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Together for Rochester

A one-year campaign to make life better

Together for Rochester

A one-year campaign to make life better

State of the University

In her first “State of the University” address, recorded in the Welles-Brown Room of Rush Rhees Library, President Mangelsdorf provided a wide-ranging update to the University community. Posted at the launch of Meliora Month, Mangelsdorf praised students, faculty, and staff, for their commitment to safely reopening campus and discussed the current hybrid learning environment. “Everyone at the University has made a COVID-19 Community Commitment to staying healthy and keeping other members of our community healthy, too,” she said.

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Together for Rochester is a one-year campaign to make life better for the University of Rochester community and for the world.

It’s about everyone pitching in.

It’s about helping our students and graduates find internships and jobs. It’s about promoting equity and access. And it’s about communicating how important our network of alumni, volunteers, and friends is to our future. This year, we hope to raise $100M to fund scholarships, research, faculty projects, and other critical initiatives.

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Let’s do this: Day of Giving

On May 5, the University of Rochester and Medical Center will mark our annual Day of Giving. Together, we can make a significant difference. The moment is now.

#TogetherForRochester #RochesterGives

Let’s do this: Day of Giving

On May 5, the University of Rochester and Medical Center will mark our annual Day of Giving. Together, we can make a significant difference. The moment is now.

#TogetherForRochester #RochesterGives

Together, we can do more.

Here are six easy ways to get involved with our Together for Rochester campaign:

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Read about the needs of our students, faculty, alumni, and patients
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Learn more about our new affinity groups or a regional network
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Hire or mentor a recent graduate
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Stay connected with our alumni and the University
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Make a gift
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Download our action plan for more ways to get involved
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Celebration of Scholarships 2021

This year marks the 12th anniversary of the University of Rochester’s annual Celebration of Scholarships. Learn more about some of our scholarship students through their inspiring stories, messages, and videos. Thank you to all of our donors—your generosity makes their lives ever better.

Celebration of Scholarships 2021

That’s the Rochester Effect–Rochester is on a relentless quest

The University of Rochester Medical Center is at the forefront of the pandemic response, including testing four of the six major coronavirus vaccine candidates. Angela Branche, MD, and David Topham, PhD, discuss how Rochester is contributing to the science needed right now.

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Doubling down to help others

Sisters Ranae and Shanae McKenzie have done just about everything together for as long as they can remember. In September 2020, they both started the accelerated baccalaureate program for non-nurses at the University of Rochester’s School of Nursing. They are also scholarship recipients who share a passion for learning, nursing, and helping others.

Josh Richards ’12, ‘14S (MS) and Nandini Joshi ’22

‘Alumni are in a position to help students, especially this year’

Many recent graduates, alumni, and students have seen job offers delayed and lost professional opportunities due to the pandemic. Alumni like Josh Richards ’12, ’14S (MS), the business planning and analytics director for North America at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, are stepping up to help.

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Spring forward

Experts from UR Medicine’s Fitness Science and Center for Community Health & Prevention programs weigh in on how to emerge from winter and pandemic hibernation. Gain fitness know-how, nutrition tips, and meditation guidance from them–along with a variety of resources.

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Upcoming Events

April 1 – May 2

ENGAGEMENTQuad Fox Virtual 5K

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April 14

RESEARCHCenter for Robotic Surgery & Innovation: 3D models as the future of surgery

12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Eastern

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April 19

EQUITY AND ACCESSReal Conversations: Intersectionality and LGBTQ Social Justice

6:00p.m. – 7:30p.m. Eastern

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Experience Rochester events

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That’s the Rochester Effect–Rochester is on a relentless quest

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Evans Lam ’83, ’84S (MBA) establishes scholarship challenge at Simon

University of Rochester Board of Trustees member Evans Lam ’83, ’84S (MBA) recently established a $500,000 scholarship challenge at the Simon Business School. The Evans Lam Opportunity Scholarship Challenge is designed to encourage others to create new, endowed scholarships. Lam also contributed $100,000 to an unrestricted scholarship fund to be put to use immediately. Supporting students is a key aspect of the University’s yearlong Together for Rochester engagement and fundraising campaign.

Together for Rochester is a one-year campaign to make life better for the University of Rochester community and for the world.

Together, we can do more.

Celebration of Scholarships 2021

Celebration of Scholarships 2021

That’s the Rochester Effect–Rochester is on a relentless quest

That’s the Rochester Effect–Rochester is on a relentless quest

Featured stories

Doubling down to help others

‘Alumni are in a position to help students, especially this year’

Spring forward

Upcoming Events

That’s the Rochester Effect–Rochester is on a relentless quest

That’s the Rochester Effect–Rochester is on a relentless quest

Evans Lam ’83, ’84S (MBA) establishes scholarship challenge at Simon

Evans Lam ’83, ’84S (MBA) establishes scholarship challenge at Simon

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