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More than 475 students from more than 75 countries moved in to their new homes on the River Campus and the Eastman School of Music on Monday, many beginning a new chapter in their lives thousands of miles from home as members of the incoming Class of 2022.

More than 475 students from more than 75 countries moved in to their new homes on the River Campus and the Eastman School of Music on Monday.

topics: Class of 2022, featured-post-side, global engagement,
Prajita Shrestha, posing on the quad
Campus & Community
August 20, 2018

Off to a strong start from Kathmandu to Rochester

After graduating from high school in Nepal in 2017, Prajita Shrestha ’22 knew she needed a break. After a gap year spent writing, teaching and volunteering in the public health sector, she quickly decided Rochester was the place for her.

After a gap year spent writing, teaching and volunteering in the public health sector, Prajita Shrestha ’22 quickly decided Rochester was the place for her.

topics: Class of 2022, featured-post-side, global engagement,
students puts on a white doctors lab coat
In Photos
August 17, 2018

First step for future doctors

Ankit Dahal receives his white coat from professor of surgery David Kaufman as the School of Medicine & Dentistry welcome members of the Class of 2022 and the annual Dr. Robert L. & Lillian H. Brent White Coat Ceremony. (University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster)

topics: School of Medicine and Dentistry,
recipe box with one recipe card sticking out

In a new study, Rochester biologists describe some of the unique characteristics of the protein that makes bacterial like E. coli so resilient. Their research may lead to more targeted antibiotics and other drug therapies.

In a new study, Rochester biologists describe some of the unique characteristics of the protein that makes bacteria like E. coli so resilient.

topics: Anne S. Meyer, Department of Biology, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Students' Association leaders for River Campus and Eastman School of Music

We’re excited to welcome the Class of 2022 to our community this fall! We can’t wait for you to discover and enjoy all that this University has to offer.

Leaders with the River Campus and Eastman Students' Associations welcome the Class of 2022 to campus.

topics: Class of 2022, Students' Association,
student smiling, sitting at a desk

Seventy-five students have enrolled at the University of Rochester after completing this two-year program designed to develop and foster Africa’s future leaders, scientists, artists, and organizers.

75 students have enrolled at the University after completing this two-year program to foster Africa's future leaders, scientists, artists, and organizers.

topics: featured-post-side, global engagement,
Two early members of the Medallion Leadership Society, a student leadership program

The Medallion Program aims to help undergraduates build leadership skills, such as confidence and resiliency, to help them manage student organizations or to enact change in the community.

The Medallion Program aims to help build student leadership skills, to help them manage student organizations or to enact change in the community.

two students on a rock face, using tools to hammer away at the rock surface, with the sun shining on a large body of water in the background
In Photos
August 15, 2018

A sparkling summer in the field

Geology major Ben Crummins ’20, left, and physics major Frank Padgett III ’19 accompanied John Tarduno, professor and chair of earth and environmental sciences, to Labrador, Canada, this summer where the group conducted field work. The students sampled a rock known as anorthosite, which contains labradorite crystals. Labradorite crystals have the special property of refracting and reflecting light, which results in a unique iridescence.  (University of Rochester photo / John Tarduno)

Students accompanied John Tarduno, professor and chair of earth and environmental sciences, to Labrador, Canada, this summer to study labradorite crystals.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, global engagement, John Tarduno, undergraduate research,
Dining Services staff tour local farm

Dining Services is now one of a few college and university dining programs nationwide to embrace a fresh, customized “food first” philosophy through a new partnership with Harvest Table Culinary Group.

A new partnership with Harvest Table Culinary Group allows Dining Services to grow its sustainability program through dedication to local food sources.

topics: Campus Dining Services and Auxiliary Operations, community, sustainability,
cheese sauce dripping off a piece of brocolli to illustrate lipid droplets
Science & Technology
August 14, 2018

Lipid droplets play crucial roles beyond fat storage

You may not know it, but whenever you eat cheese, ice cream, or yogurt, you are also ingesting microscopic lipid droplets. Long thought of merely as formless blobs of fat, lipids are now proving crucial for understanding how embryos survive and how obesity affects the body.

Long thought of merely as formless blobs of fat, lipid droplets are proving crucial for understanding how embryos survive and how obesity affects the body.

topics: Department of Biology, featured-post-side, Michael Welte, research finding,