Jim Mandelaro

Jim Mandelaro

Jim Mandelaro

Communications Specialist

jim.mandelaro@rochester.edu

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University of Rochester students lead a classroom activity using a projected “Mentee Design Book” while middle school students watch and participate.

Campus & Community

Neurodivergent Rochester undergraduates mentor the next generation

The University’s chapter of the national program Eye to Eye engages and uplifts area middle schoolers with learning differences.

Closeup of a medal bearing the University of Rochester seal.

Campus & Community

Students, alumni receive national merit-based awards for study, research, and service

They’ll head to nations around the globe to pursue their academic passions.

Woman leads a mindfulness exercise in a classroom, gesturing with one hand raised, as students listen with a slide reading 'Let’s arrive in this moment together'.

Campus & Community

Teaching the teachers to be calm, cool, and collected

A University program trains faculty to embrace mindfulness in the classroom, with instructors and students alike benefiting.

Campus & Community

How a campus start-up is reinventing the networking experience

Four Rochester students and one alumnus developed a start-up venture called Penpal, a digital business card to help students network.

Photo of Lea Thome in a layout that shows the University of Rochester "spirit R" and says "alumni . . . connections: Lea Thome '22, political science."

Campus & Community

Lea Thome ’22: A global citizen helps shape global policy

At Rochester, the German native forged her path to a career analyzing international relations in an interconnected world.

John Ghyzel in a University of Rochester Yellowjackets uniform pitching a baseball.

Campus & Community

John Ghyzel ’24: From pro pitcher to Rochester graduate

Seven years after leaving the University to play professional baseball, the Virginia native earned a bachelor’s in engineering science.

Steve Blank poses triumphantly with one arm raised in the air in front a replica of the Millennium Falcon.

Campus & Community

Steve Blank ’07: A ‘zigzag’ path to Lucasfilm

The film and media studies major worked numerous part-time gigs before landing a job with the company that produces Star Wars.

Jamal Holtz next to stylized copy that reads: my rochester story with Jamal Holtz, Class of 2020.

Campus & Community

Jamal Holtz ’20: How to find yourself—and your people—on campus

The former Students’ Association president offers advice on how Rochester students can ‘make their hive a home.’

Photo of Ian Krager, political science major from the Class of 2022, smiling next to a design with the University of Rochester spirit R and the words "alumni connections" against a blue background.

Campus & Community

Ian Krager ’22: Congressional communications director meets the press

February 20, 2025

Krager shares takeaways for students and graduates who want to land a dream job after college.

Mark Buckley holds papers and gestures at a chalkboard full of equations during a biomechanics class.

Campus & Community

Mark Buckley: Biomedical engineering as a passion worth sharing

January 27, 2025

The innovative professor prioritizes inclusiveness in his biomedical engineering classes.

Bob Uecker in a blue zip-up holds a baseball over his head in a crowded stadium.

Voices & Opinion

Bob Uecker, ‘Mr. Baseball’: A voice for all seasons

January 16, 2025

Baseball broadcasting expert Curt Smith on why the self-deprecating broadcaster and TV star was a beloved figure to millions.

Detail of Luther Henderson's original score of his arrangement of a Duke Ellington classic.

From the Magazine

Eastman scores

December 1, 2024

Luther Henderson III ’71E, ’73E (MM) chooses Eastman’s Ensemble Library as home for his father’s Duke Ellington arrangements.