Campus
COVID-19
Mangelsdorf and administrators plan for an uncertain semester
The town hall — which lasted around an hour — covered a variety of topics, like staff furloughs and the UR Medical Center’s (URMC) work facing the pandemic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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…