BMI Weekly News

June 1, 2020

News

• Scott Hall temperature.  For much of the past two weeks, Scott Hall HVAC systems were not functioning.  We have been advised that they are back on-line, and that temperatures and conditions are back to normal.  As outside temperatures rise again this week, if you experience any issues of rooms being too hot, please contact Conroy Jointer via telephone at 313-577-3233 or via email at cjointer@med.wayne.edu.  Please cc: Joe Fiore (jfiore@med.wayne.edu) on those communications.
• BMI Faculty Teams meeting is Thursday, June 4, 2020, 11:30 a.m.
• Tomorrow - Immunology Focus Group June Lecture:  Speaker, Tristan Bepler, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Laboratory of Electronics Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 12:00-1:00 pm. ZOOM meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81868837607pwd=Mi9HbFV5dDBxWUVPWkpSWnhiUEliUT09  Meeting ID: 818 6883 7607 Password: 880204.  Host: Wei-Zen Wei, PhD, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University.
• Congratulations to Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, Ph.D., on her promotion to Associate Professor with tenure.  
• Site Link for the Employee daily screening procedure before reporting in-person to work: https://forms.wayne.edu/covid-19-screening 
• Announcement from the Provost on Child Care for Employees and Students link:  https://i.wayne.edu/view/5ec80c7c42799?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email5ec80c7c42799&utm_campaign=Child+care+and+the+pandemic&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web
• Emergency financial support for students.  The Office of Student Financial Aid has established the WSU CARES Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund to assist students with urgent financial needs directly related to the disruption of campus operations due to the coronavirus.  Applications are being accepted now.  Funds will be disbursed until they are exhausted.  Click the underlined text for further information.
• Mail and Central Receiving Services Update information:  Pick-up your orders at Receiving 1200 Holden.  Contact Receiving prior to make arrangement for your pick-up. Click on following link for details.  https://i.wayne.edu/view/5e7911fd0ed8e