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Sanders is a political commentator for CNN and served national press secretary for Senator Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential run, the youngest press secretary for a presidential candidate.
The Counseling Center, a unit of UHS, serves students University-wide and provides comprehensive assessments and individualized treatment plans to meet an individual’s mental health and wellness needs.
Bridig Chahill has been named director of the University Counseling Center (UCC).
Three scholars with ties to the University of Rochester received the Nobel Prize in their fields at the 2018 ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to both Donna Strickland ’89 (PhD) and her graduate advisor and former senior scientist Gérard Mourou, for work that paved the way for more compact and precise high-intensity laser systems. In addition, Paul Romer, a former assistant professor in the Department of Economics, has been awarded a shared Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in endogenous growth theory.
New books from Rochester scholars John Givens and John Michael examine the lives of iconic writers to ask what religious belief might look like in an age of science and secularism.
John Givens and John Michael are Rochester scholars whose work asks what religious belief look like in an age of science and secularism. What is belief?
Henry Carpender ’20, left, and Beatriz Gil ’19 were elected last spring as Students’ Association presidents for the College and the Eastman School of Music.
On December 3, 1847, the first issue of the North Star newspaper was published in the city of Rochester. One hundred and seventy one years later, the city again celebrated abolitionist, activist, author, and orator Frederick Douglass in an evening of words and song at Rochester’s Hochstein Hall. The Prophet of Freedom event include a performance by Eastman School of Music student Jonathan Rhodes ’20 of a song written for Douglass in 1847 that had not been performed in 100 years.
The Prophet of Freedom event include a performance by Jonathan Rhodes '20 of a song written for Douglass in 1847 that had not been performed in 100 years.
In many ways, life on campus would continue as it did before. But the four years following Pearl Harbor would be among the most challenging, heartbreaking, and sobering in University history.
The four years following Pearl Harbor would be among the most challenging, heartbreaking, and sobering in University history.
Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society for liberal arts and sciences. On it’s birthday, we recognize the 13 students named to the Rochester chapter this year.
Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest honor society for liberal arts and sciences. We recognize the 13 students named to the Rochester chapter this year.
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has raised Rochester’s ranking for international student enrollment among the more than 1,500 U.S. institutions surveyed. International students comprise about 30 percent of the total student body.
The Institute of International Education has raised Rochester's ranking for international student enrollment.
Rochester graduate student Beixi Li is one of 140 students selected worldwide for a one-year fellowship program of immersive study in China. She will focus on public policy and preventative medicine.
Rochester graduate student Beixi Li is one of 140 students selected worldwide for a one-year fellowship program of immersive study in China.