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University News
February 26, 2018 | 09:44 am

Black history every month

As February draws to an end, members of the University of Rochester community offer their thoughts on the ways in which black history is inseparable from American history.

topics: Black History Month, featured-post,
student with professor in the lab
University News
February 23, 2018 | 12:50 pm

New award recognizes teaching and research mentorship

Frederick Lewis ’68 (PhD) was surrounded by mentors while working toward his doctorate in organic chemistry. A new award funded by Lewis and his wife Susan Rice Lewis will recognize faculty who excel as both teachers and mentors.

topics: awards,
two people speaking at a desk, one receiving career advice from the other
Campus Life
February 21, 2018 | 11:39 am

Changing approaches guide students’ path to career success

There’s been a sea change in the way that college career guidance takes place. At the University of Rochester, the paradigm shift is written into name of the career services office itself: Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections.

topics: Eastman Institute of Music Leadership, featured-post-side, Gwen M. Greene Center for Career Education and Connections, Joe Testani, Simon Business School,
group portrait of students from Puerto Rico
Campus Life
February 19, 2018 | 02:20 pm

Students from Puerto Rican colleges enjoying guest semester in Rochester

Hurricane Maria crippled Puerto Rico last September, leaving hundreds dead and more than a million homes without power. Providing a guest semester to first- and second-year undergraduates unable to attend their damaged home colleges is a way for the University to help them keep their academic programs on track.

topics: Dawn Bruner, featured-post-side, Parent and Family Relations, Puerto Rico,
graduation cap reads FOREVER BETTER
Campus Life
February 15, 2018 | 12:28 pm

The Rochester Curriculum: Freedom, with intentionality

By the time they graduate from the University of Rochester, students will have take 128 credits and only one required course. “More than 90 percent of incoming students surveyed last year indicated that Rochester’s unique curriculum had a positive to strongly positive effect on their decision to enroll,” says Executive Director of College Enrollment Scott Clyde.

topics: interdisciplinary,
group photo of Take Five students
Campus Life
February 12, 2018 | 03:33 pm

Take Five offers students free path to pursuing passions

Since 1986, nearly 1,200 University students have pursued their academic passions through the Take Five Scholars Program, which offers a tuition-free year to complete a self-designed curriculum.

topics: featured-post-side, Take Five Scholars Program,
detail from painting of Susan B. Anthony
Campus Life
February 8, 2018 | 02:09 pm

Meet the 2018 Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards

Seven women undergraduate students will be honored this week at the Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards—a 61-year tradition celebrating exceptional women enrolled at the University.

topics: awards, events, Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards Celebration,
Beth Olivares
University News
January 23, 2018 | 12:07 pm

Beth Olivares takes on expanded diversity role at University

Olivares will report directly to the dean of the Arts, Sciences & Engineering faculty. The move elevates the recognition and consideration of the importance of diversity issues within the Deans’ Office.

topics: announcements, Beth Olivares, diversity, featured-post-side,
photo of Paul Burgett also contains the quote, "We are all members of the human race. This center celebrates that."
In Photos
January 19, 2018 | 01:44 pm

Celebrating five years

The Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center celebrated its fifth anniversary on Friday, January 19. Named after the longtime University dean, vice president and senior advisor to the president, the center is a joint venture of the Office of the Dean of Students and the David T. Kearns Center and is located in Douglass Commons. It promotes cultural awareness and engagement, educates on issues of identity, culture, and diversity, and provides opportunities for collaboration. Nearly 2,000 people visited the center during the 2016-17 academic year. “We are all members of the human race,” Burgett said. “This center celebrates that, and enables us to develop fluency and appreciation for one another.”

topics: diversity, events, Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center,