‘Community Hero’
From the pandemic front lines to Highland Hospital, Jose Perpignan, Jr. ’16N is still there for his neighbors and his...
Those We Lost
Journalist. Pianist. Doctor. Candlemaker. Mother. Son. Daughter. Among the grim toll of the COVID-19 pandemic were several alumni from all...
Jazz Music Is Protest Music
Jazz was invented by Black artists in the late 1800s as a combination of harmony and rhythmic and soulful expression....
Protecting the Public
Tony Vargas experienced firsthand the tragedy of the pandemic last spring, as it ravaged the New York City region. His...
University Launches Three New Affinity Networks for Alumni and Friends
As part of the University’s Together for Rochester one-year fundraising and engagement campaign—and in response to growing interest from alumni...
Central Park Hero
In addition to his role overseeing clinical research for emergency medicine for New York state’s largest health network, Timmy Li...
The Calming Commissioner
What the NIH’s Anthony Fauci has been to the nation, Mike Mendoza—or, @DrMikeMendoza on Twitter—has been to the Rochester area:...
Recent Graduate Awarded a Rhodes Scholarship
Next October, Beauclaire Mbanya Jr. ’20 will begin a two-year paid graduate program in engineering science as a Rhodes Scholar...
Meeting a Rising Need
When schools and day cares closed in New York state last March, it meant that thousands of children in the...
A ‘Good Doctor’ Receives a Nobel Prize
Rochester’s newest Nobel laureate, Harvey Alter ’56, ’60M (MD), once reflected on what he thought was the most dramatic turn...