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Student Mentors Inmates at Local Correctional Facility

As a 2012-2013 Meliora Leader, Kelly Scull ’14 has become a mentor for incarcerated women at the Monroe County Correctional Facility

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Rochester Undergrads Raise $20K for Rare Disease Research

Rochester senior Sarah Gelbard teamed up with Galen Dole and the YellowJackets to raise $20,000 for Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance

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Computer Science Undergrads Embark on Weekend of “Extreme Programming”

Team “Hacklemore” recently took 7th place at the CS Games at the Université Laval in Quebec City

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Program Inspires Rochester Student to ‘Pay It Forward’

Abigail Gonzalez ’16 has ambitions of starting a foundation like New Pathways for Youth, a mentoring program that helped her succeed in high school

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Research Trip to Tanzania an ‘Outrageous Opportunity’

Geology major installs seismic monitoring devices in rural Africa

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Meliora Leader Tackles Smoking Cessation

Sanah Ali is working with the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Healthy Living Center (HLC) to help conduct a five year follow-up study to the Smoker’s Health Project

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Rochester Celebrates International Women’s Day

Simon School, Anthony Institute recognize International Women’s Day

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Tongue Twisters Topic of Students’ Studies

Two recent grads see BCS research published in two academic journals

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A Cappella Accolades

UR’s co-ed group After Hours wins ICCAs, Yellowjackets named “Top 10 Must-Hear College A Cappella Group”

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Focus on Faculty: Robert Foster Rediscovers Pacific Islands Treasures

Univ. Communications – The discovery of a priceless collection of cultural treasures typically conjures up visions of dark and scary tunnels a la Raiders of the Lost Ark. But when University of Rochester anthropologist Robert Foster stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest collections of Pacific Islands artifacts, he was in the bright and [...]

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