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Three students in shadow enjoying s'mores as the sun sets.
Campus & Community
February 26, 2025 | 03:53 pm

February 2025 in Photos

February at Rochester showed no signs of slowing down! Here’s how we filled the wintery days.

topics: alumni, events,
"Argentum: Double-Positive," a light sculpture by Jim Sanborn, during an evening snowfall.
Campus & Community
January 31, 2025 | 11:03 am

January 2025 in Photos

The start of a new year brought innovative events, a peek into the past, and a snowy first day of classes. Here’s how we spent January at the University of Rochester.

topics: alumni, athletics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Memorial Art Gallery,
A solar eclipse is seen from the University of Rochester's River Campus
Campus & Community
December 19, 2024 | 02:00 pm

2024: The year in photos and video

University photographer J. Adam Fenster shares his favorite images that he made this year. Plus, a look back at 2024 in video.

topics: Eastman School of Music, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
student musicians play on a stage with a film projected behind them to illustrate a film score analysis class at the Eastman School of Music.
Campus & Community
December 2, 2024 | 03:54 pm

Composing in reel time

A journey through film score history sets students on the path to understanding—and crafting—their own compositions.

topics: alumni, Eastman School of Music,
Student performs various movement and balance tasks on a force plate walkway while wearing shoes instrumented with pressure insoles and a suit outfitted with reflective markers for use in collection of biomechanics data
Campus & Community
November 26, 2024 | 02:40 pm

November 2024 in Photos

Bright nights gave way to autumn sights. Throw on your favorite scarf and explore how we spent November at the University of Rochester.

topics: alumni, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Students take a selfie from atop the Rush Rhees Library tower
Campus & Community
October 30, 2024 | 01:33 pm

October 2024 in Photos

Transformational gifts, distinguished honors, launched pumpkins, climbed towers: October at the University of Rochester was anything but mundane.

Muse statues surrounded by greenery next to Rush Rhees Library are seen via aerial drone
In Photos
September 26, 2024 | 04:27 pm

September 2024 in Photos

Fall colors and crisp temperatures are on the horizon. Here’s a look at how we spent September.

topics: alumni, Department of Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, River Campus Libraries,
four students walk to class on a fall day
Health & Medicine
August 29, 2024 | 12:32 pm

July and August 2024 in Photos

Summer saw no time for rest at the University of Rochester—and we quite like it that way. Take a look at how we spent July and August.

topics: community, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eastman School of Music, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry,