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Seen from behind, a man sits in a yellow chair and looks at his laptop in the NextCorps business incubation space at Sibley Square, complete with colorful mural and modern shared workspaces.

The SPRINT Challenge award will benefit students at the University of Rochester and RIT, as NextCorps plans to offer internships with the new software startups.

As part of the SPRINT Challenge award, NextCorps plans to hire University of Rochester students for internships with the new startups.

topics: awards, COVID-19, economic development, education, featured-post-side,
Ignacio Franco mentoring award

Chemistry professor Ignacio Franco is the 2021 recipient of the College Award for Undergraduate Teaching and Research Mentorship.

University of Rochester chemistry professor Ignacio Franco receives the award for Undergraduate Teaching and Research Mentorship.

topics: awards, College, Department of Chemistry, Ignacio Franco, School of Arts and Sciences,
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Campus & Community
April 12, 2021

17 sophomores honored with O’Brien Book Award

Seventeen sophomores are recognized with the Suzanne J. O’Brien Book Award for their exceptional academic and leadership accomplishments during their first year of college.

Seventeen Rochester sophomores are recognized for exceptional academic and leadership accomplishments during their first year of college.

topics: Arts Sciences and Engineering, School of Arts and Sciences, the college,
Illustration of woman vacuuming and child.

In an essay in the Washington Post, history PhD student Kevin Sapere argues the pandemic has made it “all the more relevant” to compensate housework.

In the Washington Post, Rochester history PhD student Kevin Sapere argues the pandemic has made it "all the more relevant" to compensate housework.

topics: Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences,
Thomas Edison standing next to model house.

Associate professor of art history Peter Christensen has been awarded a 2021 Guggenheim fellowship for his project exploring an understudied shift in architectural history.

Rochester Guggenheim fellow explores an understudied shift affecting the way buildings are conceived, designed, and constructed.

topics: Department of Art and Art History, featured-post, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, Peter Christensen, School of Arts and Sciences,
Sarah Peyre and Stephen Dewhurst

President Sarah Mangelsdorf has appointed an interim provost and an interim vice president for research along with introducing a new leadership structure.

University of Rochester President Mangelsdorf appoints interim provost and interim vp for research and introduces a new leadership structure.

topics: provost, research, Sarah Mangelsdorf,
Two provided headshots side by side: left is Mia Alafaireet in color, right is Ricardo Milhouse in black and white.

Mia Alafaireet and Ricardo Milhouse will join the University for the 2021–22 academic year to teach and continue their research.

Mia Alafaireet and Ricardo Milhouse will join the University of Rochester for the 2021–22 academic year to teach and continue their research.

topics: Frederick Douglass Institute and Department of Black Studies, Humanities Center, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies,
Senior man, wearing glasses and looking up, suffering from macular degeneration

Rochester researchers’ breakthrough could lead to patient-specific treatments for age-related macular degeneration, which leads to a loss of central vision.

University of Rochester researchers' breakthrough could lead to patient-specific treatments for age-related macular degeneration.

topics: Center for Visual Science, Danielle Benoit, Department of Biomedical Engineering, featured-post-side, Flaum Eye Institute, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Materials Science Program,
cook from Dining Services hands a sample of chili from a large pot to students on the other side of the table, all are wearing masks.

Masks and social distancing have mixed with creative specialty foods at River Campus dining halls this year.

Masks and social distancing have mixed with creative specialty foods at River Campus dining halls this year.

topics: Campus Dining Services and Auxiliary Operations, staff,