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COVID-19
UR team develops COVID-19 screening software for URMC workers
By asking questions related to the disease’s symptoms, the tool tells the user whether they potentially have COVID-19. Read More
Campus
URMC studies COVID-19 immune system responses
The study may impact efforts to create a vaccine for the virus by investigating questions like why there are so many mild and asymptomatic infections, whether people can be re-infected, and whether the virus is mutating. Read More
COVID-19
8 at UR, 1,296 in Monroe County have had confirmed cases of COVID-19
None of these people are still on campus. This number also doesn’t include University community members who were diagnosed with COVID-19 after being home for two or more weeks. Read More
Basic Needs Hub
Following the funds: The origins and purpose of the Basic Needs Hub
Since COVID-19 has put so many students into extenuating circumstances, the Hub has drastically changed how it operates. Read More
COVID-19
Furloughs, merit-raise cancellations for faculty and staff
The combination of new expenses incurred by the Medical Center and the loss of revenue from students living on campus has resulted in a significant drop in finances for UR, said a letter from administrators. Read More
Registration
UR Student rolled out for class registration
According to Krager, UR Student was created to streamline and unify the processes that are unnecessarily complicated under the systems already in place. Read More
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Grading
Petitions call for change to S/F system
The first petition garnered 1,181 student signatures to date, and called for the University to adopt a Double-A model for the 2020 spring semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
SA Elections
Gorka wins SA presidency
Junior Justyna Gorka and running mate junior Marc Haddad garnered 636 votes, defeating the opposing ticket — sophomores Ian Krager and Izzy Murphy — by 108. Read More
coronavirus
2020 summer courses and programs will be online
All summer 2020 courses and programs will be moved online or canceled. The news came in an email to students from Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Jeffrey Runner on Saturday. This is the latest in a series of measures taken by administration to minimize the spread of COVID-19, beginning with moving […]
BCS
Reactions to UR’s $9.4M settlement
"It happened at a point in my career when normally you’d be ramping things down,” Richard Aslin said. “So for me it’s a relief to have it be over.” Read More