Posts categorized 2020

Dear University of Rochester Faculty and Staff, As we near the end of a tumultuous and difficult year, we want to provide a status report on the University’s financial position…

Dear University of Rochester Students, Faculty, and Staff: Since our region reopened in the summer and our academic campuses embarked on the fall semester, you have all done a tremendous…

This video was recorded on September 25, 2020 and is available for viewing on YouTube and Vimeo. In her first “State of the University” address, recorded in the Welles-Brown Room…

To the University Community: I join our Deans and Senior Leaders and every member of the University of Rochester community in expressing devastation, anger, and profound grief about what we…

In this message, President Sarah Mangelsdorf shares an update on students returning to campus for the fall semester, a phase three COVID-19 vaccine trial at the Medical Center, and a…

Dear students, parents, faculty, and staff, The start of classes on August 26 is still a few weeks away, but our campuses started seeing new signs of activity over the…

President Mangelsdorf and members of her leadership team issued an update on the University’s efforts to ensure the institution’s financial recovery in response to the economic effects of the COVID-19…

To the University of Rochester Community, Monday’s policy announcement by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was unexpected, unwarranted, and cruel to the international students at our University and…

To University of Rochester students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends, Much has transpired in our country and our community since we last wrote in solidarity with you about the grief…

The past months have been challenging for all of us, and the last few weeks especially have laid bare the challenges that we as a society and as a University…

To the University of Rochester Community: We write you today to share our sadness, anger and fear, and to tell you that if you are feeling the same you are…

Earlier today, I sent a message to all students describing the University’s plan for conferring degrees to the Class of 2020. Since first announcing we would not be able to…

Dear students, Earlier this week, I approved the University’s plans for conferring degrees to graduating students of the Class of 2020. Since first announcing we would not be able to…

Dear Colleagues, A few months ago, we could not have imagined how our lives would be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty, students, and staff alike have had to change…

Dear Friends, This is the first of what I hope will be brief regular messages from me to share some of the ways our University is faring during this pandemic.…

Dear University of Rochester Colleagues, Students, Parents, Alumni, and Friends,  I’m thinking of all of you at this time of isolation, social distancing, and high anxiety.  I am grateful to…

In a message to the University community, President Mangelsdorf announced the decision to cancel the University’s on-campus commencement celebrations this May. “We are now looking into alternate ways to celebrate…

President Mangelsdorf delivers a message to the University community about COVID-19. “This past weekend was a sad and unsettled weekend for me, as I am sure it was for many…

Happy January, and welcome to a new year and a new academic semester. January marks my first six months as president, as well as the start of a new decade.…