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Spotlight on Engineering Alumni: Elizabeth Hill

Name: Elizabeth Hill Age: 31 Occupation: Chemical Engineer Education (UR and additional): B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2003; PhD in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007 Current city/state of residence: Eden Prairie, MN Family:  My husband, Frank and I enjoy hiking and canoeing northern MN with our one year old [...]

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Research Internship Introduced Rochester Junior to German Culture

Chemical engineering major Maria Zapata ’14 explored Europe during a four-month research internship with the German national lab

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Spotlight on Natural Sciences Alumni: Laura Posner

Name: Laura Posner Age:  23 Occupation  PhD Student Education (UR and additional):  B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2010; PhD (Chemical Engineering), Carnegie Mellon University, Expected 2015 Current city/state of residence:  Pittsburgh, PA Family: A very loving adopted Calico cat named Renny Community activities:  Dog walking volunteer, Animal Rescue League of Western PA What activities [...]

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Spotlight on Natural Sciences Alumni: Samuel Frommer

Name:Samuel Frommer Age: 28 Occupation: Student Education (UR and additional): B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2007; M.A. in Urban Planning, CUNY Hunter (in progress) Current city/state of residence: Brooklyn, NY When and how did you choose your major? I started at UR with the intention of studying biomedical engineering, but after the first [...]

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Spotlight on Engineering Alumni: Matt Herron

Name: Matt Herron Age: 31 Occupation: Engineer, FBI Education (UR and additional): B.S. / M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2002. Current city/state of residence: Chicago, IL Community activities: playing sports, going to church, fighting crime, crushing evil. Why did you choose to attend the University of Rochester? I thought Chemical Engineering sounded like [...]

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Nine Rochester Students Awarded Fellowships for Graduate Research

Nine University of Rochester students and six alumni have been named recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

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Isthier Chaudhury ’11 Named Rochester’s Student Employee of the Year

Senior Isthier Chaudhury named the 2010-2011 University of Rochester Student Employee of the Year.

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Students, Alumnus Awarded Fellowships to Study Abroad

It’s national fellowship selection season and some of Rochester’s brightest are learning that they’ve been selected as for prestigious awards.

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