Jim Mandelaro

Jim Mandelaro

Jim Mandelaro

Communications Specialist

jim.mandelaro@rochester.edu

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Illustration showing an open laptop with the "writing 105" written on the screen and a pen forming the first "I" in "writing" and the "1" in "105" to convey the idea of writing skills in communication.

Campus & Community

Writing 105: The class you need—and want—to take at the University of Rochester

October 25, 2024

The Rochester Curriculum’s only required course teaches writing skills that benefit undergraduate students throughout college—and well beyond, too.

An illustration of several colorful, hexagon shaped icons representing different academic fields like space engineering, music, math, AI, and genetics.

Campus & Community

Back-to-school meets future-ready: New academic programs at Rochester

September 13, 2024

The range of recently launched degree programs reflects what students, the workforce, and the world need and want to become ever better.

The Whites, a family of four, stand on the balcony of the Rush Rhees Library tower with the city of Rochester skyline in the background.

From the Magazine

A sort of homecoming

An alumnus and his family chose the Medical Center for gene therapy after their son’s diagnosis with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Close-up of Josh Shapiro.

Campus & Community

Get to know Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro

The Rochester alumnus reflects on his formative experiences and shares lessons learned from a career dedicated to public service.

GIF of Melbot V3, the University of Rochester team's submission to the 2024 NASA Lunabotics Challenge competition, in action.

Campus & Community

Team building through bot building

Rochester undergraduates gained crucial systems engineering experience constructing a lunar rover for NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge.

three archival yearbook photos of students from the 1940s and 1960s.

Campus & Community

‘I will love you forever, Sweetheart’

In recognition of Memorial Day, we’re profiling three members of the University of Rochester community who lost their lives in war.

Closeup of a medal bearing the University of Rochester seal.

Campus & Community

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

Undergraduates and alumni will travel the world as teachers, students, and researchers after receiving merit-based national awards during the 2023–24 academic year.

Close-up of face of Yushchenko as she sits in class in lecture hall.

From the Magazine

Anastasiya Yushchenko: From the epicenter of war

A Ukrainian political science student finds respite from war studying at the University of Rochester.

Crop of portrait of John Blackshear.

From the Magazine

New Yellowjacket in town

A Q&A with John Blackshear, the University’s first vice president for student life.

Beth Greenwood, wearing a Philadelphia Phillies hat and T-shirt stands beside a team training center.

From the Magazine

Great catch

Beth Greenwood ’22—the first American woman catcher in NCAA baseball history—has joined Phillies' minor league affiliate as a development coach.

Student educational consultants from Project Level the Field wear University of Rochester gear and stand in front of a room full of high school students with a screen near them that reads "getting ready for college apps."

Campus & Community

Rochester students aim to ‘level the field’ for high schoolers applying to college

A trio of undergraduates teamed up to bring accessible, high-quality education consulting services to the community. Now, they’re branching out beyond Rochester.

Rachel Whitmoeyer in an ETM uniform looking over her shoulder into the back of an ambulance.

Campus & Community

Exploring the ethical dilemmas of emergency care on the front lines

Rachel Whitmoyer ’24, a double major in physics and philosophy, brings her work as an emergency medical technician to bear on her studies at Rochester.