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A group of schoolchildren with their hands raised and their Expanded Learrning Collaboration instructors at the Memorial Art Gallery.

Beyond the museum: An arts partnership inspires young minds

The Memorial Art Gallery and Rochester City School District’s Expanded Learning Collaboration cultivates creativity, curiosity, and connection.

Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7, looks at the camera with his arms folded. Behind him is an extensive bookshelf and a framed movie poster for "Mickey 17."

From the Magazine

The magnificent Mickey7

Alumnus Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel Mickey7 gets a Hollywood glow up with Bong Joon-ho’s film Mickey 17.

University of Rochester graduate student smiles while manipulating the apparatus in an optics lab.

Science & Technology

Twisting atomically thin materials could advance quantum computers

Placing two layers of special 2D materials together and turning them at large angles creates artificial atoms with intriguing optical properties.

Yaofang (Vicki) Liang smiles and looks out the window of JoyMart, the Asian grocery store and cafe she founded and runs.

Yaofang (Vicki) Liang ’23W (PhD): Pride and JoyMart

Gratitude led a Warner School graduate to open an Asian grocery store and cafe at Rochester’s College Town.

Open Letter wins Republic of Consciousness Prize for English translation of Melvill

Rochester’s literary translation press published Rodrigo Fresán’s invented biography of Herman Melville, translated by alumnus Will Vanderhyden.

Close-up of a young girl holding a blue stuffed bear to illustrate child sexual abuse prevention.

Society & Culture

3 ways to reduce child sexual abuse rates

A new study finds that local, community-wide education efforts can drastically lower incidence of sexual abuse of children.

Aaron Do holds a poetry book and smiles while looking up at Yefim Ravin, who is seen from behind.

Coursework: Learning Russian in the heart of Rochester

Undergraduates learn language, culture, politics, and customs from Russian-speaking Jewish émigrés.

Jamal Holtz next to stylized copy that reads: my rochester story with Jamal Holtz, Class of 2020.

Jamal Holtz ’20: How to find yourself—and your people—on campus

The former Students’ Association president offers advice on how Rochester students can ‘make their hive a home.’

Kevin Righter in his office, with OSIRIS-REX memorabilia on the walls behind him.

Science & Technology

Rochester’s Kevin Righter kept NASA space rocks free from contamination

Precise curation was necessary to discover that the Bennu asteroid sample contains building blocks of life on Earth.

Nathan Deen joins University as deputy general counsel

Deen will lead a team of attorneys providing legal advice and services to University administration on a wide variety of issues and projects.

Joshua Farrelman named vice president for government relations

Farrelman will work to advance the University’s legislative priorities and advise University leaders on state, federal, and local government issues.

Aerial view of the University of Rochester's River Campus with the City of Rochester skyline in the background and a sliver of the Genesee River in the bottom left corner.

Tuition, financial aid rates set for 2025–26 academic year

The University will provide $172 million in institutional grants and scholarships for the next academic year.

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