Rick Libby, PhD
Senior Associate Dean
Let us be among the many to congratulate and welcome you to graduate school at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry!
We’re planning an informative and entertaining orientation program that will introduce you to life as a University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry graduate student.
Throughout the fall, you will be faced with many new challenges and decisions. We hope to make your transition to graduate school a smooth one and prepare you for the wealth of exciting opportunities that will come before you.
Please be sure to review our Trainee Handbook for information about your transition to the University of Rochester and to Rochester, New York.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call us at (585) 275-4522 or email us. We are here to help!
Rick Libby, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs
and the Office for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs Staff
SMD Graduate Student Orientation is coming up on Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
We are looking forward to meeting all incoming graduate students and helping you have a great start to your graduate education. A schedule of the day's events is below. If you have not done so already, please ensure that you initialize your URMC accounts and begin using your URMC email as you contact faculty and staff at the University. Use this checklist to help you.
View or download the orientation schedule
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New Student Orientation - SMD Graduate Education Welcome
by Dr. Richard Libby
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Please be sure to review our Trainee Handbook for information about your transition to the University of Rochester and to Rochester, New York.