Campus & Community Greene Center helps students retain summer internships June 9, 2020 Despite the pandemic, the Greene Center helps connects students with opportunities to pursue life and career interests.
Campus & Community Finding a job during a recession? We’ve been there June 9, 2020 University of Rochester alumni who graduated during the Great Recession of 2008–09 offer tips for finding a job during a recession.
Society & Culture ‘For some of us, every day is Memorial Day’ May 21, 2020 Members of the University of Rochester community have served in the United States military—and lost their lives in that service—almost since the University was founded in 1850.
Campus & Community Nearly 4,000 students receive their degrees—in online style May 15, 2020 Members of the Class of 2020 marked a traditional milestone in unusual times, with an online conferral of degrees and at-home celebrations with remote family and friends.
Campus & Community Four high school teachers receive Singer Family Prize May 15, 2020 Four high school teachers who greatly influenced members of the Class of 2020 are this year’s recipients of the University’s Singer Family Prize for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching.
Campus & Community Nine students, two alumni offered Fulbright grants May 13, 2020 Chosen from 21 University of Rochester semifinalists, nine students and two recent alumni have been offered 2020–21 grants in the Fulbright US Student Grant program.
Campus & Community 18 current, former Rochester students earn NSF fellowships May 11, 2020 Seven Rochester undergraduates, five graduate students, and six alumni will receive funding for graduate degrees in STEM, STEM education, and social science fields.
Campus & Community Students on campus find joy in the little things May 6, 2020 Not every student can go home. More than 700 Rochester undergraduates have been living on the River Campus, in single rooms, since the University closed residence halls for most of the undergraduate population, in late March.
Campus & Community A bittersweet spring for Rochester’s Davis Projects, DAAD RISE winners May 5, 2020 It's a bittersweet spring for the University's 2020 Davis Projects for Peace and DAAD RISE winners. Fifteen students were selected for the summer programs, which have been canceled.
Campus & Community Ethan Fahnestock ’21 receives Goldwater Scholarship April 29, 2020 The national scholarship, which helps cover tuition, room, board, and fees, was authorized by Congress to ensure a continuing source of highly qualified STEM professionals pursuing careers in research.
Campus & Community Grad school interrupted: Students manage remote life while pursuing degrees April 27, 2020 Meet eight University of Rochester graduate students whose lives and work have changed dramatically over the last two months.
Campus & Community Fatima Zaidouni ’20 awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship April 23, 2020 The award will allow the physics and astronomy major to pursue a postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge in the UK beginning this fall.