Jim Mandelaro

Jim Mandelaro

Jim Mandelaro

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

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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.

Colorful, stylized illustration of Karen Durkin, who reflects on the role of women's sports in her life, career, and society at large.

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A ‘boom’ in women’s sports

December 1, 2024

Karen Durkin ’87 reflects on how women’s sports became big business.

Public speaking expert Amy Arbogast presenting in front of a chalkboard.

Campus & Community

Fear of public speaking? This Rochester professor has you covered

November 21, 2024

Amy Arbogast ’16 (PhD) offers six tips for helping people find their voice. Amy Arbogast ’16 (PhD) says she’s “always been a talker,” so forging a career in public speaking…

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.

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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.

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New Yellowjacket in town

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