Joseph and Honmai Goodman establish a distinguished professorship of optics as part of the Wyant Challenge<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>Optical physicist Joseph \u201cJoe\u201d Goodman and his wife, Honmai, have established a new endowed fund, the Joseph W. and Honmai Goodman Distinguished Professorship of Optics at the University of Rochester\u2019s Institute of Optics. Their generous $800,000 gift is being matched by $1,200,000 from the Wyant Challenge, amplifying its impact. This investment will strengthen the institute, support world-class faculty, and help meet the growing demand for trained optics graduates who will help drive advances in manufacturing, defense and aerospace, healthcare and medicine, communications and information technology, and other areas....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Pluta Foundation Announcement<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>The Pluta Cancer Foundation has committed $4 million to UR Medicine\u2019s Wilmot Cancer Institute. The investment will establish the endowed Pluta Professorship in Breast Care to support ongoing faculty excellence. ...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_image=”814062″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1718294894992{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;background-color: rgba(24,41,87,0.8) !important;*background-color: rgb(24,41,87) !important;}”] Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left”......<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Invest in our students<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>At the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD), we are committed to setting the highest standards in medical education, serving as a model for innovation and continuous improvement....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Helping children smile<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_image=”777502″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1663089384674{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;background-color: rgba(24,41,87,0.8) !important;*background-color: rgb(24,41,87) !important;}”] Helping children smile [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_color=”#00205b” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space......<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>$3 million endowed gift establishes the Robert Sperandio Professorship in Entrepreneurship at the Simon Business School<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>A $3 million endowed gift from Jackie Sperandio establishes the Robert Sperandio Professorship in Entrepreneurship at the University of Rochester\u2019s Simon Business School....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Building a spirit of entrepreneurship: Bob and Jackie Sperandio<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>For 40 years, Robert (Bob) Sperandio 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 many lives by providing jobs, modeling excellence and innovation, and building a spirit of entrepreneurship that has since inspired many....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation establishes challenge to support the Greenbaum Center for Jewish life at the University of Rochester<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation recently established a $500,000 challenge to support the construction of the Greenbaum Center for Jewish Life on the University of Rochester\u2019s River Campus. The Farash Challenge is designed to encourage other donors to join in helping to build the center, which will be the new home for Hillel at the University of Rochester and a resource for all students and the broader Rochester Jewish community....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>New gifts from the William & Sheila Konar Foundation support literacy<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_image=”755392″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1638901632178{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;background-color: rgba(24,41,87,0.8) !important;*background-color: rgb(24,41,87) !important;}”] Gifts from the William & Sheila Konar Foundation support literacy [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row......<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Why mindfulness works: Training your brain in uncertain times<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>The ups and downs of the past two years have left many feeling unbalanced and questioning what\u2019s important in life. Some are rethinking their jobs, relationships, personal priorities, and more. \r\n\r\nIn this time of perpetual uncertainty, how can we clear our heads and stay mindful and focused on what\u2019s most important? Autumn Gallegos Greenwich, PhD, licensed clinical psychologist, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and an expert on mind-body interventions related to stress and trauma, shares her thoughts on mindfulness, gratitude, and the science behind it all....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>$2 million gift from Arnold Lisio \u201956, \u201961M (MD) and Anne Moore Lisio, MD, endows professorship in Italian studies<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>A $2 million endowed gift from Arnold Lisio \u201956, \u201961M (MD) and his wife, Anne Moore Lisio, MD, establishes the Lisio Distinguished Professorship in Italian studies. The Lisios\u2019 generosity ensures that exemplary Italian instruction and scholarship will continue at the University of Rochester forever....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>New Wegman Scholarship supports two East High grads<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>New Wegman Scholarship supports two East High grads; Dyanna Garcia \u201925 and Deziree Garrick \u201925, both graduates of the Rochester City School District\u2019s East High School, joined the University\u2019s incoming class this fall as Wegman Scholars....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Bianca Audrey Duah \u201924M (MD): Realizing her dream to become a physician<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>Bianca Audrey Duah\u2019s family came from Ghana, West Africa. She grew up New York City and was always encouraged to become a doctor, lawyer, engineer, or nurse, as were so many of her friends and neighbors. ...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\u2018We helped and healed each other\u2019<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>As the full picture of the year 2020 came into focus last spring\u2014a devastating pandemic, an isolating life of lockdowns and closings, a renewed racial reckoning\u2014the University of Rochester community drew together. Over the course of a challenging year, alumni, faculty, students, parents, and friends pitched in to volunteer their time, personal attention, and resources to help ensure that Rochester emerged ready to succeed in a post-pandemic world....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>A Day in the Life of Two Music Therapists<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>A Day in the Life of Two Music Therapists; Within Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital\u2019s music therapy program, Rosemary Obi and Elaine Kong use music to help young people get through difficult times...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Scholarship Challenges Set for Women\u2019s Network and Simon Students<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>University Trustee Evans Lam \u201983, \u201984S (MBA) arrived in the United States with $180 and a four-year scholarship to the University. Today, he\u2019s the managing director of wealth management and senior portfolio manager at UBS Financial Services and recognizes the important role that scholarship support played in his success....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Gift establishes the Sobel Professorship in Radiation Oncology at the Wilmot Cancer Institute<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>A gift from Dr. Sidney Sobel \u201973M (FLW) and his wife, Barbara, recently established the Dr. Sidney H. and Barbara L. Sobel Professorship in Radiation Oncology at the Wilmot Cancer Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). ...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Studio X<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>Equipped with extended reality (XR) and other technologies, tools, and staff, Studio X is slated to open in the fall of 2020 on the River Campus. Inside Studio X, students and faculty will fully engage in multi-sensory experiences, such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). It will be where creativity and deep interdisciplinary learning will flourish, aided by the rich interactive experiences these new technologies will facilitate....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Doubling down to help others<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>Sisters Ranae and Shanae McKenzie have done just about everything together for as long as they can remember. Born and raised in Jamaica, they are identical twins with identical passions. Both came to the U.S. for their undergraduate education and now are nursing students together. In September 2020, they both started the accelerated baccalaureate program for non-nurses at the University of Rochester\u2019s School of Nursing (SON)....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Spring Forward<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\u201cMany people think it takes a lot of hard work to take their fitness to the next level. If you play a high-level sport, it might,\u201d says Cameron Apt. \u201cBut for most of us, it takes a consistent level of \u2018just enough\u2019 and \u2018a little bit more than yesterday\u2019 to shape our goals into reality.\u201d ...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Scholarship provides the opportunity for a better life<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>A lead gift from David and Dawn Klein recently established the Linde Klein Professorship in Head and Neck Cancer Fund at the University of Rochester Medical Center\u2019s Wilmot Cancer Institute....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Naveen and Courtney Nataraj commit $1 million to the Together for Rochester diversity, equity and inclusion scholarship challenge<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>A lead gift from David and Dawn Klein recently established the Linde Klein Professorship in Head and Neck Cancer Fund at the University of Rochester Medical Center\u2019s Wilmot Cancer Institute....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Cultural visionary, Arthur Satz, leaves the largest endowed gift ever in support of the humanities at the University of Rochester<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>A lead gift from David and Dawn Klein recently established the Linde Klein Professorship in Head and Neck Cancer Fund at the University of Rochester Medical Center\u2019s Wilmot Cancer Institute....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Gift establishes the Linde Klein Professorship in Head and Neck Cancer<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>A lead gift from David and Dawn Klein recently established the Linde Klein Professorship in Head and Neck Cancer Fund at the University of Rochester Medical Center\u2019s Wilmot Cancer Institute....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>$1 million endowed gift will fund innovative research in chemistry<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>For Howard Spindler \u201981E (MA), music started filling his life at an early age. The piano teacher came to his house every week to give lessons to his two older sisters. \u201cI was just four years old, but I was so drawn to our family piano,\u201d he says. \u201cI begged my parents to let me play.\u201d...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>
Optical physicist Joseph \u201cJoe\u201d Goodman and his wife, Honmai, have established a new endowed fund, the Joseph W. and Honmai Goodman Distinguished Professorship of Optics at the University of Rochester\u2019s Institute of Optics. Their generous $800,000 gift is being matched by $1,200,000 from the Wyant Challenge, amplifying its impact. This investment will strengthen the institute, support world-class faculty, and help meet the growing demand for trained optics graduates who will help drive advances in manufacturing, defense and aerospace, healthcare and medicine, communications and information technology, and other areas....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> The Pluta Cancer Foundation has committed $4 million to UR Medicine\u2019s Wilmot Cancer Institute. The investment will establish the endowed Pluta Professorship in Breast Care to support ongoing faculty excellence. ...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> [vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_image=”814062″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1718294894992{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;background-color: rgba(24,41,87,0.8) !important;*background-color: rgb(24,41,87) !important;}”] Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left”......<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> At the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD), we are committed to setting the highest standards in medical education, serving as a model for innovation and continuous improvement....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> [vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_image=”777502″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1663089384674{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;background-color: rgba(24,41,87,0.8) !important;*background-color: rgb(24,41,87) !important;}”] Helping children smile [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” background_color=”#00205b” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space......<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> A $3 million endowed gift from Jackie Sperandio establishes the Robert Sperandio Professorship in Entrepreneurship at the University of Rochester\u2019s Simon Business School....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> For 40 years, Robert (Bob) Sperandio 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 many lives by providing jobs, modeling excellence and innovation, and building a spirit of entrepreneurship that has since inspired many....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation recently established a $500,000 challenge to support the construction of the Greenbaum Center for Jewish Life on the University of Rochester\u2019s River Campus. The Farash Challenge is designed to encourage other donors to join in helping to build the center, which will be the new home for Hillel at the University of Rochester and a resource for all students and the broader Rochester Jewish community....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> [vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_image=”755392″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1638901632178{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;background-color: rgba(24,41,87,0.8) !important;*background-color: rgb(24,41,87) !important;}”] Gifts from the William & Sheila Konar Foundation support literacy [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row......<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> The ups and downs of the past two years have left many feeling unbalanced and questioning what\u2019s important in life. Some are rethinking their jobs, relationships, personal priorities, and more. \r\n\r\nIn this time of perpetual uncertainty, how can we clear our heads and stay mindful and focused on what\u2019s most important? Autumn Gallegos Greenwich, PhD, licensed clinical psychologist, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and an expert on mind-body interventions related to stress and trauma, shares her thoughts on mindfulness, gratitude, and the science behind it all....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> A $2 million endowed gift from Arnold Lisio \u201956, \u201961M (MD) and his wife, Anne Moore Lisio, MD, establishes the Lisio Distinguished Professorship in Italian studies. The Lisios\u2019 generosity ensures that exemplary Italian instruction and scholarship will continue at the University of Rochester forever....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> New Wegman Scholarship supports two East High grads; Dyanna Garcia \u201925 and Deziree Garrick \u201925, both graduates of the Rochester City School District\u2019s East High School, joined the University\u2019s incoming class this fall as Wegman Scholars....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> Bianca Audrey Duah\u2019s family came from Ghana, West Africa. She grew up New York City and was always encouraged to become a doctor, lawyer, engineer, or nurse, as were so many of her friends and neighbors. ...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> As the full picture of the year 2020 came into focus last spring\u2014a devastating pandemic, an isolating life of lockdowns and closings, a renewed racial reckoning\u2014the University of Rochester community drew together. Over the course of a challenging year, alumni, faculty, students, parents, and friends pitched in to volunteer their time, personal attention, and resources to help ensure that Rochester emerged ready to succeed in a post-pandemic world....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> A Day in the Life of Two Music Therapists; Within Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital\u2019s music therapy program, Rosemary Obi and Elaine Kong use music to help young people get through difficult times...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> University Trustee Evans Lam \u201983, \u201984S (MBA) arrived in the United States with $180 and a four-year scholarship to the University. Today, he\u2019s the managing director of wealth management and senior portfolio manager at UBS Financial Services and recognizes the important role that scholarship support played in his success....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> A gift from Dr. Sidney Sobel \u201973M (FLW) and his wife, Barbara, recently established the Dr. Sidney H. and Barbara L. Sobel Professorship in Radiation Oncology at the Wilmot Cancer Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). ...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> Equipped with extended reality (XR) and other technologies, tools, and staff, Studio X is slated to open in the fall of 2020 on the River Campus. Inside Studio X, students and faculty will fully engage in multi-sensory experiences, such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). It will be where creativity and deep interdisciplinary learning will flourish, aided by the rich interactive experiences these new technologies will facilitate....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> Sisters Ranae and Shanae McKenzie have done just about everything together for as long as they can remember. Born and raised in Jamaica, they are identical twins with identical passions. Both came to the U.S. for their undergraduate education and now are nursing students together. In September 2020, they both started the accelerated baccalaureate program for non-nurses at the University of Rochester\u2019s School of Nursing (SON)....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> \u201cMany people think it takes a lot of hard work to take their fitness to the next level. If you play a high-level sport, it might,\u201d says Cameron Apt. \u201cBut for most of us, it takes a consistent level of \u2018just enough\u2019 and \u2018a little bit more than yesterday\u2019 to shape our goals into reality.\u201d ...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> A lead gift from David and Dawn Klein recently established the Linde Klein Professorship in Head and Neck Cancer Fund at the University of Rochester Medical Center\u2019s Wilmot Cancer Institute....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> A lead gift from David and Dawn Klein recently established the Linde Klein Professorship in Head and Neck Cancer Fund at the University of Rochester Medical Center\u2019s Wilmot Cancer Institute....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> A lead gift from David and Dawn Klein recently established the Linde Klein Professorship in Head and Neck Cancer Fund at the University of Rochester Medical Center\u2019s Wilmot Cancer Institute....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> A lead gift from David and Dawn Klein recently established the Linde Klein Professorship in Head and Neck Cancer Fund at the University of Rochester Medical Center\u2019s Wilmot Cancer Institute....<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li> For Howard Spindler \u201981E (MA), music started filling his life at an early age. The piano teacher came to his house every week to give lessons to his two older sisters. \u201cI was just four years old, but I was so drawn to our family piano,\u201d he says. \u201cI begged my parents to let me play.\u201d...<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>Pluta Foundation Announcement<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Invest in our students<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Helping children smile<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
$3 million endowed gift establishes the Robert Sperandio Professorship in Entrepreneurship at the Simon Business School<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Building a spirit of entrepreneurship: Bob and Jackie Sperandio<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation establishes challenge to support the Greenbaum Center for Jewish life at the University of Rochester<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
New gifts from the William & Sheila Konar Foundation support literacy<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Why mindfulness works: Training your brain in uncertain times<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
$2 million gift from Arnold Lisio \u201956, \u201961M (MD) and Anne Moore Lisio, MD, endows professorship in Italian studies<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
New Wegman Scholarship supports two East High grads<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Bianca Audrey Duah \u201924M (MD): Realizing her dream to become a physician<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
\u2018We helped and healed each other\u2019<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
A Day in the Life of Two Music Therapists<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Scholarship Challenges Set for Women\u2019s Network and Simon Students<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Gift establishes the Sobel Professorship in Radiation Oncology at the Wilmot Cancer Institute<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Studio X<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Doubling down to help others<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Spring Forward<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Scholarship provides the opportunity for a better life<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Naveen and Courtney Nataraj commit $1 million to the Together for Rochester diversity, equity and inclusion scholarship challenge<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Cultural visionary, Arthur Satz, leaves the largest endowed gift ever in support of the humanities at the University of Rochester<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
Gift establishes the Linde Klein Professorship in Head and Neck Cancer<\/a><\/h3><\/div>
$1 million endowed gift will fund innovative research in chemistry<\/a><\/h3><\/div>