Meliora 2022: Back together again
In solidarity with Ukraine
With students, faculty, and staff from both Ukraine and Russia among our University community, we know too well the lasting damage this conflict is causing. Please consider supporting the University’s Global Emergency Response Fund. The fund allows us to provide financial support to students facing critical situations in their home countries.
James C. Wyant ’67 (MS), ’69 (PhD), ’21 (Honorary) and Tammy Wyant commit $12M to the Institute of Optics
University of Rochester life trustee James C. Wyant ’67 (MS), ’69 (PhD), ’21 (Honorary) and his wife, Tammy Wyant, have established a $12 million professorship challenge to support the Institute of Optics and set the course for its continued growth, groundbreaking research, leadership, and scholarship. The Wyant Optics Challenge Fund is a 10-year initiative that will increase the institute’s faculty by 50 percent and advance its preeminent position in the field of optics. Specifically, the Wyant Optics Challenge will create 10 endowed professorships, a visiting professorship, and resources for staff. Optica, a leading society in optics and photonics, has signed on as the first Wyant Challenge partner. Optica’s gift establishes the Donna Strickland and Optica Distinguished Professorship in Optics, which honors one of the University’s most distinguished alumni, Donna Strickland ’89 (PhD), a recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Featured stories
Jackie Sperandio recently made a $3M gift to the Simon School in honor of her late husband, Bob. For 40 years, he ran Sporting Dog Specialties, a Rochester, N.Y.-based direct mail company that PetSmart purchased in 1997. Along the way, he made a difference in our community and in many lives.
Emma Rainwater ’11 and Naomi Salama ’08—farmers, entrepreneurs, and life partners—run Rainwater Farms in Honeoye Falls, N.Y. where they grow fruits and vegetables and make wood crafts from materials on their land. Creativity, sustainability, and seasonal wisdom guide their approach to life and farming.
This seasoned coach focuses on motivation, team culture, and being a strong role model. Her favorite part of the job? The relationships—and making a positive impact on the 30 women on the team and making a positive impact on the team’s 30 women.
Go behind the scenes
Get a sneak peek of UR Medicine’s new Orthopaedics and Physical Performance Center at Marketplace Mall. The new center will serve the community’s urgent demand for clinical care, research, education, and wellness—all in one location.
Go behind the scenes
Get a sneak peek of UR Medicine’s new Orthopaedics and Physical Performance Center at Marketplace Mall. The new center will serve the community’s urgent demand for clinical care, research, education, and wellness—all in one location.
The Sloan Performing Arts Center
The 30,000-square-foot Sloan Performing Arts Center had its soft opening at the end of August, adding a much-anticipated new building to the University of Rochester’s River Campus in time for the fall semester. The building will be fully functional by the end of the calendar year. The Sloan Center is made possible thanks to the generosity of University Life Trustee Thomas Sloan ’65, ’67 (MS) and Linda Sloan ’67 and other lead donors. Read more about the Sloan Center and get a behind-the-scenes look at artist Jay Yan’s installation of a specially commissioned mosaic that will span most of the building’s interior.
The Sloan Performing Arts Center
The 30,000-square-foot Sloan Performing Arts Center had its soft opening at the end of August, adding a much-anticipated new building to the University of Rochester’s River Campus in time for the fall semester. The building will be fully functional by the end of the calendar year. The Sloan Center is made possible thanks to the generosity of University Life Trustee Thomas Sloan ’65, ’67 (MS) and Linda Sloan ’67 and other lead donors. Read more about the Sloan Center and get a behind-the-scenes look at artist Jay Yan’s installation of a specially commissioned mosaic that will span most of the building’s interior.
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