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May 18, 2020

Sarah Peyre named dean of Warner School

A nationally recognized innovator in health professions education, Peyre joined the University in 2011 and has been serving as associate dean for innovative education at the Medical Center and executive director of its Institute for Innovative Education.

Peyre, a nationally recognized innovator in health professions education, has been serving as associate dean for innovative education at the Medical Center.

topics: appointments, dean, staff, Warner School of Education,
four portraits of teachers.

Four high school teachers who greatly influenced members of the Class of 2020 are this year’s recipients of the University’s Singer Family Prize for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching.

Four high school teachers who greatly influenced members of the Class of 2020 are this year’s recipients of the University’s Singer Family Prize.

topics: Class of 2020,
Man wearing a face mask stands in the doorway of cafe as customers stay at home.

Rochester economist Lisa Kahn says multiple factors—not just stay-at-home orders—combined to generate the recent collapse in the labor market.

Rochester economist Lisa Kahn says multiple factors—not just stay-at-home orders—combined to generate the recent collapse in the labor market.

topics: COVID-19, Department of Economics, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva.

The assistant professor of history is the first recipient of the award, which will support research for his forthcoming book, In the Wake of the Raid: Piracy, Captivity and the 1683 Raid on Veracruz.

The first award will support research for Sierra Silva’s forthcoming book, In the Wake of the Raid: Piracy, Captivity and the 1683 Raid on Veracruz.

topics: Department of History, humanities, Humanities Center, Pablo Miguel Sierra Silva, School of Arts and Sciences,
Flagpole with "Meliora" inscription on the Eastman Quad with Ruh Rhees Library in the background.

The full accreditation by the international organization of campus safety administrators required meeting more than 200 separate standards and is achieved by fewer than 100 campus safety departments at universities worldwide.

Rochester's department met more than 200 standards to achieve full accrediation—a bar reached by fewer than 100 campus safety departments worldwide.

topics: Department of Public Safety,
2020–21 fulbright grants program logo.

Chosen from 21 University of Rochester semifinalists, nine students and two recent alumni have been offered 2020–21 grants in the Fulbright US Student Grant program.

Nine University of Rochester students and two recent alumni have been offered 2020–21 grants in the Fulbright US Student Grant program.

topics: awards, Fulbright scholars,
Ted Brown in teaches in front of a classroom.

Over the course of his distinguished career, the professor emeritus of history and public health sciences has “advanced the cutting edge of medical historical scholarship and shaped the work of other historians.”

Professor emeritus of history and public health sciences has “advanced the cutting edge of medical historical scholarship.”

topics: announcements, awards, Department of History, Department of Public Health Sciences, faculty, School of Arts and Sciences,
Flagpole with "Meliora" inscription on the Eastman Quad with Ruh Rhees Library in the background.

The University of Rochester will bestow honorary degrees, medals, and awards to recognize the contributions of distinguished leaders, educators, and humanitarians.

The University of Rochester will bestow honorary degrees, medals, and awards to recognize the contributions of distinguished leaders, educators, and humanitarians.

topics: alumni, awards, commencement awards, Department of Anthropology, Department of Computer Science, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies,
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Campus & Community
May 12, 2020

Class of 2020, we see you

As we prepare to confer their degrees this week, we’re celebrating this year’s graduates by highlighting members of the class and their accomplishments.

topics: Class of 2020, featured-post-side,