Working remotely over the next nine months, Vu and Ko created “The Music She Writes,” a four-part virtual concert series that featured 25 works by women composers from across the Asian diaspora, including Japan, Iran, India, and beyond. Their goal: to highlight the diversity and...
Read MoreStrong Memorial Hospital has again been named one of the nation's leaders in LGBTQ+ inclusion and equality initiatives by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC). The Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) surveys health care facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion...
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The Memorial Art Gallery presents two exhibitions of contemporary art that celebrate, honor, and educate visitors about indigenous and African cultures....
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Kenneth Ouriel ’77, ’86M (Res), ’87M (Flw) and his wife, Joy Bracker Ouriel, have committed $1.5 million to establish the Kenneth and Joy Ouriel Family Professorship within the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Division of Vascular Surgery....
Read MoreI was drawn to Simon for several reasons, including its small yet incredibly welcoming, diverse, and intellectually rich environment. The school offers rigorous and analytical academic programs, educates and trains the best business leaders of tomorrow, and is home to world-renowned faculty whose research informs...
Read MoreToday, Jack doesn't need a wheelchair. A brain cancer survivor and a 2020 Golisano Children’s Hospital Miracle Kid, he prefers to ride a bike. “He loves to do everything,” says Sara Harrison, Jack’s mom. “We’re living a very different life than we did a few...
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For more than 60 years, James Aquavella, MD—a cornea surgeon and the Catherine E. Aquavella Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Flaum Eye Institute—has been a leader in clinical practice, surgery, education, and research. He is known worldwide for his...
Read MoreLucy Rorke-Adams, MD, Friend of the University of Rochester’s Flaum Eye Institute delves into her legendary career, philanthropic interests, and passion for advancing the human condition....
Read MoreRichard Kreipe, MD, professor emeritus in the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Pediatrics, had never heard of nurse practitioners until he arrived in Rochester in 1979. Since then, he has worked with hundreds of them—and married Mary Sue Jack, PhD, RN, and a...
Read MoreBesides being a noted food, religion, and culture scholar, Rubel is also an entrepreneur. She and her husband, Rob Nipe, run Grass Fed, a kosher and vegan butcher shop in Rochester, N.Y. ...
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