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19 posts tagged "University Health Services"

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Students line up at UHS clinic to receive booster shots

Colleen Farrell | Friday, January 27, 2023

Students snaked out the Stepan Center Thursday morning to receive their bivalent booster shots. The line for the clinic, which was hosted by University Health Services (UHS), went all the way to the snow-covered sidewalks. In fact, when the clinic opened at 10 a.m., students were already lined up to get their COVID-19 booster shots.

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University Health Services announces fall flu vaccine requirement

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, September 22, 2021

University Health Services (UHS) announced in an email Wednesday students are required to receive a flu vaccine this fall. Director of UHS Edward Junkins said in the email the decision comes as part of an effort to reduce the spread of respiratory-based illnesses and minimize flu symptoms on campus. Junkins said minimizing flu symptoms, which

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‘We are still in a pandemic’: Students report new difficulties with University’s COVID-19 response

Evan McKenna and Alysa Guffey | Friday, September 17, 2021

As a nationwide vaccine rollout began in early 2021 and continued in full force through the following months, many across the country felt a strong sense of hope, one that didn’t exist just a few months prior. With the opening of a mass vaccination clinic on the University’s campus in March, the Notre Dame community

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University announces exit protocols for quarantined, isolated students

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, November 17, 2020

This report was updated at 2:58 p.m. Students who are in quarantine or isolation after testing positive or being exposed to COVID-19 will have to follow special move-out procedures, according to an email from the Notre Dame Care and Concern Team to students currently in quarantine or isolation. The email was sent to these students

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UHS offers vaccination at first Flu Vaccine Blitz of semester

Elizabeth Prater | Thursday, October 1, 2020

Notre Dame’s Flu Vaccine Blitz is taking place from Tuesday to Thursday. Students were required to reserve a time to receive their vaccine at the Gate B Stadium Concourse set-up. Though all slots are filled for this Blitz, a second round of vaccinations will be offered later in October, according to the University. Cindi Schwartz,

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University suspends travel to mainland China in light of coronavirus outbreak

Observer Staff Report | Friday, January 31, 2020

In light of the rising concern around the country and the world regarding the respiratory illness caused by a strain of coronavirus, Notre Dame officials said in an email they have no reason to believe members of the Notre Dame community are at risk of acquiring the virus. The officials that penned the email included

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UHS administers flu vaccines to campus community

Serena Zacharias | Monday, September 23, 2019

In preparation for flu season, University Health Services (UHS) hosted their annual Flu Blitz on Tuesday through Thursday providing free influenza vaccines to prevent campus community members from falling sick in the midst of the fall semester. Director of UHS Sharon McMullen said this year the University administered approximately 6,450 flu vaccines to students, retirees,

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Students, administrators reflect on state of University Health Services

Mary Bernard | Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Two weeks before finals in the spring of his junior year, senior Brian Pulawski fell off his skateboard and landed on his hand with his thumb bent underneath it. He continued on to class, assuming the injury was no more than a sprain. However, by the time his 75-minute Biochemistry class had ended, his hurt

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Student treated for tuberculosis-like symptoms

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, February 8, 2018

An email signed by University Health Services (UHS) director Sharon McMullen announced Wednesday to the Notre Dame student body that a “graduate student/professional school student” was recently treated for “symptoms associated with tuberculosis (TB).” “The student has been tested at a local hospital and the results are pending,” the email said. Due to privacy concerns,

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Notre Dame feels effect of national flu outbreak

Nicole Simon | Wednesday, February 7, 2018

This flu season, a particularly virulent strain of the disease is sweeping the nation. The Notre Dame community has not found itself exempt from the outbreak. “On campus, we have seen 30 percent more cases of flu this year as compared with this time last year,” Sharon McMullen, director of University Health Services said in

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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