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<\/a><\/p>\nDear fellow members,<\/p>\n
To say that the world has turned upside-down is an understatement. Every nation and every family, all of us have been profoundly affected by Covid-19.<\/p>\n
As much as we see and feel the frightening implications that seem to have suddenly descended upon the globe, when we look closely enough, we can find so many good things happening. Things that are only made possible when we emerge from fear and let our hearts lead us to do the right thing. From our health care heroes to researchers, to families at home making masks or donating blood to help out, we are each doing our part.<\/p>\n
No surprise, to me, are the George Eastman Circle members who continually make so many of these good things possible.<\/p>\n
In this issue, you\u2019ll read how the greater University family pulled together to support students this spring by donating to a new campus-wide emergency fund or who made an additional gift to the Medical Center. You\u2019ll meet graduate students at the School of Medicine and Dentistry who are now fully focused on researching Covid-19 and teaming up with colleagues in every corner of the earth to hopefully discover ways to outsmart this virus.<\/p>\n
In China, parents of Rochester students raised tens of thousands of dollars to purchase more than 100,000 masks and shipped them to the University to help.<\/p>\n
The light always seems brighter when it is surrounded by darkness. Nothing rings truer today. My heartfelt thanks for your leadership and commitment to philanthropy, for being the light and doing the right thing. We\u2019ll get through this, together.<\/p>\n
Meliora,<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [vc_separator type=’normal’ position=’center’ color=’#065143′ thickness=” up=’20’ down=’20’]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n In response to the challenges arising from COVID-19, Rochester alumni and friends from around the world are reaching out to help. With their generosity, the community is helping to keep health care workers safe, advance COVID-19 research, and support students with emergency needs.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to read about how our community is rallying together.<\/i> [vc_separator type=’normal’ position=’center’ color=’#065143′ thickness=” up=’20’ down=’20’]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Thanks in part to your generosity and contributions, researchers at the URochester School of Medicine & Dentistry make discoveries every day. Many of these researchers are master\u2019s and PhD students and postdoctoral appointees. For Graduate Student Appreciation Week 2020,<\/span><\/a> some of these students and trainees shared their perspectives on the experience of conducting research to better understand, prevent, and treat COVID-19.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [vc_separator type=’normal’ position=’center’ color=’#065143′ thickness=” up=’20’ down=’20’]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nEvans Lam \u201983, \u201984S (MBA)
\nMember, Board of Trustees
\nNational Chair, George Eastman Circle<\/p>\nRochester Responds<\/h5>\n
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Music for Wellness<\/h5>\n