University News

University experts outline the COVID-19 testing and monitoring protocols being put in place as the campus looks to reopen.

University of Rochester faculty are using the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic to prepare for a better remote learning experience in fall 2020.

A new initiative asks the University community to reimagine the institution "from square one," drawing on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and financial challenges.

A project to add a floor to the UHS building has been completed, adding more space for psychiatry, mental health, and other programs.

President Sarah Mangelsdorf and other University leaders provided updates on key issues affecting employees during a virtual panel discussion.

Physicist Gourab Ghoshal and electrical and computer engineer Gonzalo Mateos received alumni-supported fellowships to use data science in exploring their fields.

Time sharing, staggered shifts, and reconfigured spaces are among the adaptations in place as research resumes at Rochester.

The University reaffirms its unqualified support to its undocumented students and employees who study and work here under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Director of the University Health Service for more than 25 years, Manchester oversees a staff of 70 who deliver health and wellness services to students and employees and has effectively managed campus health crises, including outbreaks of measles and norovirus, and most recently, the response to COVID-19.

Campus Dining Services has been planning carefully for the continuation of dining center operations when greater numbers of students return in the fall. Several adjustments are already in place.

President Mangelsdorf joined URMC’s Mark Taubman and other community leaders to support the Greater Rochester Black Agenda Group’s “Racism is a Public Health Crisis” declaration.

Centralized ordering system is designed to help ensure best pricing, prevent internal bidding wars, and assure availability of approved supplies.