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Campus & Community
August 13, 2018

Tips for first-year students

Now that the Class of 2021 has experienced a full year at the University, they’re ready to offer advice to the incoming Class of 2022 with some helpful tips for succeeding in college.

Now that the Class of 2021 has experienced a full year at the University, they’re ready to offer advice to the incoming Class of 2022 with some helpful tips for succeeding in college.

topics: Class of 2021, Class of 2022,
students and staff holding a banner celebrating the Year of Responsibility, one of the University's communal principles
Campus & Community
August 10, 2018

It’s time for the Year of Responsibility

The coming academic year has been named the Year of Responsibility as part of the University’s The Communal Principles Project. In addition to the concept of responsibility, the Project works to promote principles of fairness, freedom, honesty, inclusion, and respect to the University community.

The new school year begins as the Year of Responsibility, part of a Communal Principles Project that began in 2011.

topics: Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center,
President Franklin Roosevelt throwing out a game baseball in 1937
Society & Culture
August 9, 2018

Pitching politics

The story of baseball in the United States is intertwined with that of the presidency, says senior English lecturer Curt Smith. In his new book he traces the points of connection from the colonial era to the present.

topics: Curt Smith, Department of English, humanities, literature, School of Arts and Sciences,
varsity sports soccer players chase a ball

Rochester’s varsity sports teams are primed to follow last year’s triumphs with another successful year. Home opener dates and times are announced for this fall’s events.

Rochester's varsity sports teams are set to follow last year's triumphs with another year of victories and achievements.

topics: athletics,
photo of Colleen Raimond, the University's LGBTQ coordinator, sitting in her office

As the University’s first LGBTQ coordinator, Colleen Raimond says she has her dream job: “I get excited every day waking up and doing this.” Raimond expands here on her background and what the new position entails.

Colleen Raimond, the University's first LGBTQ coordinator, discusses her background and what her new job entails.

topics: announcements, LGBTQI,
two Upward Bound Rochester students standing at a podium, one with a laptop, one smiling as they speak into the microphone

“No one in my family has ever gone to college, and I probably wouldn’t have either,” says Rochester City School District rising senior Jason Cao. “If I had never joined Upward Bound, I wouldn’t have even thought of college. Now, I can’t wait to go.”

topics: Upward Bound,
John Cassada, in astronaut uniform, giving a thumbs up
Science & Technology
August 6, 2018

An alumnus in space

University of Rochester alumnus Josh Cassada ’00 (PhD) has been named one of nine NASA astronauts making up the first U.S. crew in history to journey to space in American-made, commercial spacecraft. Cassada would be the third Rochester alumnus to go to space, joining Jim Pawelczyk ’82 and Ed Gibson ’59.

Alumnus Josh Cassada ’00 (PhD) is one of nine NASA astronauts making up the first U.S. crew to journey to space in American-made, commercial spacecraft.

topics: alumni, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post,
Nvidia staff give a presentation to Rochester students as part of a career exploration tour

Each year, University students visit major cities across the country for networking sessions in real-life working environments. Another series of road trips is being planned for the 2018–19 academic year, and students are urged to apply.

Each year, University students visit major cities across the country in a career exploration tour for networking sessions in real-life working environments .

topics: Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections,
photo of Thomas Eickbush, John Tarduno, and James Zavislan, winners of honorary professorships for teaching excellence

John Tarduno has been awarded the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professorship, and Thomas Eickbush and James Zavislan are recipients of the Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professorship.

topics: awards, Department of Biology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, John Tarduno, Natural Sciences, professorships, School of Arts and Sciences,
Chemistry professor Ellen Matson and PhD student Brittney Petel in Matson's laboratory

A new method of opening solid state materials to oxygenation, using metallic oxide clusters, can eliminate guesswork from discovery of new catalysts. The ultimate goal is to more efficiently convert greenhouse gases to useful fuels.

New method of opening solid state materials to oxygenation will eliminate guesswork from discovery of new catalysts and ultimately convert greenhouse gases to fuels

topics: Department of Chemistry, Ellen Matson, featured-post, Materials Science Program, Natural Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,