Campus
campus
In-person learning is now mandatory
According to Runner, in-person learning will now be required for all students, and “[s]tudents will not be allowed to learn remotely for any longer time period.”
Administration
New guidelines for campus as in-person classes resume
UR is trying to shift most aspects of university life back to campus, with a modified hybrid model requiring professors to accommodate students in isolation or quarantine, but prioritizing masked, in-person learning.
2022
2022 Commencement to be in-person
Due to the pandemic, all in-person traditions have been postponed or significantly altered until now.
decarceration
REJI Towards a World Without Prisons zoom a success
At 3 p.m. on Martin Luther King Junior Day, the Rochester Education Justice Initiative (REJI) hosted the “Towards a World Without Prisons” Zoom panel, featuring representatives of eight organizations working to decarcerate New York.
approval process
Approval needed for student employees on campus, study abroad programs not affected
Students who stayed over break who hadn’t been working but “whose jobs became necessary when we re-started classes remotely” were compiled “in a list of names and why the duties were necessary for re-starting the semester, and then those names were submitted to the Interim Provost (Sarah Peyre) for her approval."
Administration
Students react to January classes moving online, guidance to remain off-campus
Many students voiced their thoughts about the decision on social media and in interviews with the Campus Times.
COVID-19
UR online until at least Jan. 31, students without approval to remain at home
Students will not be allowed on campus early unless granted permission by the University.
booster shot
Booster shots, negative COVID-19 test required for spring semester
A COVID-19 booster shot will be required to return to campus in spring for all students eligible to receive one.
AS&E
Professor suspended after saying n-word in class
On Sept. 21, white English professor David Bleich read aloud an article containing multiple instances of the n-word in front of his class.
COVID-19
UR responds to Omicron variant
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency, which went into effect Friday.
