
Crystal Z Campbell: Lines of Sight reception, lecture, and exhibit viewing
Students, alumni, families, and friends are invited to a special reception, hosted by the University of Rochester Affinity Networks, prior to a lecture from artist Crystal Z Campbell on the Memorial Art Gallery’s new exhibition, Crystal Z Campbell:Lines of Sight. This immersive exhibition illuminates the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and offers an alternative historical narrative, revealing Black communities that continued to thrive despite the massacre. Admission is $10 and includes the lecture, museum admission, and reception refreshments, as well as a gift bag from the museum. Register by April 17.
New interactive course explores simulation in clinical learning
This summer, the School of Nursing will launch an immersive course, open to all health care professionals interested in exploring the use of simulation in health care. “NLX 431: Foundations of Simulation-Based Education” provides a foundation for principles and practices of interprofessional simulation and simulation-based education across academic, clinical, and community environments. Through small-group and hands-on simulation activities, students will actively participate in developing and running human patient simulators, designing moulage, and learning to manage all aspects of simulation in health care settings. Classes begin May 18, with in-person sessions on Thursdays from 4 to 6:50 p.m. in the school’s new state-of-the-art simulation facility. Register online beginning Monday, May 1. Contact instructor Kimberly Buholtz at (585) 273-1889 with questions.
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