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Maria Hinojosa

Four-time Emmy Award-winner and pioneer of Latino broadcasting Maria Hinojosa says “it’s pretty surreal” to be delivering the University’s MLK Commemorative Address this week. She calls Martin Luther King Jr., her “first American hero, the first person who made me believe I had a voice in this country.”

topics: diversity, Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address,
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In a message to mark the start of the spring semester, Richard Feldman, interim president designate, says he hopes the University community can begin a period of healing and rebuilding, a process guided by “our respect for each other and our differences in a campus community that is safe and inclusive for all.”

“Welcome back to a new semester and a new chapter for the University of Rochester.”
topics: Richard Feldman,
Richard Feldman
University News
January 12, 2018

Richard Feldman appointed interim president

The Board of Trustees has announced that professor Richard Feldman, former dean of the College, will serve as interim president. Professor Feldman has served the University for more than 40 years. He will replace Joel Seligman, who has announced he will step down as president on February 28.

The Board of Trustees has announced that professor Richard Feldman, former dean of the College, has been appointed interim president.
topics: Richard Feldman,

University of Rochester President and CEO Joel Seligman announced his resignation Thursday, effective February 28, bringing to a close one of the more transformative chapters in University leadership.

University of Rochester President and CEO Joel Seligman announced his resignation Thursday, effective February 28, bringing to a close one of the more transformative chapters in University leadership.
topics: Joel Seligman,
Sasha Eloi

In this essay, Sasha Eloi-Evans ’05, ’17 (W), the academic programming coordinator for the Office of Minority Student Affairs and a lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, reflects on diversity in higher education in the nearly 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death.

In this essay, Sasha Eloi-Evans ’05, ’17W (EdD) reflects on diversity and justice in higher education in the nearly 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death.
topics: Department of Linguistics, Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address, School of Arts and Sciences,
Mark Bils

Bils’s work has focused on how wages and prices respond to the business cycle, and is one of 20 fellows named to the prestigious international organization this year.

topics: awards, Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences,
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The Report of the Independent Investigation will be released to the public and the University community on Thursday, January 11. Links to a livestream presentation and final report will be available here.

The Report of the Independent Investigation will be released to the public and the University community on Thursday, January 11. Links to a livestream presentation and final report will be available here.
topics: board of trustees,
boy in wheelchair plays with adapted bubble blowing toy with help from his mother

Toys that beep. Toys that light up and sing. All adapted by engineering students for children with special needs. For parents visiting the University of Rochester Medical Center, taking home a toy their child can play with themselves is “really awesome.”

topics: community, disabilities, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
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The Arts
January 8, 2018

A stitcher’s story

Randall Cook, building and project manager for River Campus Libraries, turned a hobby used to relieve the stress of his previous job as a software engineering into the art quilts featured in the Memorial Art Gallery’s “Hidden Passions” series.

topics: Memorial Art Gallery, River Campus Libraries,
man breakdancing in front of a crowd

Did you know you can major in dance? Or take a course in dance even if you’ve never danced before? As the annual inspireDance Festival gears up later this month, learn more about how dance and Rochester go hand in hand.

Did you know you can major in dance? Or take a course in dance even if you've never danced before? As the annual inspireDance Festival gears up, learn more about how dance and Rochester go hand in hand.
topics: events, inspireDANCE Festival, Institute for the Performing Arts, Program of Dance and Movement, School of Arts and Sciences,