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alumna
New commencement speaker unveiled after student feedback
Often beginning more than a year in advance, the meticulous planning for finding a commencement speaker is what often helps make the speech the highlight of students’ and families’ graduation experience. The quality of this year’s speaker is no different, with the University announcing that Jeannine Shao Collins ’86 will be delivering the school’s 176th […]
graduation
Graduation anxiety
I was annoyed. My chair was broken. And my next thought was, “well, it’s not worth buying a new one since I’ll be leaving soon anyway.” And there it was. Read More
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Time unfortunately still a circle
Ever since the invention of the wheel, humanity’s been blessed with one terrible curse: the realization that all things are, in fact, cyclical. Read More
2022
2022 Commencement to be in-person
Due to the pandemic, all in-person traditions have been postponed or significantly altered until now. Read More
COVID-19
URMC studies COVID-19 vaccines, social distancing
Though testing will take place with multiple visits over a period of two years, it’s possible that the resulting vaccine will be ready for emergency use before then, with plans in place for millions of doses to be available by the end of the year, and production being upped to hundreds of millions in 2021. Read More