Toting a Tony
When Madeline Topkins Michel ’77 took the stage at the Tony Awards ceremony in June to receive the 2019 Excellence...
Connecting the University Community
Rochester’s new head of Alumni Relations and Constituent Engagement wants to strengthen connections, opportunities, and networks. Karen Chance Mercurius ENGAGING...
Revisiting Brown v. Board of Education: Did We Learn the Wrong Lesson?
In the early 1960s, Theresa Canada ’76, ’89W (EdD) was a student in elementary school in Central Harlem, where she...
The Rochester Effect heard around the world
Since last fall, members of the University community, from Chicago to Shanghai, have been taking part in conversations that explore...
Show Us Your Town: Washington, D.C
In the hills that rise in the Northwest section of Washington, D.C., you can ride an elevator to the towers...
The World’s a Stage
Professions for some and hobbies for others, the performing arts can assert themselves in anyone’s daily life, often in unexpected...
‘Closed Captioning For Personal Conversations’
When Brandon Isobe ’10 was growing up in Honolulu, his family used simplified speech so that Brandon’s father, Gerald, who...
How’s That Again?
Rochester students acquire a specific lingo that becomes ingrained in their everyday conversations, and, eventually, the vocabulary becomes part of...
Show Us Your Town: Boston
For all its storied history—the Freedom Trail, Bunker Hill, Walden Pond—Boston feels familiar and friendly, says Stephen Fantone ’79 (PhD),...
Identity theft and you
Identity theft, data breaches, and online security are increasingly important issues affecting the world of the 21st century. How do...