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COVID masking update for Eastman community

April 15, 2022

Dear members of the Eastman community, With news in today’s @Rochester email that the University is re-instating the mandatory mask mandate, I wanted to follow up with some clarification for how this impacts us here at Eastman.  In short, we are going back to the masking policies that were in place at the end of […]

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Face Mask Guidelines Update

March 3, 2022

To the University of Rochester Community, In keeping with Governor Hochul’s decision to modify New York State face mask guidelines; and guided as well by recent CDC guidance, we have decided to modify masking policies in all non-medical parts of our campus.  Beginning Friday, March 4, masking will be strongly encouraged, but no longer required, […]

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Important ESM spring semester return information

January 27, 2022

Dear members of the Eastman community, By now we hope you have seen the message from President Mangelsdorf about the University’s plans for returning to in-person instruction next week, but if not you can find the message on the University’s COVID Resource Center website.  We are writing here with information about our Eastman-specific plans, so […]

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Important Information About the Spring 2022 Semester

January 27, 2022

Dear University of Rochester Community, We are excited to have our students back on campus next week! In preparation for this and following up on last week’s message, we are writing to inform you of the important campus details and requirements for re-starting the in-person spring semester successfully.  We encourage you to read this message […]

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Important Change in Spring Semester Planning – Eastman Specific Information

January 7, 2022

Dear Colleagues, As you know from messages sent the past two evenings from President Mangelsdorf and Interim Provost Peyre, the University of Rochester will begin the first three weeks of the spring semester completely online [January 5 message, January 6 message]. Last night’s announcement represented a sudden change from what had been communicated earlier in […]

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Update for ESM Faculty and Staff–Moving Online for January

January 6, 2022

Dear Colleagues, Earlier this evening, as I was finalizing a message to the Eastman community about the implications for Eastman about recent messages from the President and Provost regarding the start of the spring semester (in person), an emergency meeting of the Deans Council was called to inform us of the decision to pivot immediately […]

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Important Change in Spring Semester Planning – Moving Online for January

January 6, 2022

Dear University of Rochester Students, Faculty, and Staff: We want to alert you to an immediate – but temporary – change in operations for the spring semester. We’re sending this message tonight to let you know this decision as soon as possible, and will provide more details for students, faculty, and staff tomorrow, including information […]

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COVID masking update

November 15, 2021

Dear members of the Eastman community, We are writing with an important update regarding our indoor masking policy, as with cases on the rise throughout Monroe County we felt it important to clarify the expectations for music performance at Eastman.  We are receiving lots of questions from the community and hearing of some recent performances […]

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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement in Place September 27, 2021

August 28, 2021 Visit the Covid-19 Resource Center Dear Faculty and Staff, Effective September 27, 2021, the University of Rochester will require all faculty and staff to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Our epidemiologists, public health experts, and scientists have stressed the effectiveness and safety of COVID vaccines. Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has [...]Read More...

Eastman COVID update for ESM faculty and staff, August 18

August 19, 2021 Dear friends, With the recent decision by the University to reinstate the face-masking requirement for all individuals regardless of vaccination status, we are also going to update our music-making protocols as we start the new academic year.  These new protocols go into effect immediately and will be in place until further notice. For information about [...]Read More...