On March 3^rd the NERL Consortium issued a statement, “NERL Demands a Better Deal,” articulating the values NERL will adopt in negotiating agreements with publishers.

It’s tax season. Time to dig up those W-2s, 1098s, and that clip of Seinfeld that talks about write-offs. The scene is based on the premise that most non-CPAs don’t understand how write-offs work. An alternative version of this scene—perhaps one that occurs in “bizzaro world”—could have Jerry and Kramer discussing data science.

Electronic Resources Management (ERM) Team Declaration of Vendor Expectations

The University of Rochester Libraries partners with vendors who support the needs of the communities we serve and deliver the best value for our investment. We expect vendors to work with us in good faith to honor the expectations outlined below. We reevaluate partnerships with vendors who consistently fail to meet these expectations.
 

Throughout Black History Month, we have honored African-Americans who pioneered and persisted; inspired and excelled; transformed culture, and transcended race to shape America. That’s not just history. It’s also happening right now. There are Black leaders who are using their creativity, passion, and ingenuity to build a more equitable and inclusive future. Steven Christian is among them.

COVID-19’s presence in the U.S. has been tracked primarily through the number of deaths and cases. That’s because numbers are easy to understand in terms of their significance. More than 500,000 deaths. More than 28 million cases. Those numbers hit hard. But that data only provides a surface-level view of the pandemic’s impact on American lives.

Jitterbug.

Jitterbug.

You put the boom-boom into my heart.
You send my soul sky-high,
And so on, and so forth.

Better than good. Better than great. He’s from the Class of ʼ58. (See, class yells.) He’s financier, philanthropist, and University of Rochester alumnus Ed Hajim.

See our second cohort of Zero-Cost Heroes (Est. October 2021)

Abolitionist, journalist, philosopher, and writer Frederick Douglass lived some in Rochester for close to 25 year while publishing The North Star. His achievements continue to be felt by Rochester-area residents, who have celebrated his contributions to civil rights and women’s suffrage through various development and social services projects. 

Congresswoman Slaughter advocated for the preservation of Douglass’s memory and legacy. When Douglass was honored by the nation with a statue in Washington, D. C., Slaughter said:

The Louise Slaughter collection isn't just boxes and boxes of Congressional material. Sometimes archivist Weckea Lilly finds things from Slaughter's personal life. We love when this happens. It's so interesting to see images of Louise from before she was known as a “force of nature” in Washington.